Victor Zaichikov

Ecommerce Tech Lead | AI-Driven Commerce Platforms | Integrations & Automation

I lead ecommerce platforms where architecture, operations, catalog scale, and business process meet practical AI. My work combines custom commerce engines, marketplace and service integrations, AI content pipelines, and product ownership for systems that have to operate in production every day.

15+ years in ecommerce
AI-driven commerce workflows
5-store commerce pool
Pharma ecommerce systems
Product ownership
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Current focus projects

Domopolis / Jumpin commerce pool

Technical and project leadership for a five-store ecommerce pool with automated Amazon catalog, price, and availability synchronization.

  • Built Rainforest/Amazon import flows, product enrichment, marketplace operations, and service integrations around a heavily customized OpenCart engine.
  • Designed AI content, classification, translation, review, category, reporting, and moderation pipelines with OpenAI and Ollama provider support.
  • Connected admin automation, queue-based generation, reporting tools, payments, delivery services, notifications, and operational workflows.
  • 5-store pool
  • 500k+ products
  • OpenAI / Ollama
  • AI content operations
Domopolis.ua opens externally Jumpin.com.ua opens externally

Med-Service / AGP online pharmacy platforms

Ecommerce Tech Lead for two Ukrainian online pharmacy projects: online-apteka.com.ua and e-apteka.com.ua.

  • Own ecommerce direction across catalog, checkout, stock, delivery, reservation, admin operations, and pharma-specific business rules.
  • Develop AI generation pipelines for ATX, substances, unpatented names, medical usage, pharm groups, product descriptions, FAQ, reviews, and moderation.
  • Support pharmacy-specific classifiers, normalized stock pricing, physical pharmacy integrations, and regulated online sales workflows.
  • Ecommerce Tech Lead
  • Pharma classifiers
  • AI medical content
  • OpenCart 3 / PHP 8.4
Online-apteka.com.ua opens externally E-apteka.com.ua opens externally

Charmpole.shop

Product Owner for a commerce project focused on dancewear, studio products, and operational ownership from product idea to sales workflow.

  • Own catalog, product positioning, content direction, ecommerce operations, and roadmap decisions.
  • Use AI-assisted catalog preparation, content generation, product enrichment, and operational automation.
  • Keep the product experience practical for a small specialized business: fast iteration, clear catalog structure, and low operational overhead.
  • Product Owner
  • 2025 - Present
  • AI-assisted catalog
Charmpole.shop opens externally

Charm Pole Dance agent workflow

Compact public website and operational workflow for a dance studio, built to stay maintainable without a heavy CMS.

  • Designed a lightweight PHP front-controller site with structured route metadata, templates, forms, and static media.
  • Built Telegram notification infrastructure and an agent-assisted workflow so non-technical operators can manage content and routine changes.
  • Kept the architecture intentionally small: simple templates, real studio assets, and focused automation where it improves operations.
  • AI/agent workflow
  • Telegram operations
  • Small maintainable site
Charm Pole Dance opens externally

Experience timeline

  1. Product Owner Charmpole.shop

    Own product direction, ecommerce operations, AI-assisted catalog preparation, content workflows, and iteration for a specialized commerce project.

  2. Ecommerce Tech Lead Med-Service / AGP pharmacy platforms

    Lead two online pharmacy ecommerce projects across AI content generation, pharma classifiers, checkout, stock, delivery, and operational workflows.

  3. PM & Senior Web Developer Domopolis / Jumpin commerce pool

    Lead platform architecture, Amazon/Rainforest synchronization, AI pipelines, service integrations, admin reporting, and delivery of ecommerce improvements.

  4. Head of Ecommerce & PM Apteka Gormonalnyh Preparativ

    Owned ecommerce direction, pharma-specific technical solutions, process improvements, and accounting/pharmacy integrations before the broader platform transition.

  5. PM & Senior Web Developer Kitchen-Profi Ukraine

    Built and evolved a large importer ecommerce platform with integrations, commodity accounting, team delivery, and business process support.

Earlier engineering work
  1. Web Developer, Vest.ua API integrations, Redis caching, Elasticsearch search, and ecommerce support for an electronics accessories store.
  2. Senior Web Developer, NOUT-911 Combined electronics service and ecommerce platform with service-page generation and owner-led delivery.
  3. System administration and freelance web development Linux server administration, web stores, business websites, integrations, and maintenance work across multiple small and medium projects.

Technical stack

  • PHP 8.4 / legacy modernization
  • OpenCart customization
  • Laravel
  • Slim 4 APIs
  • OpenAI API
  • Ollama / local LLM inference
  • AI agents
  • RAG / content pipelines
  • Prompt engineering
  • Queue-based generation
  • AI translation workflows
  • Telegram bot workflows
  • JavaScript
  • Vite / Tailwind
  • Twig templates
  • MySQL / SQL
  • Elasticsearch / Typesense
  • Redis / Memcached
  • Guzzle / HTTP APIs
  • Linux administration
  • Git
  • Web security

Leadership & business impact

AI-driven ecommerce

Build practical AI workflows for content generation, classification, translation, moderation, reporting, and catalog operations.

Architecture to operations

Design systems around catalog scale, integrations, stock, payments, delivery, admin workflows, SEO, and operational constraints.

Team and product delivery

Coordinate developers, business owners, content operations, release paths, and product decisions without losing engineering quality.

Automation and process

Reduce repeated work through queues, admin tools, data pipelines, provider integrations, and operator-friendly workflows.

Languages

  • UkrainianNative
  • EnglishProfessional

Education

  • Master's degree in MathematicsTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2004 - 2009
  • Finished 11 classes with Gold medalSpecialized School #302, 1994 - 2011

Interests

  • CarsEngineering, mechanics, and mobility
  • CryptoDigital assets and market systems
  • Artificial IntelligencePractical business automation
  • PhotographyYouPic portfolio
  • TravellingNew places and perspectives