Vadim Istratov

Vadim Istratov has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Most recently, they worked as the Director of Engineering for Billing, Financial Service & B2B at Wheely since December 2022. Prior to that, they served as the Director of Engineering for Financial Services at Modulr from January 2022 to December 2022.

Before their roles at Wheely and Modulr, Vadim held various positions at Badoo and Bumble. At Badoo, they served as the Head of Billing & Payments, Engineering from June 2016 to December 2021 and also as the Head of Billing Department from June 2015 to June 2016. Vadim started their career at Badoo as a Team Lead from June 2011 to June 2015.

Additionally, they worked as an IT Consultant for Billing and Payments at a Private Consultancy from January 2016 to December 2020. Vadim also has experience in the gaming industry, having worked as the Head of IT Development Department at Nival Network from January 2010 to May 2011.

Before that, they worked as a Lead Software Developer at BTA Bank from February 2008 to December 2009, where they were involved in web-based banking software development, business process designing, and SQL reports development. Prior to that, they worked as a Software Developer at IP-TEL from January 2002 to January 2008, where they developed Voice-over-IP applications and web-based tools.

Vadim began their career as a Web Developer in 1999.

Vadim Istratov began their education in 1991 at School №1296 in Moscow, where they obtained a Diploma in Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics in the year 2000. Following this, they attended Lyceum №1523 from 2000 to 2002, focusing on Maths, Physics, and Computer Science. In 2002, they enrolled at Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), where they pursued a degree in Computer Science, Applied Math & Physics, receiving their Engineer's degree in 2009. During the same period from 2002 to 2004, Vadim also attended National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, studying Computer Science and Cybernetics, although it is unclear if they obtained a degree from this institution. In terms of additional certifications, Vadim obtained certifications in Functional Program Design in Scala and Functional Programming Principles in Scala from Coursera in October 2017 and September 2017 respectively. Vadim also received certification in OWASP Top 10 - Sites attack and defense, though the exact obtained month and year are not specified.