Name: Igor Aleksanov

Github: popzxc

Info: Professional Rust developer with a strong C/C++ background (from C89 to C++14).

Languages:

• Primary: Rust, Python.
• Solid: C/C++, Haskell, TypeScript, Bash.
• Moderate: JavaScript, C#, Assembly x86, MATLAB, Go.

Work experience:

• Rust Developer at Matter labs (Feb 2020 - Present)

  Rust development of zkSync: an open-source scaling solution for Ethereum.

• Rust Developer at Bitfury (Apr 2018 - Feb 2020)

  Development of the Exonum: an open-source framework for private blockchains written in Rust programming language.

  Main areas of responsibility:

  • BFT consensus;
  • Sodiumoxide-based cryptography (sha256/ed25519/noise protocol);
  • Futures-based event loop;
  • Actix-based REST API;
  • MerkleDB: Merkelized key-value database based on RocksDB;
  • Dynamic services deployment algorithm;
  • Python light client;
  • Python tool for launching dynamic services.

• Lecturer at ITMO University (Feb 2016 - May 2018)

  Lecturer at courses:

  Programming - winter/spring 2016. Contents - programming using C++, OOP basics, theory of software development.

  Discrete mathematics - autumn/winter 2016. Contents - basics of set theory, combinatorics, state machines, graphs.

  Theoretical Computer Science - autumn/winter 2016/2017. Contents - basics of computability theory and complexity theory, arithmetical hierarchy, turing machines.

  Algorithms & Data structures - winter/spring 2017, autumn/winter 2017. Contents - algorithms analysis, big O notation, classical sorting algorithms, data structures, dynamic programming, greedy algorithms, graphs.

  Scientific Programming - autumn/winter 2018. Contents - basics of python programming, numpy, matplotlib, scipy. Basics of statistics, linear programming, gradient descent.

• C/C++ Developer at Luxoft (Jun 2017 - Apr 2018)

  Automotive UTH practice.

  C development of support library: low-level math, basic 2d geometry, vehicle geometry, communication protocols. C++/Qt support of integration test environment: profiling, debugging, optimizing, refactoring. Python development of unit tests & prototyping new solutions. Module test environment architecture design.

  Team lead responsibilities: estimating of activities, mentoring less experienced developers, communication with the customer.

• C/C++ Developer at Geoscan (Oct 2014 - Jun 2017)

  Embedded development for UAV using stm32 microcontrollers:

  Experience: C development for STM32F1xx MCUs. C++ development for STM32F4xx MCUs. Developing drivers for NuttX RTOS in C. Devepoing multithreaded applications.