Anatoli Leuchanka
Extensive experience delivering scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions across fintech, travel-tech, and insurance domains. Deep expertise in software architecture and design using SOA, EDA, Event Sourcing, TDD, BDD, DDD, C4 model, and UML. Proven track record of designing for high availability, observability, and compliance (PCI, PII, GDPR). Strong background in mentoring developers, conducting code reviews, facilitating architectural discussions. Skilled at building cross-functional alignment and driving delivery through workshops, standups, and clear documentation (JIRA, Confluence, Gliffy). Proven leadership in mentoring developers, facilitating architecture reviews, and leading cross-functional collaboration in Agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean) environments.
SiteMinder LittleHotelier: Led the transformation of a monolithic platform into a modular, micro front-end architecture across reservations, payments, calendar, and reporting modules.
SiteMinder Insights: Architected and delivered an end-to-end, real-time analytics platform to provide property managers with actionable insights.
IAG: Led the design and development of a scalable, reusable UI component library adopted across frontend teams.
Key Competencies
Languages & Frontends
- Go, Python, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Vue.js, React.js
Cloud & DevOps
- AWS (Lambda, Route53, Redis, VPC, Kinesis, DynamoDB, Aurora, EKS, Bedrock, IAM, Secrets Manager)
- GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Buildkite, CDN
Auth & Security
- OAuth/OAuth2, JWT, RBAC, ABAC, SAML 2.0, MFA
Integration & API Management
- MuleSoft, Apigee, NGINX, Websocket, REST, OpenAPI, GraphQL
Data & AI
- Elasticsearch, ELK, LLM, AI Agents, RAG, LangChain
- Snowflake, Redshift, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Work Experience
Senior Solution Designer
- Led solution design for key merchant payment initiatives.
- Immediate Merchant Payments: Delivered real-time settlement capabilities to enable instant merchant payments and reduce transaction latency.
- Redundant Merchant Payment Processing: Built a fault-tolerant payment system to improve reliability and minimize downtime. Supported onboarding, refunds, settlements, and reconciliation workflows.
- Collaborated with external vendors including Verifone, Cybersource, and Visa to ensure seamless integration.
Principal Engineer
- Led architecture and technical direction across two major product streams.
- Little Hotelier (PMS): Transformed a legacy monolithic platform into a modular, micro front-end architecture across reservations, payments, calendar, and reporting modules. Migrated infrastructure from EC2 to Kubernetes, enhancing scalability and efficiency. Delivered PCI/PII-compliant solutions and integrated with Stripe and Xero.
- Insights – Greenfield: Architected and delivered a real-time, end-to-end analytics platform. Partnered with product leadership to secure C-level buy-in using ROI and cost models. Designed PII-compliant architecture and enabled self-service onboarding, reducing setup time by ~1 hour per customer. Developed data ingestion from PredictHQ, Booking.com, and Expedia.
- Facilitated workshops, negotiated API and integration contracts with internal/external teams, and mentored two development teams.
Digital Architect
- SME Insurance Experimentation: Designed and led a marketing experiment for SME insurance, validating customer value and acquisition strategies.
- Home, Motor & CTP Insurance: Architected and delivered digital SPAs, integrating cloud and on-premise solutions.
- CGU Self-Service Center: Designed and supported rollout of a customer self-service platform to boost engagement and reduce support load.
- IAG UI Component Library: Led design and development of a shared UI component library adopted across frontend teams for reusability and consistency.
- Digital Transformation: Drove architecture of customer-facing apps during mainframe-to-Guidewire transition, enabling modern digital experiences.
- Engineering Leadership: Founded and ran the Digital Engineering Forum to standardize coding practices and tooling; initiated hackathons to foster innovation.
Technical Lead
- Gathered and analyzed requirements; negotiated API and integration contracts with enterprise customers.
- Designed and developed REST APIs and microservices aligned with scalable architectural patterns.
- Managed a team of developers, providing mentorship and overseeing daily technical delivery.
- Provided architectural leadership across projects, ensuring code quality, design clarity, and delivery standards.
- Planned, developed, and automated infrastructure deployments using CI/CD best practices.
- Presented architecture documentation and technical process descriptions to stakeholders and leadership.
Prior Career History
- Software Developer – Parcelpoint | Sydney, Australia | 2014–2015
- Senior Software Developer – Seavus | Berlin, Germany | 2013–2014
- Developer & Co-founder – TravelMatching (Accelerator) | Dubai, UAE | 2013
- Senior Software Developer – Seavus | Zurich, Switzerland | 2012–2013
- Senior Developer – Various IT consulting companies | Belarus | Prior to 2013
Education
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Masters of Technical Science in Software EngineeringGomel State University, Belarus
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Diploma in Software EngineeringGomel State University, Belarus