--- title: "CV · Mike Lvoff" description: "Mike Lvoff’s CV: ten years of building products across web, mobile, backend and AI, most recently as the founding engineer at Exoplan." url: https://mikelvoff.com/cv author: Mike Lvoff updated: 2026-10-12 --- # CV For ten years I’ve built products across web, mobile, backend and AI. Most recently I’ve been the founding engineer at Exoplan, and earlier I led a team of 8 at Sparkle. Tools: TypeScript · React · Swift · SwiftUI · Node.js · Python · PostgreSQL · Firebase · LLM agents ## Take the CV with you [Download CV](https://mikelvoff.com/cv/mike-lvoff-cv.pdf) [Download CV for engineers](https://mikelvoff.com/cv/mike-lvoff-cv-engineers.pdf) ## Experience 1. 2025 – now ### Exoplan Founding engineer An energy-aware calendar for iPhone and Apple Watch, made with designer Paul Never. I was the only engineer. - Built the model that turns 8 weeks of Apple Health data into a daily energy estimate for each person. - Built the AI assistant that drafts your schedule. It asks the iPhone for your live calendar and energy data before it answers. - Built the sleep score: it cleans up Apple Health sleep data and rates each night against your own last 30 days. Built with: Swift · SwiftUI · Node.js · Python · Firebase · LLM agents 2. Mar 2023 – Aug 2025 ### SRTX, makers of Sheertex Product engineer Software for the factory of a Y Combinator textile company. - Moved all the core factory dashboards to live data and rebuilt reporting with advanced filtering, so managers see production as it happens. - Delivered a waste tracking system from the ground up, replacing a manual process with a digital one. - Built 8 warehouse and inventory modules that put material handling, stock splitting and location inspections on a screen. Built with: TypeScript · React · Node.js · PostgreSQL 3. Sep 2022 – Feb 2023 ### Career break The war in Ukraine started. I volunteered and built a few pet projects. 4. Mar – Jul 2022 ### Turbota Co-founder, non-profit A “marketplace of help” for Ukrainian refugees and people in need. - Started it as a non-profit while I was a refugee myself. - Led a team of 6 across product, engineering, marketing and support. We launched the first version in 3 weeks. - Got 5 Instagram influencers with a combined following of 1.35 million to feature it, which doubled as a stress test. Built with: Angular · Firebase 5. Dec 2020 – Aug 2022 ### Sparkle Lead software engineer A platform for online events and festivals, including Burning Man online. - Joined as a senior engineer and grew into leading and coaching a team of 8. - Designed the rework that let the platform handle up to 100,000 people at once. - Traced a freeze that stopped the app for 3 minutes whenever close to 1,000 people were on, and fixed it in the open-source library that caused it. - Led the work with an outside games studio on the interactive map that hosted Burning Man online. Built with: TypeScript · React · Firebase 6. 2016 – 2020 ### Frontend engineer Schibsted, Innovecs, Corva, K-3Soft and GeekMyWeb 5 web projects for media, finance, oil and gas, advertising and recruitment companies. - At Schibsted, a media company of more than 1,000 people: launched a set of shared interface parts that 3 teams used. - At Upstox, a stock trading platform: built the service that lets traders keep 3 or more tabs open without extra connections. - At Corva: cut the app’s load time by more than 70%, and brought in peer code reviews. Built with: JavaScript · TypeScript · React · Redux ## What people say Michael Woodworth [Michael Woodworth’s recommendation on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lvoff/details/recommendations/) EVP Technology at SRTX > “He took full ownership of his areas and shipped steadily. I’d hire him again.” Andrew Poddubny [Andrew Poddubny’s recommendation on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lvoff/details/recommendations/) Software development manager at Innovecs > “Mike is very talented and passionate developer.” Ruslan Tsytsiura [Ruslan Tsytsiura’s recommendation on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lvoff/details/recommendations/) Product designer at Turbota > “He went above and beyond to ensure that every aspect of the Turbota.io platform was functioning as intended and that our users were getting the help they needed.” Paul Never [Paul Never’s recommendation on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lvoff/details/recommendations/) Founder and designer at Exoplan > “Mike asks concrete questions, spots edge cases in designs and thinks through how the different parts of a product fit together.” Vladyslav Sydorenko [Vladyslav Sydorenko’s recommendation on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lvoff/details/recommendations/) Senior iOS software engineer at Turbota > “Mike’s technical expertise, leadership, and dedication to the success of the project were instrumental in delivering a high-quality product that met user needs.” Alex Sokolov [Alex Sokolov’s recommendation on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lvoff/details/recommendations/) Senior IT project manager at K-3Soft > “His bright mind and flexibility of thinking allowed us to find great technical solutions in the most complicated situations.” ## Education Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, biomedical engineering and computer science ## Contact - [mike.lvoff@gmail.com](mailto:mike.lvoff@gmail.com) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lvoff/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/mike-lvoff) ## Take the CV with you [Download CV](https://mikelvoff.com/cv/mike-lvoff-cv.pdf) [Download CV for engineers](https://mikelvoff.com/cv/mike-lvoff-cv-engineers.pdf)