Igor Ilyin
Software Developer at VK
St Petersburg, St Petersburg City, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolIgor Ilyin is a versatile software developer with a decade of experience spanning backend systems, game engine programming, and mobile gameplay tooling. Based in Saint Petersburg, he currently drives backend development at VK, with prior roles shaping scalable services at TabTrader and hands-on game-engine work at Playrix and JetBrains. His technical breadth includes C++, C#, Java, Kotlin, and modern backend stacks such as Redis, Spring, Ktor, AWS, and PostgreSQL, with a track record in performance-critical systems and real-time gameplay features like navigation and multiplayer synchronization. He has contributed across the full development cycle—from core engine work and tooling to backend services—highlighted by Unity-based gameplay work and cross-platform engine initiatives for CoSpaces. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from ITMO University and combines deep technical skills with a pragmatic, production-focused approach.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at ITMO University
English
Github Skills (4)
mathematics4
geometry4
php4
computational-geometry4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Owntage/network_shooter
Apr 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 72 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 4 months
Owntage/gradient_engine
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:333 commits, 302 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
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