Ilya Roger
Software Developer & Systems Specialist @Vention
Building AI-powered search infrastructure for large-scale podcast indexing: @PodZeus
Specialized in:
Architect and deploy distributed systems · Run and manage inference on NVIDIA A30s · Build containerized worker pipelines in Go · Handle high-throughput media processing with ffmpeg & RabbitMQ · Optimize Linux environments for performance, reliability, and cost.
Tech I enjoy:
Go · TypeScript · Bash · PostgreSQL · Docker · Nginx · ffmpeg · Ubuntu · Pinecone
Work experience
Vention - Minsk, Belarus
Fullstack Developer | January 2024 - present
Building internal AI proof-of-concepts, automation workflows, and semantic data tools for client-facing products. Also provisioned NVIDIA A30 inference infrastructure and led practical AI workshops across the company.
KaiserKoenig - Hamburg, Germany
Frontend Developer | April 2022 - Oct 2023
Built React applications, testing workflows, and internal tools for media and subscription products. Work included Storybook/Chromatic CI, Jest/Cypress coverage, a Vue-to-React migration, and AI-assisted research tooling for Der Spiegel.
iTechArt - Minsk, Belarus
Frontend Developer | Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Joined after relocating from Frankfurt to Minsk, but the role ended almost immediately due to the war in Ukraine and resulting sanctions. Relocated back to Germany when the company could no longer operate locally.
BioEticGoods - Ticino, Switzerland
Frontend Developer | Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
Built and shipped frontend features with React, TypeScript, and Next.js while coordinating directly with design and product stakeholders. Focused on performance, code quality, Lighthouse improvements, and weekly client delivery.
Sagos - Basel, Switzerland
Frontend Developer | Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
Created frontend systems and reusable UI foundations with React, Storybook, ESLint, and Prettier. Improved performance through lazy loading, asset optimization, and Lighthouse-focused delivery.
Freelance Project - Basel, Switzerland
Frontend Developer | Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Delivered a frontend project across design, implementation, SEO, and performance work. Used Figma, Zeplin, Tailwind CSS, Jest, and GitHub Actions to keep the product shippable and maintainable.
Projects
DispatchPing - Field Maintenance Scheduling Optimizer
June 2026 - Present
DispatchPing turns field-service planning from spreadsheet work into optimized weekly schedules. It matches jobs to technicians by location, certification, time window, and SLA, then produces route maps, timelines, and field-ready exports.
PodZeus - Podcast Search & Intelligence Platform
December 2025 - Present
PodZeus makes podcast archives searchable by exact moments, not just episode titles. It uses transcription, timestamps, lexical search, and semantic search to help creators and advertisers find relevant clips fast.
ClipZeus - YouTube Analysis for Clippers
April 2025 - November 2025
ClipZeus analyzed YouTube videos for short-form clippers, helping identify high-potential moments from long-form content. The project was paused after YouTube API and bulk-download restrictions made video ingestion at scale impractical.
ChefGPT - Recipe Generator
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
ChefGPT generated country-specific recipe collections with OpenAI, turning prompt output into a browsable recipe site. It was a small experiment in AI-generated content, formatting, and export-ready recipe pages.
Education
SAE Institute - Frankfurt am Main, Germany
B.Sc. Games Programming | Mar 2019 - Jun 2021
Skills
AI
Backend
Infra
Languages
English
C2
German
C2 - Native
Russian
C1 - Native
Belarusian
A2