Aleksander Alekseev
Open-Source PostgreSQL Contributor at DevZen Podcast
Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolAleksander Alekseev is an experienced PostgreSQL core developer and open-source contributor with 11 years in software engineering, currently contributing to Timescale from Saint Petersburg. He has deep expertise in databases and distributed systems gained through roles at Postgres Professional, Insolar.io, and EXANTE, and has mentored teams and taught DBMS development at top Russian universities. Aleksander co-founded and co-hosts DevZen Podcast, a long-running Russian technical podcast that reaches 5,000+ regular listeners and focuses on deep topics like HA and DBMS internals. His background spans systems administration, backend engineering in languages including Go, Erlang, Scala, and practical experience with Kubernetes, Akka, and multiple storage engines, reflecting a strong blend of hands-on systems work and community-facing technical advocacy.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian, English
Github Skills (16)
react9
javascript9
frontend9
declarative7
user-interface7
typescript7
file-import6
yandex-maps6
bulkimport6
scrolling6
scrollbar5
yandex4
csv4
react-admin3
vue3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
shrue348/canvas_runner_game
Oct 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:27 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 9 months
shrue348/valo
Aug 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:84 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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