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About Me

Hi I am Artur Malev,
Experienced Engineering Manager with 9+ years in software development and team leadership, specializing in building high-performing teams and delivering complex solutions in fintech, ed-tech, and ride-hailing industries.

I combine strong technical expertise in Ruby, Rails, and system architecture with a proven ability to organize development processes, mentor engineers, and deliver critical projects under tight deadlines. My focus is on building engineering teams that deliver business impact while fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

inDrive

2022 — present

Engineering Manager leading development teams in building scalable solutions for ride-hailing platform. Responsible for organizing development processes, mentoring engineers, and delivering critical projects. Focus on building high-performing teams and fostering collaboration culture.

Wheely

2021 — 2025

Software Engineering Manager and Backend Engineer for premium ride-hailing service. Led cross-functional team delivering critical projects including payment gateway integration and fraud prevention system. Established processes for task planning, prioritization, and retrospectives. Contributed to architectural decisions and PCI DSS compliance improvements.

Mail.ru Group

2020 — 2021

Backend Team TeamLead for ed-tech project. Managed team of backend developers, conducted 1-to-1 meetings and supported teammates. Dockerized development environment and initiated code cleanup procedures. Upgraded and maintained large Rails monolith application.

Cashwagon

2018 — 2020

Technical Lead and Ruby Developer for fintech lending platform. Led team management and controlled code quality. Improved test coverage, fixed critical bugs, and optimized queue performance. Created proxy service for Google Maps Geocoder and facial recognition service using Azure Cognitive Services.

ICOyard

2018 — 2018

Software Developer for ICO platform. Improved test code coverage to 94%, wrote custom form builders. Worked with Rails 5, Sidekiq, Redis, PostgreSQL, and dry-rb gems. Encapsulated business logic into service objects.