Aleksandr Perederei
Principal Engineer at Delivery Hero
Principal Engineer with experience at FAANG+ companies including Delivery Hero and Tesla. Specialized in building distributed systems at scale, AI/ML platforms, and leading cross-functional teams. 15+ years of experience in software engineering and technical leadership.
Berlin, Germany
THE WORK SO FAR
Experience
Principal Engineer
Delivery Hero
2026 – Present
Berlin, Germany
- –Driving technical strategy and architecture across engineering organization
- –Setting standards for system design, reliability, and engineering excellence at scale
- –Mentoring Staff and Senior engineers on technical leadership and career growth
Staff Software Engineer
Tesla
Oct 2023 – 2025
Berlin, Germany
- –Led cross-functional team building Computer Vision Platform for factory AI systems
- –Built AI agents and computer vision products. Focus: manufacturing automation
- –Cut downtime to zero. Was 300 min/quarter, now perfect uptime through QA automation and smart deployments
- –Delivered Go/TypeScript application to production. Berlin launch complete, global rollout next
- –Created 16-week Go course from scratch. Trained 30+ Tesla engineers
Engineering Manager
Delivery Hero
Jun 2022 – Sep 2024
Berlin, Germany
- –Ran Billing Delivery Squad. Critical infrastructure serving millions globally
- –Set technical vision. Drove projects from idea to production
- –Built high-performing team through smart hiring and continuous mentorship
- –Championed engineering excellence. Quality, performance, security - no compromises
Senior Software Engineer
Delivery Hero
Dec 2019 – Jun 2022
Berlin, Germany
- –Migrated Receipt service from PHP to Go microservices. Complex integration work
- –Built distributed system handling 500+ req/s. AWS stack: DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, S3
- –Scaled to 26 countries. Maintained 99.9% uptime
- –Deployment time: 3-6 months down to 2 weeks. Architecture refactoring made the difference
Co-Founder & CTO
Redline
Feb 2008 – Dec 2019
Russia
- –Co-founded company. Grew from $0 to 12M RUB annually
- –Led delivery of 40+ enterprise projects. Complex stuff
- –Built team of 25 engineers. Individual development plans for everyone
- –Modernized dev practices. Git, Agile, proper tooling - transformed how we worked
Technical Expertise
Languages & Frameworks
GoTypeScriptPythonNode.jsReactAngular
Infrastructure & Cloud
AWSGCPKubernetesDockerMicroservicesKafka
AI & Computer Vision
ML SystemsComputer VisionAI AgentsFactory Automation
Data & Monitoring
DynamoDBSQLDataDogGrafanaSplunk
Core Competencies
Distributed Systems ArchitectureAI/ML LeadershipTechnical StrategyTeam BuildingPerformance OptimizationCross-functional Leadership
Education
Master's Degree, Computer and Information Sciences
Tomsk State University • 2012 – 2014
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Engineering
Tomsk State University • 2008 – 2012