Vladyslav Zhuravel

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5 years building web applications
Python, Odoo, React, k8s, CI/CD & DevOps, AI Agents

Experience

2022 — Present

Full-Stack Developer

Raccoon Gang

Delivered 10+ education platforms for corporate and university clients worldwide. Built RAG pipelines, MCP servers, and AI-driven content tools as part of the AI Lab initiative. Participate in pre-sale and technical discovery — estimation, architecture decisions, and client communication. Tech: Python, Django, React, Open edX, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes.

2021 — Present

Full-Stack Developer

Prozori Solutions

Focused on government and public sector education platforms — including a national LMS for public schools, a textbook approval system, an exam question bank, and an anti-corruption platform. Responsible for full-stack development, Odoo integrations, and multi-environment deployments serving government institutions across Ukraine.

2019 — 2021

HVAC Automation & Electrical Engineer

Golden & Ko

Designed automation schematics, assembled electrical control panels, and commissioned controllers with sensor integration. This hands-on hardware automation experience became my gateway into software engineering — teaching me to think from the lowest level of abstraction up.

2018 — 2019

Electrical Design Intern

Southern Railway Authority

Intern at a municipal utility company as part of my university studies, where I learned to design and draft electrical circuit schematics.

Projects

MON USO — National Education Platform

NDA

Large - scale Ukrainian online education ecosystem for public schools, serving the Ministry of Education.Built on Open edX with multiple custom services and multi - environment architecture.I worked as a full - stack developer — building backend APIs, customizing the LMS, and maintaining deployment pipelines.

Starbucks Global Academy

starbucksglobalacademy.com

Customized corporate learning platform with regional microsites, advanced branding, mobile apps, gamification, analytics, and bespoke UX.I contributed to backend development and platform customization across multiple regional deployments.

AI Lab — AI Powered Tooling & Integrations

raccoongang.com

Internal R & D initiative where I build RAG pipelines, MCP servers for Claude, and AI - driven content generation — all inside Django / Open edX projects.Includes automation with Google Sheets, YouTrack, GitLab, and Atlassian APIs.Building internal AI products with a path toward commercial use.

Ukrainian Military Education Platform

NDA

A non - profit education platform for the Ukrainian military.I can't share further details — but this is the project I'm most proud of.

Community Housing Transformation Centre

chaalc.ca

Learning platform for Canada's community housing sector.Built on Open edX with custom portal features, multilingual support(EN / FR), mobile apps, and analytics integrations for content delivery and social learning.

Textbook Approval System

NDA

A specialized module for managing expert review and approval of school textbooks within the national education platform.Integrates the LMS with an Odoo - based workflow for administrators, publishers, and expert reviewers — covering user provisioning, textbook - course creation, expert group assignment, and status tracking.

NAZK — Anti - Corruption Platform

nazk.gov.ua

Anti - corruption platform for Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention — supporting asset declaration registers, whistleblower portals, political finance oversight, and public compliance databases across government institutions.

National Testing Platform — Question Bank

NDA

Odoo - based module that manages the full lifecycle of exam questions — from creation and expert review to standardized storage in a centralized question bank for the Ministry of Education of Ukraine.

King Khalid University — Mobile Learning Platform

kku.edu.sa

Mobile - first learning platform for King Khalid University's extension programs(Saudi Arabia).I developed the API layer, payment integrations with Google Play Console and Apple App Store Connect, and helped deliver an Open edX - based solution with a dedicated mobile app.

Copernicus College

copernicuscollege.pl

Poland's first free online education platform, built in collaboration between the Copernicus Center Foundation and Jagiellonian University.Delivers university - level courses and lectures from top Polish and international scholars.

Skills

Backend

Python, Django, Django REST Framework, Django Ninja, FastAPI, Odoo, Celery, Redis, Pydantic, Asyncio, OAuth2/JWT, WebSockets, Boto3

AI & LLM

LangChain, OpenAI API, RAG Pipelines, Qdrant, FastMCP, Model Context Protocol, Prompt Engineering, Vector Search, AI Content Generation

Frontend

JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, HTML, CSS, SASS/SCSS, Vite, Accessibility (a11y), Performance Optimization

Databases & Caching

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Query Optimization, Database Design, N+1 Problem Solving

DevOps & Cloud

Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), Nginx, Linux, Bash, Helm, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Vercel, Sentry, Prometheus, Grafana

Architecture & Patterns

REST API Design, Microservices, Event-driven, DDD, Clean Architecture, SOLID, Design Patterns

Testing & Quality

Pytest, TDD, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, E2E Testing (Playwright, Cypress), Test Coverage

AI Tooling

Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, NotebookLM, Figma MCP

About

Hi, I'm Vlad Zhuravel — a full-stack engineer building AI-powered products in education technology.

Over the past 5 years, I've been working on platforms that serve millions of learners — from national-scale school ecosystems and military education systems to corporate learning platforms with global reach. My stack is Python, Django, React, and Open edX, but what sets me apart is where I take it.

Today I build RAG pipelines, MCP servers for Claude, and AI-driven content generation — all inside production projects. I also do technical discovery and pre-sale architecture, because understanding what a client actually needs makes me a better engineer than any framework ever could.

I believe education is the highest-leverage problem technology can solve. I want to be part of the teams that prove it.

My Story

My journey into tech started at the hardware level — wiring sensors, programming controllers, and building automation systems for heating and ventilation at a construction company in Kharkiv, Ukraine. That hands-on work with the lowest layers of abstraction — electricity, physics, debugging things that could literally catch fire — shaped how I think about software today. Every layer up, from circuits to servers to AI agents, I carry the same instinct: understand what's actually happening, not just what the framework abstracts away.

In late 2021 I joined a software company as an intern. Three months later, in March 2022, I closed my probation period. If you remember that March in Ukraine — you understand what that means. Russia launched a full-scale invasion, and Kharkiv, my home city, became one of the most shelled cities in Europe.

I kept working. The team kept working. I grew from intern to junior to mid-level engineer while the country was at war. In 2024 I relocated to Turkey — a difficult year of starting over in a new country with a new language and zero stability. But it gave me clarity on what I want to build and why.

I was born and raised in Kharkiv — a city famous for its universities, where the atom was first split in the Soviet Union, where scientists like Ilya Mechnikov and Lev Landau once worked. It's still standing. If you'd like to support humanitarian aid for Ukrainians and the people of Kharkiv, please reach out — I'll point you to trusted organizations.

Fun fact: my last name, Zhuravel (Журавель), pronounces as "Zhoo-rah-VEL" and means "crane" in Ukrainian — the bird 🦢, not the machine.

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