Denis Kurilov
Lead Engineer and Founder at Routinghub | Building last-mile route optimization solutions
United Arab Emirates
Overview
Work Experience
Lead Engineer and Founder
2019 - Current
Customizable route planning and optimization for your logistics app with our Vehicle Routing and Scheduling API. Currently building Routing24 - free route optimization in your browser.
Tech lead, Yandex.Routing (RouteQ)
2017 - 2019
Tech lead in Yandex.Routing team (RouteQ, last-mile route optimization).
Head of Advanced Analytics Platform
2016 - 2017
Joined CartoDB team to prototype a large-scale geodata processing framework and build company strategy around big geodata processing.
Carto is a platform that turns spatial data into an efficient delivery route, better behavioral marketing, and strategic store placements.
Raised $93,986,557.00 from Kibo Ventures, Hearst Ventures, Accel, European Investment Fund, European Innovation Council, Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital.
Head of R&D, Yandex.Maps (Berlin)
2014 - 2016
Head of Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) office in Berlin. Was responsible for office operations and R&D for a number of projects inside Yandex.Maps. Directly lead Maps ETL team, improving spatial data processing pipeline behind Yandex Maps. Significantly improved technology behind data release process, from days to hours from raw data to production LBS services, connected with the product (basemap, geocoding, routing).
Research Consultant
2010 - 2014
Technical research and consulting for a number of Yandex.Maps projects. Performed problem analysis, developed specifications and proposals.
Team Lead, Map rendering backend
2008 - 2010
Joined Yandex in 2008 as the result of acquisition of Novacom Software Ltd by Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX). Delivered: - map rendering backend for Yandex Maps service to replace third-party solution (https://maps.yandex.ru, Russia's most visited online map website); - tools for map design and styling, used by map data production team; - rendering components for Yandex People's map service (https://n.maps.yandex.ru, collaborative online map editior); - rendering components for Yandex Traffic service.
Software Architect
2010 - 2014
Joined a start-up company to empower technical expertise in large-scale spatial data processing and visualisation. Developed core visualisation and data processing technology behind the company's flagship product WiVolo, a near real-time mobile coverage visualisation and data analysis system used by Telecom New Zealand, Chorus, Land Information New Zealand and others. Implemented major parts of the product, related to mobile network coverage analysis. Improved company's software development and delivery processes (continuous testing and releases, internal documentation and other).
Founder
2006 - 2008
Founded and ran a software development company with focus on custom GIS solutions development. Successfully implemented tens of custom software development projects of different scale in the various business domains, primarily in GIS and online Location Services. Was involved in all projects as a software engineer or technical lead. Built and lead a great engineering team. Gained practical experience in operations, product building, marketing and people management. Exited via acquisition by Yandex.