// profile

The person
behind the work.

Alexey Smirnoff

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Northridge, CA20+ years of experience

Full-stack engineer focused on React and Next.js applications, backend systems, AI-assisted features and data-driven user experiences. Work spans product architecture, content and commerce platforms, Python automation and experimental AI systems.

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Original baseline CV supplied by Alexey Smirnoff. The document uses the name Aleksei Smirnov.

01## Experience

2025–2026 · Los Angeles, CA

Independent Software & AI Developer

Research projects

Developed full-stack applications with React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS, Express and PostgreSQL, focusing on modular architecture and API design.
Built API-driven platforms, real-time dashboards and automation workflows with external integrations and asynchronous processing.
Developed commerce and marketplace systems with authentication, transactional workflows and database-driven product features.
Built AI-assisted tools using Python, OpenAI APIs and Hugging Face models for NLP, semantic analysis and workflow automation.
Explored reinforcement learning and RTS-style simulations, alongside Docker-based development and deployment workflows.

2023–2024 · Los Angeles, CA

Full-Stack Developer

Freelance projects

Built and maintained production content and commerce platforms, with ongoing optimisation and lifecycle support.
Customised a WordPress news platform through PHP changes, plugin development, editorial workflows and performance improvements.
Implemented OpenCart and WooCommerce systems with product catalogues, inventory logic and customised checkout flows.
Supported deployment maintenance, environment hardening, debugging and continued feature development.

02## Selected engineering work

2026 · Independent concept