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GREG KONUSH

Chief Dream Builder Officer | Staff Software Engineer | Founding Software Engineer

gkonushev@gmail.com | LinkedIn | Website | Mountain View, CA


SUMMARY

Staff Software Engineer with 10 years of experience architecting, building, and scaling high-impact distributed systems and cloud-native solutions in complex enterprise environments. Proven leadership in driving technological innovation, delivering end-to-end products, influencing senior stakeholders, and optimizing system performance (e.g., reduced latency by 97%, cut infrastructure costs by 25%). Expertise spans full-stack development, microservices, cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), CI/CD, and data-intensive applications.


EXPERIENCE

Founding Software Engineer | Truewind | San Francisco, CA | Aug 2024 - Present

  • Developed and launched core accrual accounting modules (e.g., Fixed Assets, Prepaid Expenses) critical to the company's product offering.
  • Contributed directly to securing contracts with multiple Top 50 accounting firms by delivering essential product features.
  • Played an instrumental role in the successful closing of the company's Series A funding round through key technical contributions.

Staff Software Engineer | Flexport | San Francisco, CA | Jul 2021 - Jul 2024

  • Led the integration of Deliverr's technology stack post-acquisition into Flexport, launching multimodal freight offerings and expanding market reach across platforms.
  • Architected and launched Full Truckload (FTL) services on the Flexport Marketplace, diversifying platform offerings and creating new revenue streams.
  • Migrated three critical legacy applications to a modern microservices architecture, reducing infrastructure costs by 25% and improving p99 latency from 20s to 500ms.

Senior Software Engineer | Illumio | Sunnyvale, CA | Jul 2019 - Jul 2021

  • Architected and led the development team (reporting to CTO office) for Illumio Edge, a zero-trust segmentation product, resulting in a 20% revenue increase from the SMB market segment.
  • Spearheaded the rapid development and launch of Illumio CloudSecure, collaborating closely with the CTO office and achieving initial customer adoption within months.
  • Designed and implemented core features across 3 product lines, collaborating with product management to drive innovation and market expansion based on customer feedback.

Senior Software Engineer | Okta, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | Aug 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Developed and integrated automated vulnerability discovery mechanisms across OS, application, and network layers, significantly enhancing system-wide security posture.
  • Engineered a static bytecode analysis tool (integrated with ShiftLeft.io), achieving an 80% reduction in reported critical source code vulnerabilities.
  • Designed and built a web-based vulnerability tracking system, improving collaboration between security and engineering teams and reducing mean-time-to-resolution (MTTR).

Software Engineer | Eventbrite | San Francisco, CA | Sep 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Contributed to core platform services during the $200 million acquisition of Ticketfly by Eventbrite.
  • Developed ML-powered automation tools for fraud and spam detection, saving an estimated 5,000 support staff hours annually.

Software Engineer | Ticketfly | San Francisco Bay Area | Mar 2017 - Sep 2017

  • Played a key role in migrating the legacy monolith to a microservices architecture, improving deployment frequency and accelerating feature release velocity.

Software Development Engineer in Test | Narvar | San Francisco Bay Area | Sep 2015 - Mar 2017

  • Led test automation strategy and implementation for an agile team of 5, increasing automated test coverage by 40% and reducing release-blocking bugs.
  • Developed internal testing frameworks and tools from scratch to improve regression testing efficiency and overall product quality.
  • Ensured high-quality feature releases for major enterprise clients including Walmart, Nike, Sephora, and Gap through robust automated testing.

SKILLS

  • Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Python, Ruby, Java
  • Frameworks: SpringBoot, Django, Ruby on Rails, Express, Flask
  • Frontend: React, Next.js, Vue.js, TailwindCSS
  • Databases/Persistence: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, MongoDB, OpenSearch, Kafka
  • Infrastructure/Cloud: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Docker, Packer, Cloudformation, CDK, Vercel
  • Concepts: Microservices, Distributed Systems, CI/CD, Test Automation, Security Engineering, System Design

EDUCATION

Mathematical Support and Administration of Information Systems Southern Federal University | Taganrog, Russia | 09/2004 - 06/2008

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