Vitali Rudenia

Experience

1. Software Engineering Manager

   Oct 2023 — Present

   SOMPO International

   International Corporate Insurance Portal focused on policy management, claims, and document management systems.

   • Rescued a critical multi-country insurance portal from chronic delivery delays and a reactive development culture by establishing a sustainable delivery cadence.
   • Aligned business priorities with engineering capacity to achieve on-time delivery for four consecutive quarters.
   • Audited and resolved critical security vulnerabilities and architectural bottlenecks in a complex Liferay/Azure monolith.
   • Implemented mandatory code reviews and unit testing, reducing post-release defects by sixty percent.
   • Directed a distributed team of twelve engineers across multiple vendors, overseeing hiring, performance management, and team restructuring.
   • Orchestrated knowledge transfer sessions and improved cross-team communication to align engineering goals.
   • Led strategic architectural redesign to integrate three external enterprise systems, improving system scalability and maintainability.
   • Addressed a critical security flaw allowing any user to delete and view system files, ensuring system integrity.
   • Established clear KPIs and performance improvement plans to turn around underperforming workstreams.

2. Software Engineering Manager

   Oct 2022 — Oct 2023

   Cigna Corporation

   Led development of an in-house IT solution for a US Retail Platform, covering integration platforms, workflow engines, and portals for medical, dental, and supplemental products.

   • Stabilized a high-pressure engineering environment by implementing data-driven estimation models and renegotiating stakeholder expectations.
   • Orchestrated a quality-focused initiative reducing bug rates by 80% and increasing team throughput by 30%.
   • Partnered with Product Managers to align roadmaps with realistic engineering capacity and strategic delivery goals.

3. Engineering Lead

   Oct 2021 — Sep 2022

   Swiss Re Global HQ

   IptiQ is a B2B2C insurance company leveraging digital technology to empower partners with simple life and non-life insurance products, supported by a cutting-edge digital platform enabling seamless multi-channel customer experiences.

   • Collaborated with product managers and developers to design and deliver high-quality software solutions for the B2B2C digital insurance platform.
   • Led technical delivery and architectural governance to ensure scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions.
   • Contributed to refining software development processes to enhance efficiency and productivity.

4. Engineering Manager

   Oct 2020 — Sep 2021

   Thomson Reuters

   Managed a distributed engineering organization of 13+ members across two autonomous squads within the TRI-HIQ umbrella, ensuring synchronized delivery and QA excellence.

   • Managed team delivery of new features while ensuring on-time and budget-compliant project execution for an Angular-based application.
   • Redesigned security architecture for an Angular application to enhance application security and reliability.
   • Developed a modular Angular application architecture to improve scalability and maintainability.
   • Led sprint planning and coordinated with business analysts to align requirements with technical execution.
   • Mentored team members to improve technical skills and adherence to coding standards through code reviews.
   • Monitored team performance, identified risks, and implemented corrective actions to ensure project success.
   • Optimized budget and resource allocation, reducing customer development costs through strategic architectural redesigns.

5. Group Manager

   Sep 2014 — Oct 2020

   Netcracker

   Clients included NTT DOCOMO, NEC, Telecom Italia, VIVO (Brazil), Vimpelcom, and TW Telecom.

   • Managed multi-functional, international teams (up to 20+ resources) across time zones to deliver high-scale MANO system architectural redesigns.
   • Redesigned legacy monolith into a high-scale system with 60+ microservices, ensuring seamless integration for NEC and NTT DOCOMO.
   • Achieved zero-bug UAT for NTT DOCOMO by implementing rigorous quality gates and meeting Japanese industry standards.
   • Directed PostgreSQL High-Availability (Master-Slave) deployment and monitoring for 24/7 reliability in telecom infrastructure.
   • Mentored and promoted three senior engineers to Team Lead positions, fostering technical excellence.

6. Software Engineering and Lead roles

   Jan 2001 — Oct 2014

   Netcracker, Artezio, and G2X

7. AI-Driven Development (HexaOS)

   Designed an architectural Proof of Concept for a SaaS platform leveraging autonomous AI agents (LLMs) to prototype next-generation engineering workflows.

   • Designed and developed architectural proof-of-concept solutions leveraging large language models.

8. CycleCode Project

   Architected an autonomous Project Factory leveraging AI agents to create scalable, predictable delivery systems for engineering management.

   • Architected an autonomous Project Factory utilizing AI tools to manage the full Software Development Life Cycle.

Skills

Education

• Bachelor's, Information Technologies

  MINSK STATE HIGHER RADIOENGINEERING COLLEGE · Sep 1999 — Aug 2005