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George Khananaev
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George Khananaev

Software Engineering · AI Integration · Automation · Infrastructure

I'm a software engineer building business applications, integrations and automation. I built a multi-tenant platform from scratch, connecting business applications and dozens of integrations in one system. I combine hands-on development, AI workflows and infrastructure to take a product from its first design decision into daily operations.

George Khananaev, Software Engineer and Head of Development & IT Infrastructure at Moon Holidays, Bangkok
George Khananaev, Software Engineer and Head of Development & IT Infrastructure at Moon Holidays, Bangkok

About me

About George Khananaev

At Moon Holidays in Bangkok, I progressed from Full Stack Developer to Engineering Team Lead and then Head of Development & IT Infrastructure. My work spans application development, delivery leadership and the infrastructure behind business operations. I also build desktop tools and integrate AI into applications and organizational workflows.

  • Location:Bangkok, Thailand
  • Current role:Head of Development & IT Infrastructure, Moon Holidays

Career

Experience & technologies

Business applications, API integrations and AI workflows, with responsibility for the code, delivery and operations behind them.

Work

Moon Holidays

Bangkok

  1. Head of Development & IT Infrastructure

    Mid 2025 - Present
    • Lead engineering delivery, organizational AI integration and infrastructure across the company’s software products.
    • Implemented an observability foundation for operational monitoring and issue investigation.

    In development: Developing AI-assisted issue triage and tested pull requests, with evaluations and release controls. The full automation cycle is in development.

  2. Engineering Team Lead

    Dec 2024 - Mid 2025
    • Promoted from Full Stack Developer to lead the engineering team.
    • Led engineering delivery of Support Hub, TravelOffer and Live Deck, covering internal support, travel proposals and real-time team dashboards.
    • Established shared code review practices and deployment pipelines for the engineering team.
  3. Full Stack Developer

    Dec 2022 - Dec 2024
    • Designed and delivered a confidential enterprise travel platform using Python, FastAPI, TypeScript and Next.js.

Majestier

Singapore

  1. Backend Software Developer

    2019 - 2022
    • Built a Python backend that synchronized data across eBay, Shopify, BigCommerce and WooCommerce.
    • Built Python data analysis, reporting and automation tools for ecommerce operations.
    • Operated AWS RDS and Linux infrastructure supporting business integrations.

Kanzezol

Israel

  1. Automation and Integration Developer

    2016 - 2019
    • Built Python and VBA automations that replaced repetitive manual tasks for ecommerce stores.

Technologies

AI systems & agents

Integrate hosted and local models, connect tools and coordinate AI agents with scoped context and evaluation.

  • OpenAI API
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Ollama
  • MCP
  • Claude Code
  • Codex CLI
  • Gemini CLI
  • Cursor

Automation & integrations

Connect business systems, automate recurring work and integrate payments, communications and event-driven workflows.

  • n8n
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL
  • Webhooks
  • Stripe
  • Twilio
  • Resend
  • Home Assistant

Cloud & hosting

Choose cloud and hosting platforms around deployment needs, geography, capacity, operating costs and recovery.

  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud
  • Cloudflare
  • Vercel
  • Netlify
  • Fly.io
  • DigitalOcean
  • Hetzner
  • Kamatera

Containers & infrastructure

Operate containers and virtual machines with orchestration, load balancing, infrastructure as code and repeatable configuration.

  • Docker
  • Podman
  • Kubernetes
  • Proxmox
  • VMware
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Linux
  • NGINX
  • Traefik

Observability & reliability

Combine logs, metrics, traces and error reporting to diagnose problems and guide dependable operations and AI-assisted improvements.

  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • Loki
  • Sentry
  • OpenTelemetry

Application platforms & UI

Build business applications and product interfaces with reusable components, responsive layouts and clear user workflows.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • WordPress
  • Astro
  • Vite
  • Tailwind CSS
  • MUI
  • shadcn/ui
  • Radix UI
  • TanStack Query
  • Framer Motion
  • macOS / iOS

Backend & API platforms

Build integration services and application backends with validated data, documented interfaces and appropriate runtimes.

  • FastAPI
  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Hono
  • Bun
  • Deno
  • Uvicorn
  • Pydantic
  • Swagger / OpenAPI

Data, storage & messaging

Combine relational and document databases, caching, search, object storage and message delivery around each product’s needs.

  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Valkey
  • Elasticsearch
  • Prisma
  • Drizzle ORM
  • Supabase
  • Firebase
  • RabbitMQ
  • Kafka
  • WebSockets
  • MinIO

Security & access

Support application identity, authenticated access, encrypted connections and certificate management across public and internal tools.

  • Clerk
  • JWT
  • Let's Encrypt
  • SSH

Testing & delivery

Use version control, automated checks, browser testing and delivery pipelines to make changes repeatable and reviewable.

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Actions
  • Vitest
  • Jest
  • Pytest
  • Playwright
  • Selenium

Learning

  • Java full-stack coursework

    HackerU College · 2022 - 2023

  • Python coursework

    CampusIL · 2020

Communication

Spoken languages: Hebrew · Russian · English

Product experience

Real products, real interfaces

Desktop tools, travel platforms, restaurant systems and business applications I develop or lead teams to deliver.

Explore Spark Clean
Spark Clean Disk Map showing storage categories and their disk usage

Spark Clean

Native macOS storage analyzer and cleaner for reviewing disk usage, caches, duplicate files and installed apps.

Explore PixelDiet
PixelDiet workspace with image format, quality, resizing and metadata controls

PixelDiet

Native macOS application for batch image compression, resizing and format conversion, with offline processing and metadata controls.

Explore Excel AI Assistant
Excel AI Assistant with spreadsheet selection and an empty data preview

Excel AI Assistant

Desktop application for transforming Excel and CSV rows with OpenAI or Ollama, reusable prompts and batch processing.

Explore TravelOffer
TravelOffer hotel room gallery without booking or customer information

TravelOffer

Branded travel proposals and itineraries, with customer-facing presentation and checkout for travel agencies.

Explore AI Travel Journey
AI Travel Journey header with Thai Tours branding and a Thailand destination image

AI Travel Journey

AI turns customer and agency conversations into a visual journey summary, helping travelers confirm the direction before specific travel offers are prepared.

Explore VisaBreeze
VisaBreeze public visa services website

VisaBreeze

A WordPress visa-services platform with custom design, twelve visitor tools, AI chat, a news hub, and n8n workflows for research, content, and SEO.

Explore AroiMenu
AroiMenu public sign-in screen with empty fields

AroiMenu

Restaurant operations application connecting cashier work, customer orders and kitchen coordination.

Explore Support Hub
Support Hub empty test workspace with ticket status cards

Support Hub

Led engineering delivery of an internal support application for requesting help, following ticket progress and coordinating service.

Explore Moon Holidays
Moon Holidays public website, representing the organization rather than its private application

Moon Holidays

Multi-tenant application builder connecting business applications and dozens of integrations across travel operations, payments, contracts, HR and more.

Explore Crewbase
Crewbase public sign-in screen with empty fields

Crewbase

Airline company portal for managing workspaces, members, teams, roles and permissions in Hebrew and English.

Explore JP Tours
JP Tours public Japan travel launch page

JP Tours

WordPress travel website with automated publishing workflows and remote content management for travel operations.

In addition to these projects, I have contributed to over 100 additional projects throughout my career.

From application development to everyday operations.

I build the interfaces and applications people use, connect them to AI workflows and integrations, and support the infrastructure behind them. That means one delivery approach from the original business problem to the software used each day.

Open source

Building in public

A regularly refreshed snapshot of my GitHub profile: repositories, stars, languages, and badges earned along the way.

@georgekhananaev
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76Repositories
593Stars Earned
30Followers
4Years on GitHub

Top languages

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