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Victor Buzin
Victor Buzin
Head of Software DevelopmentPrincipal .NET EngineerAI Engineer / Architect

Victor Buzin

C# · .NET 8/9/10 · ASP.NET Core · Azure · Distributed Systems · Enterprise AI (RAG / LLM / MCP / Agentic Workflows)

RemoteOpen to B2B ContractsHead of EngineeringPrincipal / Staff .NETAI ArchitectEnglish C1Time zone: Europe/Berlin

Professional Summary

Tech Lead / Senior .NET Developer with 19+ years of experience designing and engineering enterprise systems on the .NET platform. For the last 6 years I led the international software development organisation at SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (formerly Gazprom Germania) in Berlin — a European leader in natural-gas trading, transport and storage.

Specialisation: modular and microservice architecture, core services, internal developer tooling, legacy modernisation (ASP.NET/WebForms → .NET 9/10), CI/CD, containerisation, cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS). Technical principles: Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, SAGA, SOLID, DRY, KISS.

Leadership: built 3 dream teams from scratch, mentored 5+ engineers to senior level, led international teams of up to 32 across three countries. Completed the year-long SEFE Activate Leadership Development Program 2024 (RHR Partners, 2024–2025).

AI engineering: Generative AI, LLM applications, RAG, MCP, AI agents, agentic workflows on Azure AI Foundry, Ollama, n8n, Flowise, LangChain. Led SEFE's AI R&D stream: 24 POC/MVP + 2 production projects.

Philosophy

I don't believe in the false choice between managing and coding. I work in the mode "morning — code and syncs, afternoon — 1:1s and backlog". It's always a compromise: you can't be 4×100% in a single role, it's a tandem between delegation and co-working with professionals. There were three months I barely wrote code because I was building a new team and untangling legacy code. There were weeks I lived in the IDE because the task was critical and needed my code, not explanations or PTO approvals.

AI Augmentation: Daily use of Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code, Ollama, agentic workflow — 4–5× productivity multiplier and offloading of routine work.

19+ years
Experience
up to 32
Team size
€3M / year
Budget managed
24 + 2 prod
AI POC/MVP
€250–500K/yr
Cloud savings
3 from scratch
Teams built

Key Achievements

19 years of measurable impact — with metrics

20252nd in Europe

Corporate back-office project took 2nd place in Europe in the UI/UX category.

2025

Successfully completed the SEFE Activate Leadership Development Program 2024 (RHR, Berlin/London) — Fundamentals of Leadership, EI, Situational Leadership, Coaching, Facilitation Skills.

202524 POC + 2 prod

AI R&D stream delivered 24 POC/MVP and 2 production projects on Azure AI Foundry / n8n / Flowise / LangChain.

2025€250–500K/yr

Saved €250–500K/year through cloud-landscape optimisation and application consolidation. Managed a €3M/year project portfolio.

202432 → 18 apps

Full refactor and optimisation of the EnterpriseIT application landscape: 32 → 18 active applications with full GAP documentation remediation, vendor consolidation.

202418 hours

Built a Private Room modular monolith in 18 hours for high-confidential document exchange between UK and Germany Governance (SMS TOTP + Email OTP, AES-256-GCM + ECDH P-256 in Go, sharded DB by country). Built before the era of AI tools.

2024+25%

Team Heartbeat + AI — internal task-status monitoring and team-coordination system with AI automation, team cohesion +25%.

2023−60% errors

CI/CD automation — production errors −60%, releases from 1–2/month to weekly.

2023

Doxis CSB Technical Administration certification (SER Solutions, Bonn, Jan 2023) and Doxis Technical Administration (Mar 2023) — SEFE's ECM system.

2021€500K+

Vendor consolidation and contract renegotiation — €500K+ saved in the first year.

2021+40%

Process optimisation for tasks and resources — throughput +40%, incidents −50%, 100% SLA compliance for distributed teams across 3 countries.

20174 → 16

Scaled Evoke NY engineering team 4 → 16 in 8 months with NPS 9.2/10. Adopted Agile Nexus — release cycle 4 → 2 weeks.

20157+

Delivered 7+ business-critical solutions on a corporate SharePoint platform at Veeam Software.

2013−60%

eTravel at Veeam — request approval time −60%, ECM search speed +50%, file duplication −30%, training-program reach +45%.

2012

NVI-SAP integration, MTA, FGW and Legal DMS at Heineken — accelerated SSC processes.

2008

MES implementation for Alcoa Russia (Vest, LLC) — VB.NET, Oracle, stored procedures.

2006–2007

Career start: Project Manager at X-Business — EDM implementation project management.

Core Competencies

Battle-tested across enterprise, cloud and AI landscapes

Engineering Leadership

  • Head of Engineering (16–32 in geo-distributed teams)
  • 3 dream teams built from scratch; 5+ engineers mentored to senior
  • 1:1 / PDP / OKR / DoD / SMART / MoSCoW / BCG motivation matrices
  • Portfolio and budget management (up to €3M / year)
  • Hiring, career ladders, engineering culture
  • Agile / Scrum / Kanban / Spotify Model / Nexus
  • SEFE Activate Leadership Program (RHR, 2024–2025)

Architecture & Engineering

  • C#, .NET 8/9/10, ASP.NET Core (and legacy ASP.NET / WebForms)
  • System Design, Clean Architecture, DDD, CQRS, SAGA
  • Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices, Modular Monolith
  • SOLID, DRY, KISS, TDD, legacy refactoring
  • Async/await, multithreading, retry policies, idempotency
  • REST API, gRPC, MCP, OpenAPI
  • Hangfire, Quartz, Polly, Razor, Blazor, Tailwind

AI Engineering

  • Generative AI, LLM applications, RAG, MCP, AI agents
  • Azure AI Foundry, Ollama, OpenAI, Claude, Copilot, LangChain
  • n8n, Flowise, Dify — AI workflow building
  • PGVector, embeddings, vector DB, multi-modal AI layers
  • Internal AI Knowledge Base for engineering teams

Cloud & DevOps

  • Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, Service Bus, AI Foundry), AWS
  • Docker, Kubernetes, containerisation
  • CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD
  • Observability: Serilog, ELK, APM, metrics
  • Infrastructure as Code, release management

Data & Integration

  • SQL Server (T-SQL), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Oracle
  • RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, Azure Service Bus
  • SAP, Oracle FC, Dynamics 365, Coupa, Salesforce, Docebo LMS
  • Microsoft 365, SharePoint, 1C, TESSA, ДЕЛО
  • API-first, event-driven, bi-directional sync

Frontend & Integration

  • TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue.js 3, React, Angular 2+
  • Node.js, npm, modern frontend toolchain
  • Blazor, Razor, Tailwind CSS

Quality & Process

  • Code review, mentoring, hiring, performance management
  • QA: xUnit, NUnit, Postman Pipeline, Selenium, Test Coverage
  • Definition of Done, quality gates, release processes

Developer Productivity / Tooling

  • Project templates, boilerplate, solution standardisation
  • Internal libraries and reusable components
  • CI/CD pipeline templates
  • AI Knowledge Base, AI-assisted engineering (Cursor, Copilot, Perplexity, Abacus, OpenClaw)

Enterprise Platforms & ECM

  • SharePoint 2007/2010/2013/Online, Nintex, K2, Workbox, WWF
  • Doxis CSB / Technical Administration (SER Solutions)
  • Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Docebo LMS, FIM
  • M365, Teams, OneDrive, Exchange, Power Platform

Management Tooling

  • TFS 2012 (Scrum 2.0), MS Project, ADO Boards, GitLab, GitHub
  • IDEF0, IDEF3, BPMN 2, ITSM/ITIL
  • Portfolio risk analysis, prioritisation

Experience

Full chronology — 19+ years

Several roles overlap in time (Iteora + AnetLab + Evoke, ARVO Systems + Heineken) — these are parallel contracts and personal practices, which is normal for consulting and independent practice.

Experience

SEFE Securing Energy for Europe

European energy leader — gas trading, transport & storage (ex-Gazprom Germania)

2021 — 2026

PositionHead of Software DevelopmentLocationBerlin, GermanyIndustryEnergy & TradingWebsitesefe.eu
C#.NET 9/10ASP.NET CoreAzureAzure AI FoundryDockerKubernetesTypeScriptVue.jsReactRabbitMQKafkan8nFlowiseHangfireEF CoreDapperELKBlazorSQL ServerPostgreSQLRedisgRPCGo

Owned the full landscape of internal enterprise applications for one of Europe's largest energy companies. Managed development and QA teams (12–32 people) across multiple locations — full SDLC: requirements → design → implementation → code review → releases → production support.

Designed architecture and technical landscape on C#, ASP.NET Core, Azure and SQL-based storage; built integrations between corporate systems and cloud services (API-first, RESTful, event-driven). Led the Tech AI R&D team transforming the landscape for AI.

  • Delivered 15+ enterprise applications for FICO, Trading FX, Credit Risk Management and Retail — from modular monoliths to event-driven microservices.
  • Private Room modular monolith for confidential UK ↔ Germany Governance document exchange: built in 18 hours, SMS TOTP + Email OTP, 3-level encryption (AES-256-GCM, ECDH P-256), sharded DB, Go.
  • Azure migration with AI integrations: Azure AI Foundry, n8n, Flowise, LangChain, RAG pipelines, agentic workflows — 24 POC/MVP, 2 production.
  • Team Heartbeat + AI — real-time task monitoring with AI automation: team cohesion +25%.
  • Landscape optimisation: 32 → 18 applications, €500K+ vendor savings; CI/CD: production errors −60%, releases weekly; €3M/year budget with €250–500K/year savings.
  • Corporate back-office — 2nd place in Europe in the UI/UX category.

Gazprom Germania / SEFE

International distributed engineering organisation

2019 — 2022

PositionTech LeaderLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryEnergy & Trading
C#.NETASP.NETAzureSQL ServerTypeScriptVue.jsHangfireEF CoreELK

Managed an international, distributed team of 12 (Scrum / Kanban, 2-week sprints). Maintained and evolved existing applications with focus on stability, change management and operational-risk reduction. Full development cycle and delivery of internal automation solutions.

  • Full refactor of the application landscape: migration from ASP.NET/WebForms to .NET Core, 32 → 18 active systems in one year, tech-debt elimination with documentation restoration.
  • CI/CD automation: Azure DevOps pipelines, automated testing and deployment — production errors −60%.
  • Team synchronisation across 3 countries (Central and Eastern Europe): unified code-quality and delivery standards, 100% SLA compliance.
  • Vendor consolidation and contract renegotiation — €500K+ saved in the first year. Throughput +40%, incidents −50%, +30% internal-client satisfaction. Releases from 1–2/month to weekly.

Iteora

Enterprise IT solutions for international clients

2017 — 2019

parallel
PositionTechnical Consultant / Lead Software DeveloperLocationMeerbusch, Germany / Saint PetersburgIndustryIT Consulting
.NETC#AzureO365SharePointASP.NETWCFWPFSQLTypeScriptNode.jsDockerRedis

IT outsourcing company specialising in enterprise solutions for international clients. Designed and scaled enterprise IT solutions for global clients: Schindler, Daimler, L'Oréal, ThyssenKrupp.

R&D projects on intelligent data exchange and IT transformation; defined client technical requirements and maintained high customer-satisfaction ratings.

  • R&D on intelligent data exchange for Daimler, L'Oréal, ThyssenKrupp — accelerated clients' digital transformation.
  • Large-scale IT solutions: integrations with external systems, business-process optimisation.
  • Custom solutions from scratch while supporting client legacy systems.

AnetLab / Independent Practice

Personal R&D brand and independent consulting

2017 — 2026

parallel
PositionPrincipal Engineer / IT ConsultantLocationRemoteIndustryIT Consulting
.NETAzureSharePointOffice 365

AnetLab has been active since 2017 as the personal R&D brand; from January 2026 onwards it is the legal container for the independent practice and OSS projects. Worked on multiple contracts with distributed teams: architecture design, project planning, QA, team management, user-story analysis.

Delivered training systems, compliance apps, security, licensing and migration projects. R&D: smart document sharing, integration hubs, ESB for SharePoint.

  • Architectural frameworks for international projects: B2B SaaS and enterprise segment (Fortune 500), 5+ successful launches.
  • Custom solutions from scratch while supporting client legacy systems.
  • Developed TMS system from scratch for an EdTech company.
  • R&D on intelligent data exchange, accelerating clients' digital transformation.

Kofax

ReadSoft Online — multi-tenant SaaS for 1,000+ clients, 24/7

2019

PositionSenior Software EngineerLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustrySaaS / Document Automation
C#.NET CoreAzureSQL ServerREST APIOAuth2Angular 2+

International IT company specialising in document automation, BPM and AI. ReadSoft Online — multi-tenant SaaS for PO and non-PO invoice processing, 1,000+ clients, 24/7 uptime.

Developed scalable cloud solutions and integrations with M365, Coupa, Oracle Cloud and Dynamics 365; contributed to the multi-tenant SaaS invoice-processing system for Fortune 500 clients on .NET Core and Azure.

  • Multi-tenant SaaS for invoice processing with scalable architecture for Fortune 500 clients.
  • SDK and external-adapter extensions: stable operation under heavy load.
  • Invoice-processing time reduced by 30% through automation.
  • 24/7 SaaS support with 1,000+ clients, zero downtime. Improved fault tolerance and transaction-processing speed.

Evoke New York

Digital transformation for large US and European clients

2016 — 2017

parallel
PositionHead of Software DevelopmentLocationNew York, USA / Minsk, BelarusIndustryIT Consulting
.NETC#ASP.NETSharePointSQL ServerMicroservicesTypeScript

Independent IT consulting and product development for large US and European clients. Full management of the engineering department: strategic planning, architectural delivery, recruiting and scaling of the development team, adoption of Agile processes.

Enterprise projects in the US and India as Solution Architect and Team Lead.

  • Architectural frameworks for international projects: B2B SaaS and enterprise segment (Fortune 500), 5+ successful project launches.
  • Agile Nexus Framework: release cycle reduced from 4 to 2 weeks, stable client delivery.
  • Scaled the team from 4 to 16 in 8 months: selection, hiring, onboarding, launch of project sub-units — NPS 9.2/10.
  • Mentoring and professional development inside the team.

Veeam Software

World leader in backup, virtualisation and information management

2013 — 2016

PositionTeam Lead, Solution Architect / Senior SharePoint DeveloperLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryEnterprise Software
C#.NETASP.NETSharePoint 2010/2013SQL ServerSalesforceDocebo LMSTypeScript

Built a corporate SharePoint platform from scratch — 7+ business-critical solutions for internal and external customers (ECM, eTravel, financial control, corporate portal). Led the development and business-analyst team; established SCRUM.

As Senior SharePoint Developer (2013–2014): built ECM, financial control, sales management and the corporate portal; integrated SharePoint with Salesforce and Docebo LMS.

  • eTravel application: request approval time −60%.
  • ECM integration with Docebo LMS: doubled request-processing speed, +45% training-program reach.
  • Optimised content exchange between Sales and Marketing — Sales worked ~2× faster.
  • ECM system optimisation: document search speed +50%, file duplication −30%.

ARVO Systems (ex CIB Point)

Co-founded a SharePoint/ASP.NET solutions studio

2012 — 2015

parallel
PositionSolution Architect, IT Consultant / Co-FounderLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryIT Consulting
SharePointASP.NETSQL Server

Designed and delivered large-scale solutions on SharePoint and ASP.NET. Strategic product development, partnership expansion, customer-requirements analysis, architecture, business-process optimisation. Advised top management on digital transformation.

  • 3+ large-scale solutions on SharePoint and ASP.NET, reduced client costs.
  • Grew the business from scratch to a sustainable sales pipeline with positive operating profit.
  • Partnership agreements with NAI Becar, Megamade, Gazporm Neft, LSR, Veeam.

Heineken

Digital solutions for supply chain and resource management

2011 — 2013

parallel
PositionBusiness Application DeveloperLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryFMCG / Logistics
C#.NETASP.NETSharePoint 2010SQL ServerSAPOpenXML

International brewing company and beverage producer/distributor. SharePoint 2010 business applications across Russia — digital solutions for supply-chain and resource management.

  • NVI-SAP integration — accelerated vendor onboarding and improved data quality.
  • Automated Shared Services Center (SSC) — fewer payment errors; SSC for Heineken Logistics (HL) — warehouse transparency and logistics efficiency.
  • Material Testing Automation (MTA) — optimised material testing and write-offs (OpenXML).
  • Fast Go-to-Market (FGW) — accelerated new-product launches through SAP approval workflows; Legal DMS — centralised documentation and approvals.
  • Project participation: Alcoholic declaration, FIM (Forefront Identity Manager).

Impharma

Medicine, pharmaceuticals, pharmacies

2010 — 2011

PositionSharePoint Architect / Business AnalystLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryPharma & Retail
C#.NETASP.NETSharePoint 2010SQL ServerIDEFBPMN

Project management of SharePoint 2010 application implementations. Business-application development, business-process analysis and modelling (IDEF, BPMN), optimisation and automation of business processes.

  • ECM (electronic archive) for OSA and contractual documents — Project Manager + Developer.
  • Corporate Portal — Project Manager.
  • HelpDesk (service-request processing) — Project Manager + Developer.

TGC-1

Territorial Generating Company #1, energy sector

2009 — 2010

PositionSoftware Developer / SharePoint EngineerLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryEnergy / Manufacturing
C#.NETSharePoint 2007/2010SQL Server

Business-application development, setting development targets. Internal seminars and training sessions on SharePoint 2007/2010.

  • Employee Effectiveness Evaluation — company-wide survey application.
  • HR Solution — unified database of CVs and vacancies.
  • Station Comments Accounting System — task tracking and execution-discipline control.
  • Internal SharePoint training — improved employee skills and solution adoption.

Vest, LLC

MES implementation for Alcoa Russia

2008

PositionConsultant for Software Solutions, ASOUPLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryManufacturing / System Integration
VB.NETOracleMS SQL Server

Project-development team work. MES (Manufacturing Execution System) implementation for Alcoa Russia — the largest producer of rolled aluminium. VB.NET programming, stored procedures for Oracle, database architecture (tables, triggers).

  • MES implementation for Alcoa Russia.
  • Architecture and development of Oracle stored procedures.

ST-IT

System integration, EDM projects

2007 — 2008

PositionHead of HelpDeskLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryIT Consulting
EDMITSMHelpDesk/ServiceDesk

Management of the Support Department (HelpDesk, ServiceDesk). Created system architecture, budgeted EDM (electronic document management) implementation projects, modified systems using platform tools.

Customer technical support, consulting, knowledge base, complaint-resolution monitoring. Participated in EDM implementation project teams.

  • Built and led the Support Department.
  • Budgeted and managed EDM implementation projects.
  • Knowledge base for tickets and incident management.

X-Business

Career start — EDM implementation project management

2006 — 2007

PositionProject ManagerLocationSaint Petersburg, RussiaIndustryIT Consulting
Project ManagementITSMIT Infrastructure

First IT role. Project-activity support, planning of the working group of engineers/administrators/programmers, project documentation, sales and tenders.

  • First IT role as Project Manager.
  • Project-activity support and budgeting.
  • Participation in sales and tenders.

Music & Creative Side

Indie rock project and 5 years as sound/mix engineer in Germany

Monsters In Your Headlights

Indie rock / Alternative

Relaunching — album ready, looking for a vocalist

Launched in the UK in 2019. Five years in Germany (2019–2024) in parallel to the IT career: sound/mix engineer and arranger (4 Oceans, Мынемы) — this period formed the producer and arranging signature. Since 2024 — active relaunch phase: album is ready, searching for a vocalist and finalising production.

Author of the concept, producer, sound/mix engineer

Arranger

IT infrastructure: distribution, streaming presence, analytics

Releases

Different Choices

2020 · Single

Call It Home

2021 · Single

Side Projects

Deep Inside

Arrangements and performance of the album «Здесь и сейчас» (ruspop, 2010, 10 tracks).

МЫНЕМЫ (2019–2024)

Arrangements for the project; sound/mix engineering — mixing and mastering of tracks.

Education

2002 — 2006

Specialist / MSc, 2202 — Automated Information Processing and Management Systems

ITMO University, Saint Petersburg

2010 — 2013

MSc, Business Administration and Management

St. Petersburg Institute of Economics and Management (ИЭКИДА)

Languages

  • Russian

    Native

  • English

    C1 — Advanced (Professional Working Proficiency)

  • German

    A2 — Elementary

Certifications & Development Programs

  • 2024–2025

    SEFE Activate Leadership Development Program 2024 (RHR Partners) — Fundamentals of Leadership, EI, Situational Leadership, Coaching, Resilience, Facilitation

    RHR Partners + SEFE GmbH

  • 2025

    AZ-204 — Azure Developer Associate

    Microsoft

  • 2025

    AZ-900 — Azure Fundamentals

    Microsoft

  • 2023

    Doxis Technical Administration

    SER Solutions Deutschland GmbH, Bonn

  • 2023

    Doxis CSB Technical Administration — Doxis Domain, cubeDesigner, Replication, HA, Failover, Backup/Recovery

    SER Solutions Deutschland GmbH, Bonn

  • 2014

    #20489b — Advanced Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Solutions

    Microsoft

  • 2014

    Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Core Solutions

    Microsoft

  • 2013

    #10175 — Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development

    Microsoft / Эврика

  • 2012

    #10232 — Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Applications

    Microsoft / Эврика

  • 2013

    Build Apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Jump Start

    Microsoft

  • 2013

    Building Web Apps with ASP.NET Jump Start

    Microsoft

  • 2013

    Upgrading Skills to Windows Server 2012 Jump Start

    Microsoft

  • 2013

    Introduction to Windows Azure

    Microsoft

  • 2013

    Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2

    Microsoft

  • 2013

    System Center 2012 (Orchestrator, Advisor, DPM, Operations Manager)

    Microsoft

  • 2013

    Microsoft Solutions Specialist

    Microsoft

  • 2007

    #2072 — Administering a Microsoft Windows SQL Server 2000 Database

    ЛИМТУ 973

Clients & Industries

Clients & Industries

SEFEGazprom GermaniaVeeam SoftwareHeinekenKofaxSchindlerDaimlerL'OréalThyssenKruppSchindlerAlcoa RussiaNOVA Nordisc

Industries

  • Energy & Trading (SEFE / Gazprom Germania)
  • Financial Services (Trading FX, Credit Risk)
  • SaaS (Kofax ReadSoft Online, Evoke)
  • Enterprise Platforms (Veeam, SharePoint)
  • Document & Content Management (ECM, Doxis)
  • Logistics & Supply Chain (Heineken, SAP)
  • Manufacturing (TGC-1, Alcoa Russia)
  • FMCG (Heineken, L'Oréal)
  • Automotive (Daimler)
  • Industrial / Engineering (ThyssenKrupp, Schindler)
  • Pharma & Retail (Impharma)
  • IT Consulting (Vest, ST-IT, X-Business)

Work Modes

  • Full-time, part-time, project-based
  • Flexible schedule: remote, hybrid, on-site
  • Open to: B2B contracts, Head of Engineering, Principal/Staff .NET, AI Architect / Tech Lead
  • Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+1/+2) — flexible for US/EU meetings

References available on request — contact details of previous employers and clients.