Open to opportunities · remote
Maksym Zakharov
Project Manager / Product Owner
I investigate user problems, connect requirements to product goals and take work from priorities through to verification. Experience spans commercial game projects, SaaS and an app tested in real delivery work.
Germany · Belgrade: office/hybrid from January–February 2027
Hosting in Kharkiv and Warsaw operates 24/7. I manage the infrastructure remotely from Germany; Munich marks my location in the region.
Selected projects
Route Engine
Role · Product creator · delivery workflow
- Problem
- Night routes require constant address lookup and stop tracking.
- Approach
- Combined delivery order, GPS guidance and completion tracking in one working flow.
GTA V RP · delivery management
Role · Project Manager + Game Designer · Part-time
- Problem
- Connected game systems require coordinated team delivery.
- Approach
- Coordinate two full-stack developers and a dedicated game designer; clarify fixes and priorities, and update the owner on readiness and risks.
X-BOT
Role · Product owner · SaaS
- Problem
- Recurring client requests involved repetitive manual work.
- Approach
- Turned requests into reusable modules: integrations, acceptance checks, releases and support.
Previous game projects
Role · PM in GTA V · X-CLUSIVE owner
- Problem
- Each game project has distinct team, release and product-development needs.
- Approach
- Managed requirements, coordination, QA and releases in two paid GTA V projects. X-CLUSIVE is a separate, independently owned Counter-Strike product.
Results and scale
How I work with products
Requirements and delivery
- User problems
- Requirements and acceptance criteria
- Priorities and backlog
- System dependencies
- Delivery coordination
- Testing and bug tracking
- Releases and feedback
- Developing live products
Technical environment
Windows .exe
Windows Inspection- .NET 8 / WPFWindows .exe
- REST APIWeb App
- Steam / FACEIT
Web App
Web App / CMS- PHPCMS / SSR
- JavaScriptWeb App
- MySQL / PostgreSQLMySQL · CMS / hosting; PostgreSQL · Route Engine
- REST API
Mobile Web
Route Engine · Mobile Web App- Go / PythonHTTP core / routing
- PostgreSQL / JavaScriptApplication data / Mobile Web
- REST API / PHPCourier integration / adapters
UE5
Unreal Engine 5- C++ / Blueprints
- NiagaraUE5
Hosting
XCloudPro · Web / Game Hosting- Linux
- Docker
- GitHub ActionsSelf-hosted CI · LXC / Docker
- ISPmanager 6Web hosting
- PterodactylGame hosting
- Proxmox VEKVM / LXC / GPU passthrough
- DNS / TLS
AI / LLM
AI / LLM · RAG- Python
- AI / LLMLocal models / RAG
I understand engineering constraints and can discuss solutions with developers. Technologies, architecture and migrations have a dedicated profile.
Technical profile →Open to Project Manager / Product Owner opportunities
Germany · Belgrade: office/hybrid from January–February 2027
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