Ilya Glebov Sweden

Software engineer and Tech Lead focused on backends, infrastructure, and developer experience.

23 years building scalable backend systems

What I do

Backend & APIs

I build backend systems primarily with PHP and the Laravel ecosystem. I care about clean architecture and APIs that make sense—code you can come back to in a year and still understand.

Infrastructure

Big fan of Docker, Ansible for automation, and Traefik for routing. CI/CD pipelines that just work and infrastructure you can rely on—that's the goal.

Performance

I use Locust for load testing and enjoy fine-tuning Nginx, MySQL, and other systems. If it's slow, I'll find out why—and fix it before users notice.

Tooling

Testing, linting, refactoring—I enjoy finding tools that make these seamless. When nothing fits, I build my own to improve DevEx.

Currently exploring Go, Elixir, and Rust. More on /now

Experience

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Jul 2025 - Current

Glesysglesys.com

Backend Developer

Building backend systems at one of Sweden’s leading hosting and cloud infrastructure providers.

Nov 2021 - May 2025

Booztboozt.com

Backend Developer

Backend development at a major Nordic fashion e-commerce platform. PHP, Symfony, Go, and Python. Microservices architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and performance tuning with Locust.

Confirmed: Laravel over Symfony. Fell in love with Go for tooling. Had way too much fun with Locust and Python—should’ve started years earlier. Also made some great friends here.

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