CV

Maksym Lukianov

Head of Engineering at OTAKOYI · Lviv

I make engineering predictable through architecture, explicit decisions, delivery systems, and risk control. What I bring is clarity of decisions. Written down, reviewed, and still legible to the team a year later.

  • Lviv, Ukraine
  • Web engineering since 2006
  • Ukrainian · English
  • Consulting · engineering transformation
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Expertise

Where I create system-level outcomes

Architecture and legacy modernization

Incremental migrations, service boundaries, event-driven and microservice architecture where load and ownership justify them.

Engineering leadership

Standards, assessment, competency roadmaps, ownership, and delivery risk as one manageable engineering system.

AI-enabled product engineering

SDD/MAE, specifications as executable contracts, LLM workflows, and controlled legacy support.

Full-stack delivery and performance

Web platforms, APIs, data, cloud, quality, SEO, and safe change from architecture decision to production.

Internal OTAKOYI operating measurements

Context for claims, not decorative numbers

4 projects · 9 engineers

SDD delivery

Actual SDD delivery hours were 60–70% below prior manual-work estimates; defects measured at 5–7% of the previous level.

Weekly → rare

Legacy modernization

After staged modernization, failure incidents moved from approximately weekly to rare; infrastructure cost increased.

51 assessments · 26 engineers

Engineering assessment

In 2026, the system identified 18 engineers in a technology-stack compatibility risk zone.

Internal, owner-attested measurements; not independently audited client outcomes.

Experience

From web engineering to an engineering operating system

Now

Head of Engineering · OTAKOYI

I own engineering standards, architecture decisions, technical presale, inherited-system audits, team formation, delivery control, and engineering-function development.

  1. Since 2006

    Web foundations

    Markup, interfaces, and frontend formed the engineering base — performance, accessibility, and clear contracts.

  2. Since 2011

    Co-Founder · OTAKOYI

    Building the company and delivery teams, working with client context, and covering the full digital-product lifecycle.

  3. Next stage

    Full-stack · Tech Lead · Team Lead

    Moving from individual implementation to architecture, standards, team ownership, and predictable delivery.

  4. Current focus

    Engineering organization

    Legacy modernization, platform scale, competency systems, AI-enabled delivery, and transformation-risk control.

Approach

How I work

  • A decision lives in a document, not in someone's head. ADRs and specifications instead of hearsay.
  • Module boundaries, contracts, and ownership come first; tooling follows.
  • If a task is outside my responsibility, I say so directly and point to a viable direction.

Writing

Read this instead of a first interview

Architecture decisions, migrations, performance, and engineering clarity are already examined in public work — a fast way to see whether our thinking aligns.

Sounds like your problem?

Describe where the system stalls — architecture, process, team, or AI adoption. I lead the diagnosis personally; when implementation capacity is needed, the OTAKOYI team can join.

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