Sergey Akhalkov
Chief Technology Officer at EX CORP.
Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolSergey Akhalkov is a seasoned technology leader and current CTO with 10+ years delivering large-scale developer tools and consumer-facing platforms, notably leading development at CS.MONEY and managing 60+ engineers on GitHub/Microsoft integrations. He blends hands-on engineering—contributions to high-profile open-source projects like microsoft/code-push, react-native-code-push, vscode-react-native and App Center CLI—with strong delivery management, having implemented features such as CodePush code-signing and reduced time-to-market for VM rollouts. Known for building high-performing teams and processes (SLAs, OKRs, on-call DRI, ramp-ups), he focuses on quality, continuous improvement and leadership that prioritizes team happiness. Outside of operations and platform work he’s an avid Deep Learning practitioner, bringing curiosity and applied ML interest to product and R&D efforts.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Corporate information systems, Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Corporate information systems at Ivanovo State Power University
English, Russian
Github Skills (38)
debugging10
debug10
typescript310
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
react-native10
cordova10
commandline-interface10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
typescript210
android-development10
javascripts10
android10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/code-push
Dec 2016 - Dec 2017
A cloud service that enables Cordova and React Native developers to deploy mobile app updates directly to their users’ devices.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 27 PRs, 14 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Sergey primarily contributed to the `microsoft/code-push` repository by addressing Android-specific issues and implementing features related to the React Native and Cordova platforms. They fixed Android device detection problems, resolved versioning issues in the `build.gradle` file, and improved the handling of Gradle properties. Furthermore, the user implemented an "outputDir" parameter for specifying the output path for bundles and sourcemaps, and added checks for app and deployment existence before releasing updates.
reactcordovareact-nativejavascriptreactnative
microsoft/appcenter-cli
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
Command-line Interface (CLI) for Visual Studio App Center
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 9 PRs, 51 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Sergey contributed to the command-line interface (CLI) for Visual Studio App Center by updating types related to the JSZip library. They also implemented the initial commit for the "codepush release" command, introducing functionality for releasing updates to an app deployment. Further work involved merging updates to autorest files and refactoring code within the release command, as well as fixing zip structure. These changes highlight a focus on CLI functionality and release processes within the App Center ecosystem.
visual-studioapp-centercentercommand-line-interfacevisual-studio-app-center
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