Available for Director of Engineering · CTO roles · Canada-wide

Alex Kosachov

Director of Engineering · Maritime Enterprise Platforms · Distributed Systems

17 years building the technology platform behind a commercial maritime fleet — from a blank repository to a Bureau Veritas–certified, 8-product enterprise ERP supporting 31 vessels, 82,000+ seafarers, and $226.7M in cumulative fleet operations. With a team of under 12.

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17yrs
at SCG Global
8
Products built
31
Vessels managed
$226M
Fleet ops tracked
Platform at a Glance — March 2026
Vessels managed (lifetime) 31 commercial
Maintenance events logged 2,111,584
Fleet operations tracked $226.7M
Seafarer records 82,000+
Production releases 92 · 0 data loss
PSC Detentions 0
RightShip Safety Rating 5 / 5
⚓ Bureau Veritas Certified · ISO 9001
SCG Global Maritime Platform

8 Products. One Platform. 15 Years.

Every product in the platform was built from scratch under Alex's engineering leadership. Hover or tap a product node to preview. Click to read the full case study.

KAFKA EXCHANGE BACKBONE Shipvisor PMS Foundation Product Finvisor Financial ERP Crewisor Crew Management Invisor Purchasing Heatech → Succeeded by DaX DaX Vessel Analytics Sellwisor Supplier Portal ↗ E-SCMS Safety Compliance Succeeded by
Kafka Exchange integration
System succession (Heatech → DaX)
Standalone (pre-Kafka architecture)
External-facing product
Leadership Profile

15 Years. One Platform. Built to Last.

In 2009, Alex joined SCG Global — a maritime vessel management company — as its first software engineer, and began building what would become an 8-product maritime enterprise platform supporting a commercial fleet.

The engineering challenge was specific: commercial vessels operate with intermittent or zero internet connectivity, are subject to Port State Control inspection, and cannot afford operational downtime. Every architectural decision reflected those constraints — from the offline-first replication model in Shipvisor to the AES-256-CBC encrypted data files in Heatech to the ISM Code–compliant document distribution pipeline in E-SCMS.

In 2022, with the engineering team based in Ukraine, Alex directed a complete infrastructure relocation to AWS during active wartime operations — deploying Starlink terminals and backup power for all team members, establishing redundant connectivity, and maintaining 100% operational continuity throughout.

Alex is a Permanent Resident of Canada, based in Fredericton, NB. He is actively seeking Director of Engineering / VP Engineering / CTO roles — remote-first, open to relocation within Canada.

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July 2009
Lead Developer & Architect
Built Shipvisor PMS from a blank repository. Designed the offline-first replication model that governs every vessel-side product to this day.
14
2014
Director of Engineering / Head of Engineering
Expanded from PMS to multi-module platform. Added Finvisor, Crewisor, Heatech, Invisor, E-SCMS. Achieved Bureau Veritas certification for Shipvisor.
19
May 2019 – Present
CTO / Director of Engineering
Full platform ownership: roadmap, architecture, hiring, budget, compliance. Added DaX (Jan 2026) and Sellwisor (Mar 2025). Led wartime infrastructure relocation (2022).
$226.7M
Cumulative fleet operations tracked (Finvisor, verified)
2,111,584
Completed maintenance events logged
82K+
Seafarer records in Crewisor
92
Production releases · 0 data loss · 0 PSC detentions
70+
Repositories across 8 products
17
Years at SCG Global · 3 team rotations sustained
Bureau Veritas
Classification society certification for Shipvisor PMS · ISO 9001 · 5/5 RightShip rating
0
PSC vessel detentions attributable to platform failure
Case Studies

8 Products. Every One Built From Scratch.

Click any card to read the full case study — architecture highlights, production metrics, Alex's role, and the technology stack.

Fleet Maintenance · PMS ● Active
Shipvisor PMS
Built from zero: 2.1M maintenance events, 597K+ spare parts, Bureau Veritas certified. Foundation of the entire platform.
Maintenance events logged 2,111,584
Spare parts entries 597,661
Vessels (lifetime) 31
Ruby on Rails MySQL React SymmetricDS Kafka
2009 – Present · 15 years View case study →
Financial ERP ● Active
Finvisor
$226.7M in cumulative fleet operations tracked. 56,558 invoices. 1.44M immutable audit trail entries.
Fleet operations tracked $226.7M
Invoices processed 56,558
Audit trail entries 1,445,063
Rails GraphQL Kafka Elasticsearch PaperTrail
~2016 – Present View case study →
Crew Management ● Active
Crewisor
82,000+ seafarers. 34,484 vessels in database. Zero-downtime 2-year migration from legacy Clarion system.
Seafarer records 82,000+
Vessel database 34,484
AI CVs processed 2,056
Rails Elasticsearch SQL Server OpenAI API Kafka
2015 – Present · 10 years View case study →
Procurement · Catalogue ● Active
Invisor
1.17M catalogue placements. 3.17M sync deliveries. 5-minute push to 30+ vessel databases via RabbitMQ.
Fleet catalogue placements 1,168,812
Sync deliveries since Jul 2024 3,165,963
Unique article identities 51,419
Rails RabbitMQ Kafka ActiveAdmin Sidekiq
~2016 – Present View case study →
Safety & Compliance · ISM Code ● Active
E-SCMS
ISM Code SMS distribution across 30+ vessels. 8+ years. Built solo by Alex — the only platform product he implemented personally end-to-end.
Regulatory framework ISM Code / SOLAS IX
Fleet deployment 30+ vessels
Production lifetime 8+ years
Adobe Acrobat iOra GeoReplication rsync Starlink / VSAT
~2015 – Present · Sole implementer View case study →
Vessel Analytics · Completed ◎ Succeeded by DaX
Heatech / T19
AES-256-CBC encrypted vessel analytics. 11.2 years. 5,604 reports processed. Data files used as evidence in a legal dispute.
Fuel consumption tracked 501,726 MT
Nautical miles logged 4,726,543 NM
Security incidents Zero (11+ years)
Rails 3.2 AngularJS 1.0 nw.js AES-256-CBC crypto-js
2014 – Feb 2026 · Succeeded by DaX View case study →
Vessel Analytics · New ● Active — Jan 2026
DaX
Heatech's modern successor. Rails 7 / React 18 / Kafka. 2,404 events at 99.9% across 11 vessels and 141 global ports.
Submitted events 2,404 (99.9%)
Global ports visited 141
Data domains 13+ (vs. 1 in Heatech)
Rails 7 React 18 Kafka Docker EU ETS
2025 – Present · Full cutover Feb 28, 2026 View case study →
Supplier Portal · External ● Active — Mar 2025
Sellwisor
The product that closes the loop. First SCG platform product accessible to external parties — 401 suppliers, $32M procurement activity in year one.
RFQs distributed 17,731
Supplier companies 401
Procurement activity ~$32M
Rails 7 React 18 Kafka Pundit MUI v5
Mar 2025 – Present · CTO + Product Owner View case study →
What Makes This Remarkable

The Record Behind the Platform

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Built by a Team of Under 12
Comparable maritime PMS platforms — AMOS, ShipManager, Helm CONNECT — are developed by organisations of 40+ people. Shipvisor and the full SCG Global platform were built and operated by a team that never exceeded 12, and managed the same operational scope with superior reliability metrics.
<12 engineers · 8 products · 70+ repositories
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Three Team Rotations, Zero Disruption
Over 17 years, the engineering team turned over three complete times. In each transition, Alex personally closed the technical gaps — stepping back into hands-on development while identifying and growing replacement talent. The platform never stopped shipping. 92 releases, zero data loss.
92 releases · 0 data loss · 0 PSC detentions
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Wartime Infrastructure Relocation
In 2022, with the engineering team in Ukraine, Alex directed a complete migration from on-premise systems to AWS during active wartime operations. Starlink terminals and backup power deployed for all team members. The platform maintained 100% operational continuity. Fleet operations were not affected.
100% uptime · 2022 Ukraine wartime operations
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10+ Years of Unbroken Data Integrity
The oldest maintenance job in the Shipvisor production database dates to September 2014. Every record since — across 2,111,584 maintenance events, 597,661 spare parts entries, and $226.7M in financial operations — is intact. No record has been lost through a release, migration, team rotation, or wartime move.
2,111,584 maintenance events · 0 lost records
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Bureau Veritas Certified & PhD Validated
Alex personally led the Bureau Veritas audit and certification of Shipvisor PMS — presenting the system to classification society auditors. Heatech's vessel performance analytics were formally recognised by a PhD maritime researcher as "one of the most comprehensive and correct implementations of its kind."
BV Certified · ISO 9001 · PhD recommendation
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Legal-Grade Data Integrity by Design
Heatech's AES-256-CBC encrypted vessel data files — operational for 11+ years — were later admitted as evidence in a legal dispute involving vessel performance data. This was an emergent outcome of a consistent commitment to cryptographic data integrity from day one. Not planned. Just built correctly.
5,604 encrypted reports · Zero security incidents · Legal evidence
Technology Stack

17 Years of Technology Choices — Evidence, Not Claims

Every technology listed here is evidenced across one or more production codebases. The breadth reflects building 8 products over 17 years — not a keyword list.

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Languages & Frameworks
Ruby on Rails 3–7 React 16–18 JavaScript (ES modules) AngularJS 1.x Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus)
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Databases & Search
MySQL Elasticsearch 6–7 Redis MS SQL Server (TinyTDS) ActiveRecord ORM
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Message Brokers & Streaming
Apache Kafka (Karafka 2.x) RabbitMQ (Bunny / AMQP) Sidekiq 5–7 Event-driven architecture
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Infrastructure & DevOps
AWS EC2 / S3 Docker / Compose Nginx Hetzner (physical) Capistrano GitHub Actions CI/CD Ansible
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API Design
JSONAPI::Resources (JSON:API) GraphQL (graphql-ruby) REST ActionCable (WebSockets)
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Security & Auth
Devise + JWT CanCanCan Pundit AES-256-CBC / AES-128-CBC OpenSSL 2FA
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Audit & Compliance
PaperTrail (event sourcing) active_snapshot ISO 9001 QMS Bureau Veritas certification ISM Code / SOLAS MLC 2006
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Frontend & UI
Material UI v4–5 TailwindCSS TanStack Query v5 Redux / Redux Saga Vite 5 React Hook Form
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AI / ML Integrations
OpenAI API Jaro-Winkler matching Email document processing pipelines Antivirus scanning
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Monitoring & Observability
Prometheus (yabeda) ELK / Logstash Rails Performance Google Sheets API (metrics export)
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Distributed Systems & Domain Practices
Offline-first distributed architecture Hybrid real-time / resilient replication (SymmetricDS) Periodically-connected vessel environments Multi-version backward-compatible APIs Legacy system migration (zero-downtime) Maritime regulatory compliance Safety-critical platform operations Multi-tenant SaaS architecture
Get in Touch

Open to the Right Opportunity

Based in Fredericton, NB, Canada. Permanent Resident. Available immediately for Director of Engineering, VP Engineering, and CTO roles across Canada — remote-first preferred, open to relocation.

Available Now
Director of Engineering · VP Engineering · CTO
Remote-first. Open to relocation within Canada. Regulated industries (fintech, maritime, healthcare, infrastructure) preferred but not required. Platform engineering at scale.
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Email
alex@kosachov.ca
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LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/kosachov
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CV / Resume
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Location
Fredericton, NB, Canada · Permanent Resident

Roles I'm Well-Suited For

17 years of platform engineering, team leadership, and regulated-industry delivery.

Director of Engineering
Platform-scale engineering organisation leadership. Multi-product roadmap ownership. Team building and development.
VP Engineering
Cross-functional engineering leadership. Architecture governance. Delivery at scale across distributed teams.
CTO
Technical vision and platform strategy. Regulated industry experience. Full-stack leadership from code to compliance.
Platform Engineering Lead
Distributed systems, event-driven architecture, offline-first design. Legacy modernisation at operational scale.

Note on confidentiality: The platform and metrics presented here are shared with Alex's authorisation. Vessel names, specific client details, and internal operational data are deliberately generalised. All metrics are production-verified as of March 2026.