Aleksandre Isaakiani

I founded a startup called PayBot, a chatbot payment system that was the first of its kind in Georgia. PayBot allowed users to pay for a variety of services, such as communal bills, mobile accounts, parking, and fines, among others. With additional features like saving service identification numbers, payment card management, notifications scheduling, and debt reminders, PayBot aimed to provide a convenient and comprehensive payment solution. I developed the system from scratch and implemented all necessary DevOps engineering to streamline development and deployment.

As the founder, I was responsible for negotiating with investors and a middle company that provided payment services. These experiences taught me valuable skills in dealing with people, navigating bureaucracy, overcoming obstacles, and managing stress. You can learn more about PayBot by watching the tutorial video (youtu.be/GRHAPfKCrvE) or by visiting our website (paybot.ge/en).

At The Giving Block, we focused on providing a platform for donating cryptocurrency to non-profit organizations. Our primary offering was a widget that could be easily integrated into any webpage to facilitate these donations. As a team, we worked on three key projects, including a client activity dashboard, the widget, and a public API for our partner companies. I was involved in all three projects, with a focus on improving and refactoring our existing codebase. Our main objective was to move away from code that simply functioned and towards best practices-based, well-structured TypeScript code with a scalable architecture that could be effectively tested with unit tests. During my tenure, we successfully achieved this objective, resulting in a cleaner, more efficient codebase that allowed us to add new features and improve existing ones more easily.

I worked on a project developing a suite of over 50 Shopify apps aimed at improving user experience, boosting conversions, and increasing average order value. Some of the apps had integrations with popular social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, as well as e-commerce websites like Amazon and Alibaba. The primary challenge of this project was ensuring compatibility with all Shopify themes, including the free ones.

As part of my role, I provided ongoing support for existing applications, as well as developing new ones to meet the needs of the client and enhance the functionality and performance of the client's e-commerce platform.