Ruslan Makaev
Senior Frontend Engineer
Overview
6+
Years in the Industry69
Skills mastered10,480+
Hours of Professional Experience13
Engineers Mentored1,630+
Tasks Completed14
Projects Contributed6
Recommendations4
Engineers Managed
Career
- Developed 65+ interfaces (dApps/CMSes/CRMs) with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind
- Transitioned from SPA to SSR, boosting performance and SEO
- Migrated from JavaScript to TypeScript, reducing bugs and improving maintainability
- Introduced a monorepo structure for streamlined code management
- Shifted from SCSS to Tailwind for faster styling workflows
- Built a UI kit (TypeScript, Tailwind, utility libraries) and a unified design system
- Integrated advanced authentication (OAuth, Turnstile, Google Captcha, Email, Wallet, Telegram, etc.)
- Developed dApps interacting with smart contracts and multiple wallets (Wagmi, WalletConnect, MetaMask SDK, etc.)
- Performed code reviews to maintain high standards and best practices
Processes
- Jira, Confluence, Slack, VPN, Okta, 1Password, Gitlab, JSON-API.
Skills
- Next
- React
- TypeScript, TS
- JavaScript, JS
- Web3.js
- Ethers
- Viem
- Wagmi
- Wallet Connect SDK
- MetaMask SDK
- Redux Toolkit
- HTML, HTML5
- CSS, CSS3
- Sass (SCSS syntax)
- Tailwind CSS
- Socket.IO
- Webpack
- Floating UI
- React Hook Form
- React Hot Toast
- React Toastify
- React Query
- Nx
- Sentry
- Swiper
- Ky
- Date Fns, Date Functions
- Lodash
- Google Tag Manager
- ClassNames
- Internationalization (i18n)
- Use Hooks TS
- Recharts
- Storybook
- ESBuild
- ESLint
- Prettier
- Image proxy
- Husky
- TypeChain
- Vite
Projects (6)
- Led a team of 4 frontend developers, ensuring high-quality and optimized products.
- Mentored 10+ Junior and Middle developers, providing continuous guidance and skill development.
- Conducted technical interviews for intern to mid-level positions.
- Onboarded 5 new team members, assisting them in understanding architecture and best practices.
- Provided regular code reviews to maintain standards and code quality.
- Proactively contributed improvement ideas and engaged in problem-solving activities.
- Collaborated with a cross-functional team of 10 (frontend, backend, QA, PM) to build a crypto staking platform.
- Worked closely with stakeholders to confirm creative proposals and uphold design best practices.
Processes
- Communication in Slack, Telegram, Zoom, Google Meet.
- Task management in ClickUp, Jira, Trello.
- Used GitBook, StoryBook, Swagger, ClickUp, BitBucket and Vault for documentation of git flow, architecture, tech digest, QA ready accounts, secrets, style guides and more.
- Designs in Figma. Code, CI/CD, pipelines in BitBucket.
- Used different environments for prod, staging and testing deployments.
Skills
- React
- Redux
- Redux Toolkit
- Next
- Storybook
- TypeScript, TS
- JavaScript, JS
- Lit Element
- Webpack
- GraphQL
- MongoDB
- Node
- Express
- REST, REST API
- Jest
- Docker
- MUI
- Ant Design
- Styled Components
- Headless UI
- Team Leading
- Mentoring
Projects (5)
- Utility program for Spotify
- Educational platform for kids and students who are starting programming.
- Landing pages and multi-page adaptive websites
- Individual site components
- Created UI/UX designs
- Coursework projects for students
- Plugins for moodle.
- Landing pages and multi-page adaptive websites
- Scripts and small-scale programs on Python
- Coursework projects for students
- Canvas games
Education
( Rostov-on-Don College Of Communications and Informatics )
Secondary Vocational
Skills (69+)
- React
- Next
- TypeScript, TS
- JavaScript, JS
- Web3, Blockchain
- Web3.js
- Ethers
- Redux
- Redux Toolkit
- Team Leading
- Mentoring
- HTML, HTML5
- CSS, CSS3
- Sass (SCSS syntax)
- Tailwind CSS
- Socket.IO
- Webpack
- Floating UI
- React Hot Toast
- React Toastify
- MetaMask SDK
- Wallet Connect SDK
- Wagmi
- Viem
- Nx
- Sentry
- Swiper
- Ky
- React Query
- Date Fns, Date Functions
- Google Tag Manager
- ClassNames
- Lodash
- Internationalization (i18n)
- Use Hooks TS
- React Hook Form
- Recharts
- Storybook
- ESBuild
- ESLint
- Husky
- Image proxy
- Prettier
- TypeChain
- Vite
- Lit Element
- MUI
- Ant Design
- Styled Components
- Headless UI
- GraphQL
- REST, REST API
- Jest
- Docker
- Node
- Express
- Python
- MongoDB
- Figma
- Vue
- Nuxt
- PHP
- Laravel
- Git
- GitLab
- SQL
- Bitbucket
- GitHub
- JSON API
Recommendations
Ruslan is one of those people who don't stop in their personal development. That is why Ruslan deserves the position of Tech Lead. In his work, Ruslan showed his hard and soft skills at the highest level. He approached all the tasks with responsibility and always achieved his goals despite the difficulties. Thank you Ruslan for your cooperation!
Ruslan is a valuable team member and a strong contributor to every project. He’s always working to improve his skills and stay up to date with new technologies, which really shows in the quality of his work. Whether it’s React, TypeScript, or Tailwind, he’s consistently able to handle complex tasks and deliver solid results. What stands out most is how well he works with the team. He’s a real team player, always collaborating and ensuring everything runs smoothly. His problem-solving skills and proactive attitude make him a key part of the team, and his contributions have had a huge impact on our success.
Ruslan is very good at both traditional web development and web3 technologies. Thanks to his skills, the team was able to add many new features for clients and improve the project overall. He is also always ready to help his colleagues whenever they need support. Ruslan is not afraid to learn new technologies and takes time to understand them in depth. He has strong analytical skills and keeps a clear business perspective in mind when working on tasks. In general, Ruslan is a good engineer who has solid technical knowledge and good communication skills. He takes on responsibilities beyond his immediate tasks and shows a deep understanding of business needs.
I really enjoyed working with Ruslan! He’s a great front-end developer who knows his stuff and always delivers high-quality work. Collaborating with him was super easy—he’s open to feedback, quick to solve problems, and just a great person to work with.
When I had a chance to try myself as a technical manager, Ruslan was my deputy. It was my responsibility to help him and other employees with little experience. But from the very beginning, I noticed that Ruslan does not require much help and is very independent and autonomous. And even if he asks questions, then only clear and direct. Later, after my left from the position of technical lead, he replaced me and did very well with his equally well developed technical and communication skills. I have never met a more ambitious and so easily ignited by ideas and its embodiment of a person like Ruslan. At the same time, behind his willingness to take on any undertaking, there is also a willingness to prepare for it thoroughly. I sincerely believe that with proper support, Ruslan can implement any interesting idea and become the frontman of any team.
Ruslan is a very ambitious and purposeful person. He always aims for more and successfully achieves this. With colleagues Ruslan has always been cheerful, friendly and open. He was always ready to help and answer questions from colleagues. He was independent in his work, was responsible for the solution of problems, was not afraid to offer new ideas. In general, Ruslan always thought not only about his tasks at the project, he was thought also about business ideas, which gave him an understanding of the work process of the entire team.