VK began looking for developers for Pushkin Card computer systems

The publisher of the application is the Ministry of Digital Development and the original developer is RT Labs, a subsidiary of Rostelecom, in collaboration with the Notamedia studio. As clarified by the ministry, the vacancy is open to complete the project.

VK became the operator of the “trusted information systems” of the Pushkin Card program in accordance with a government decree of February 2024. In July 2023, the company bought the shares of RT Labs (26%) and Notamedia (25 %) in the Nota-RTK joint venture, which was renamed VK Art Lab.

VK confirmed that the vacancy is related to work in a reliable information system. Rostelecom added that the application is part of the e-government infrastructure and remains the sole service provider for the development of the State Services portal.

Pavel Golub, co-founder of the digital solutions development company arcsinus, notes that VK’s increased recruiting capacity will allow it to quickly fill vacancies and create a pool of candidates for various projects.

Effective software development requires good coordination, and with quality management, an external developer can successfully connect to the project without the need for joint development during the “transition period,” emphasized Arkady Karev, vice president of strategic projects of the group Tassels.

• The “Pushkin Card” is a joint project of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Digital Development and Pochta Bank. With its help you can visit theaters, cinemas, museums, exhibitions, philharmonic societies and other cultural institutions participating in the program free of charge and charged to the federal budget. In fact, this is a bank card of the Mir payment system, to which the State transferred a subsidy for attending cultural events.
• In May, VK bought 40% of a cloud service to monitor and manage ticket sales for cultural and entertainment events “Intickets”. The agreement will allow the corporation, as a reliable information system, to implement the task of developing the Pushkin Card, including increasing the effectiveness of the program and ensuring the safety of participants: card users, cultural organizations and ticket operators, it is noted. in the message.