Olga B. Tchistopolskii

Mountain View, CA • US Citizen

Email: olga@kindofparadox.com Website: kindofparadox.com Resume: kindofparadox.com/resume

Summary

Full-stack and mobile developer with deep experience in React/React Native, Python (Django), PHP (Laravel/Symfony), and hands-on Linux server administration. Stabilizes inherited codebases, ships user-facing features quickly, and builds data-heavy, visualization-rich experiences.

Core Skills

Frontend: React, React Native, Redux, HTML/CSS, responsive, JavaScript/TypeScript, persistent storage
Backend: APIs and authentications, integration, Python (Django), PHP (Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, Cake), Node.js, Perl
Database and storage: MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis
DevOps: Ubuntu server setup/administration, AWS EC2, Bash automation, observability, cron
Other: LaTeX, Typst integration, Three.js, Blender 3D scripting, live streaming, Tesseract/HOCR parsing, shaders, Photoshop

Professional Experience

React Native Developer (subcontract via Inizio) — Samsung Health

Aug 2018 – Apr 2019 | Remote

Delivered React Native features with Redux and WatermelonDB, including animated charts, notifications, and voice/video handling.
Added targeted native modules to resolve performance and notification edge cases.

Full-Stack Developer — Symfony/Vue

2018 | Remote

Stabilized and enhanced a Symfony-based application; fixed defects and delivered new features.
Rebuilt a robotics workflow front end in Vue.js (migrated from React/Redux) to reduce weight and simplify UX.

Frontend/Full-Stack Developer — Multiple Contracts (Elance/Odesk)

2010 – 2018 | Remote

StrategyWise (Mar 2015 – Aug 2015): PHP/MySQL (Cake, WordPress) plus responsive UI; delivered reporting and data presentation features.
StrongPages (Jan 2015 – Apr 2015): Built a PDF ingestion and parsing pipeline in PHP using Tesseract/HOCR; structured documents for mobile presentation and SEO.
CPP Inc., Sunnyvale CA (Aug 2015 – Jan 2016): Frontend development with JavaScript/jQuery/Bootstrap/CSS3; custom animated charts (Raphael.js), calendars, responsive widgets, and scroll-spy components.
Additional Symfony/Django, HTML5, and live-streaming projects; created Three.js animations and RealSense 3D camera scripts.

Selected Projects

Boxik: Network monitoring on a Linux cluster (TcpDump, cron automation, Flot.js charts, Blender/Inkscape visuals). pault.com/p/Network
Mnemosyne: Firefox add-on integrating Pandora and Facebook APIs; updated for modern Firefox and deployed on AWS.

Additional Highlights

Built numerous APIs and browser extensions for data capture and workflow automation.
Developed AI/ML utilities (decision trees, TF-IDF) for large-text processing under tight time constraints.
Created interactive canvas/SVG/Three.js visualizations and Blender-based 3D assets.
Managed Ubuntu server clusters, cloud instances, and deployment pipelines; routinely beta-tested client code in controlled environments.