# Roman Baranenko

Senior Software Engineer (PHP, Go)

- Dnipro, Ukraine
- jungle.romabb8@gmail.com
- https://roma-bb8.github.io
- [GitHub](https://github.com/roma-bb8)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/roma-bb8-/)


## Professional experience

### [UPSTARS](https://www.upstars.com/), Senior Software Engineer

July 2025 — present

Developing an internal back-office product that manages and configures public-facing products.

Stack: PHP, Go, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, Helm

### [GST VoIP Solution LTD](https://gst-voip.com/), Team Lead (project work)

September 2024 — March 2025

Led the move of media traffic processing to a distributed architecture.

Stack: PHP, Python, Kamailio, Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ

### [Phonexa Holdings LLC](https://phonexa.com/about-us/), Software Developer

September 2021 — August 2024

Developed an internal product for resource management, statistics collection, cost calculation and document workflow.

Stack: PHP, Yii2, MySQL, Memcached, Redis, MongoDB

## Education

- [Oles Honchar Dnipro National University](https://www.dnu.dp.ua/view/fpm): Software Engineering, 2024 — present
- [Dnipropetrovsk College of Rocket and Space Engineering, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University](https://dkrkm.org.ua/node/650#kpi1): Software Development, Junior Specialist qualification, 2011 — 2015

## Skills

- **Programming languages:** PHP, Go
- **Frameworks:** Symfony, Fiber, Yii2
- **Databases:** MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch
- **Message brokers:** RabbitMQ, NATS
- **Tools:** Git, Make, Packer, OpenTofu, Docker, Compose, Kubernetes, Helm, GitLab CI, GraphQL
- **AI:** Claude Code, APM, OpenSpec

## Languages

- Ukrainian — native
- English — Pre-Intermediate

## Additional information

- Commercial software development since November 2015.
- 2023: webinar "A talk on AI agents and the evolution of agents" ([recording, in Ukrainian](https://youtu.be/0Q_-9HGiPWA))
- Since 2017: founder of the jungle bay open source community (github.com/jungle-bay).