Software engineer with 12+ years of experience.
Passionate and motivated to build beautiful products and services.
Constantly evolving and staying up-to-date with modern tech.
Ai enthusiast.
Excited about endless learning process and growth.
George Chkhvirkia
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Tbilisi, Georgia
About
Highlights
API Design
Designing modular APIs for the most of my career
Open Source Contribution
I've contributed to updating the
Apartment
gem, which helps manage multi-tenant Rails apps.
Forked it and updated dependencies in it + few minor updates.
Sidekiq / Redis Background Job Performance Improvements
Successfully enhanced the performance of a legacy Sidekiq worker, achieving a 4x improvement:
- Reduced RAM usage from 8GB to 2GB
- Optimized background job processing time from 7 hours to minutes by implementing batching and queuing
Modular Record Filtering System
Developed a modular, scope-based filtering and sorting system with Rails for Postgres DB records:
- Implemented an advanced query builder to filter records across multiple columns, including those in joined tables
- Integrated advanced sorting capabilities into the query builder, allowing for flexible filtering and sorting combinations
Blood and Swab Test Booking System
- Designed a modular system to book COVID, swab, and blood tests using APIs from major labs (e.g., Synlab)
- Implemented mechanisms to prevent parallel slot bookings, ensure reserved slot cleanup, and more
Experience
Senior Backend Developer + React Developer @
BehaveHealth Corp.
2022 / -
Best ALL-IN-ONE software for behavioral health providers.
Full Stack Developer @
One Check
2020 / 2021
Developed a platform to facilitate the booking and management of COVID-19 tests.
Full Stack Developer @
Wallet Card
2018 / 2021
Developed a project to help construction companies manage certifications:
- Transformed the application into a Single Page App using Vue.js and Rails API.
Lead Back-End Developer @
Eden
2018
Connects Real estate agents with buyers.
- Developed latest version of Rails API, with database with 1M+ records.
- Improved API response speed by adding efficient serializers, improved db structure.
Lead Back-End + React Developer @
BehaveHealth
2016 / 2018
Helps medical facilities to manage patient and employee info.
- Developed Rails API with multitenant database architecture.
- Complex employee permission system.
- Background processing for payments and notifications.
- First version of project's mobile Web-App is also built by me with ReactJS.
CTO @
Terminal
2016 / 2017
Developed a feature-rich, highly customized Rails-based CRM for a chain of local co-working spaces:
- Implemented a custom Bootstrap theme for a tailored user experience.
- Built a sophisticated employee management system to handle complex workflows.
- Integrated tools for detailed progress analysis and performance tracking.
Rails Developer @
Rever.Co
2015 - 2016
Refactored a large, legacy codebase. Within a few months, our team achieved the following:
- Transformed the architecture into a modular, maintainable structure.
- Thoroughly documented and tested the code to ensure long-term stability and ease of future development.
Competitions & Challenges
HackTbilisi 2015 By UniHack
12 / 2015
Student Hackathon. Won 3rd place with project 'Bundle'
StartupWeekend By Liberty Bank Georgia
12 / 2013
Personal Startup. Restaurant search / online ordering website.
3rd Place in Imagine Cup Georgia By Microsoft
02 / 2012 - 05 / 2012
Website / Windows Phone App. Helps users to find / clean and monitor garbage cleaning.
Details & Contacts
Tech Stack
- Ruby / Rails
- Elixir
- React / React Native / Vue
- Postgres / MySQL
- Python
Current Interests
- Ai / LLM development
- System Design
- Invesments / Stock Market / Money Psychology