Available for freelancing or internship !
contact@tchekda.fr
Who am I - What do I do - What do I like
My name is David Tchekachev (a.k.a Tchekda on the Internet) and I'm a cloud-native software engineer focused on distributed systems, microservices, scalable architectures, and technical leadership.
Currently available for freelancing (now) or internship/full-time position (starting from Feb 2026). Resume available here
In various projects, I architect, develop, and deploy solutions for companies, NPOs, and side projects. My objective is always to provide the best technical solution that meets the client's needs, while being performant, cost-effective, and simple to understand/maintain in the long term.
I also engage in sport and volunteering activities in order to build new non-tech skills that I can use for my professional experience. Keeping myself busy to get better and more valuable is one of my most important goals.
“ A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. ”Alan J. Perlis
What am I competent with - What have I used in past projects
“ Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. ”Martin Fowler
How do I work with other people - What makes me different
“ If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likable person. ”Alan Cooper
What am I doing else
Outside of my studies and sports activities, I also like to volunteer on my freetime, in areas I am passionate about. It allows me to try new things in a friendly environment, without any professional expectations.
Being a self-taught developer, I wished so many times to have someone to help me and guide me in my learning process, so I decided to give back to the community by helping students in their learning process. I started by leading workshops at CoderDojo Paris, and later join Prologin / GirlsCanCode (national organization)
I have developed a passion for aviation which led me to buy a Flight Simulation software and join an online network, IVAO.aero. One thing led to another and I ended up joining the organization's Web Dev team, after some years I took over the leadership of the team and now I am in charge of a team of 10 developers, working on the various projects. Applying my tech skills to the aviation world is an awesome opportunity.
In 2024, Paris hosted the Summer Olympics & Paralympics; since I didn't only want to spectate and wanted to contribute as I could to the event, I applied to be a volunteer. I requested to be placed at a leadership position and was assigned to co-lead the Olympic & Paralympic Family Assistant teams (300 volunteers each). I quickly proved myself valuable and trustworthy within the organization, and was given additional responsibilities to support the operations and ensure smooth coordination between the various parties attending the event.
“ Talk is cheap. Show me the code. ”Linus Torvalds
What did I work on
Since January 2021
Being in charge of the overview, supervision, deployment, testing, validation and maintenance of the IVAO Web Systems has given me the opportunity to work with a lot of different technologies, people and challenges for our systems which are visited daily by thousands of people. My vision is to have the most scalable, cost-efficient, yet simple to maintain, architecture that allows frequent updates while leveraging industy best practices.
Since 2025
When working on cool projects, I would always be proud of the challenges that I/we faced, and would share them with my friends group. Writing public blogs allows me to share them publicly, while helping other developers, and providing insights to my clients on the work being done. I enjoy writing mid-length articles to present the interesting tech details, while not being too dense or boring.
Sept 2024 - Jan 2025
After completing my Bachelors degree and before starting my Masters, I wanted to discover real-world entreprise IT architectures to grasp a better understanding on how they operate. By joining Deloitte's IT M&A team, I was able to work with various companies while developing my formalization and analyzing skills. While I was providing tech expertise, I was also given the opportunity to autonomously lead a small Due Diligence project thanks to the trust built with my team.
Since April 2020
Highschool platform replacing the paper version of "Fiche Navette" used to collect student's wish for next year's options. With a complete backoffice to configure everything, with common import/export formats and a dashboard for teachers.
Product PageJune 2023 - Aug 2023
During a summer internship at Deloitte Luxembourg, I lead the development of an internal application in
coordination with the UI/UX team while reporting to the company's stakeholders. This project was a great
opportunity to learn how to work in a big company and how to manage a project from A to Z.
Also, I had the opportunity to drive some research on Generative AI and how it could be used in such big
company.
Dec 2022 - May 2023
Joined the team as a technical IT consultant & developer to create proof-of-concepts (PoCs) and website MVPs to pre-sell new product ideas in order to test how the market would react and would require a complete full-size solution. Working for this company allowed me to touch a lot of different technologies and new things I wouldn't have thought of, such as BigData, Influencer Marketing, Mobile Application, Blockchain, Medical products, E-commerce, AWS at scale, etc...
August 2021 - Dec 2021
Automating and optimizing repetitive tasks while providing some insights on processes by analyzing statistical data. All tools are hand-made to fit their exact need and integrate with existing internal tools and third-party services.
“ Working together produces a greater result than the sum of individual elements ”
How may we get in touch