Barskov Nikita #

I am a software engineer with over 8 years of experience, based in Oslo, Norway. I am skilled in leading teams, building scalable data systems, and applying modern software practices. Proficient in Golang, Python, and various cloud technologies. Focused on creating effective solutions for data-driven products and excelling in collaborative environments.

Education #

Master of Informatics and Computer Engineering (with Honours) #

Samara State Aerospace University, Samara, Russian Federation, 2017-2019

Bachelor of Applied Physics and Mathematics #

Samara State Aerospace University, Samara, Russian Federation, 2013-2017

Experience #

Senior Software Engineer @ Deepinsight #

June 2025 - Present

Principal Software Engineer @ Volur #

October 2024 - May 2025

• Leading the development of data ingestion solutions for strategic partners, ensuring reliable and secure data transfer
• Established and optimized company-wide processes for building scalable products through implementation of DevOps best practices and architectural improvements

Senior Software Engineer @ Volur #

May 2023 - September 2024

• Designing data models and processing pipelines, creating internal and external APIs, and managing the underlying infrastructure.
• Improving processes and contributing to building a scalable product in the company by advocating modern software development practices like containerisation, continuous delivery, API First, infrastructure as code, platform engineering, and team topologies.
• Mentoring junior developers and advising on secure and reliable software development practices.

Senior Software Engineer @ Coop Norge #

April 2021 - April 2023

• Lead the Analytics Platform team to support analysts and data scientists in delivering insights and models.
• Played a key role in the development team responsible for delivering a new backend for the Coop Norge OBS! Bygg customer leaflet within the Coop mobile application.
• Enhanced processes and played a central role in implementing modern data warehouse architecture, Data Mesh, to build a scalable product within the company.
• Contributed to the development of the internal developer platform.

Data Engineer @ Coop Norge #

April 2021 - May 2022

• A member of data platform and data engineering teams, developing pseudonymization solution for GDPR compliance.
• A data engineer in the team responsible for building and delivering a new backend services for the Coop Norge OBS! Bygg customer leaflet within the Coop mobile application.
• An active contributor to the development of the internal developer platform.

Earlier experience #

In my previous roles (from April 2017 to April 2021), I’ve worked at Cxense, Inventale and Rystad Energy on positions of software engineer working on backend services and data processing systems.

Technical skills #

Golang, Python, dbt, gRPC, Protobuf, Open Container Initiative, Kubernetes, OpenTofu, Terraform, OpenTelemetry, GitHub Actions, Snowflake, Azure, Google Cloud.