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   final var title = "Software Engineer";
   final var company = "Gemini";
   final var languages = { "Java", "Scala", "Kotlin", "C/C++" };
   final var experience = 15; // years

   final var linkedin = new URL("https://www.linkedin.com/in/lapayev");
   final var leetcode = new URL("https://leetcode.com/vlad_l");
   final var hackerrank = new URL("https://www.hackerrank.com/vlad_l");
}

Experience

Gemini

final var title = "Senior Software Engineer";

January 2025 - Present

Gemini Credit Card — where fiat meets crypto. ⚡

  • Led a cross-functional initiative to deliver a company-wide user data sharing platform implementing the Finance Data Exchange (FDX) spec.

  • Extended OAuth to support cross-account access, powering the Gemini Business Card launch.

  • Led 0→1 build of Manual AAN tooling, turning a manual process into an automated pipeline serving notices with 100% on-time delivery under Reg B’s 30-day window.

Coursera

final var title = "Senior Software Engineer";

August 2021 - January 2025

  • Redesign and scale Career Academy from demo to production.

  • Designed and implemented a modular Authoring platform, reducing code duplication, enforcing API standards and increasing team ownership in alignment with company goals.

  • Transitioned top-tier services to Java, reducing code redundancy and improve system interoperability by adopting a federated GraphQL API.

About Coursera

Nuix

final var title = "Principal Software Engineer";

July 2017 - August 2021

  • Led the integration of Nuix Investigate with Nuix Discover from the Investigate side.

  • Contributed to the creation Nuix Analytics and Intelligence and Nuix Investigate.

What we do

EPAM Systems

final var title = "Lead Software Engineer";

Nov 2012 - July 2017

  • Designed and implemented core components of the TelescopeAI platform

Open Source Contributions

Hazelcast

EhCache

JSR107

Education

Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics

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    final var university = "Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics"
    final var faculty = "Faculty of Computer Systems and Networks";
    final var degreeIn = "Computer Science"
}