Aleksandr Dobkin
Information Security Engineer
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAleksandr Dobkin is an Information Security Engineer based in California with 15 years of experience securing large-scale systems at Google. He blends a computer science foundation from UW–Madison and a master’s degree with deep hands-on engineering, moving between C++ algorithms and JavaScript UIs earlier in his career to modern security work. At Google he focuses on making services safer and has contributed to high-profile open-source tooling like the google/closure-compiler, improving browser-related externs and conformance/error reporting. Aleksandr’s background shows a mix of low-level engineering rigor and practical security stewardship, able to trace issues from algorithmic design to front-end behavior. He prefers pragmatic, auditable solutions and has a track record of shipping changes that improve both correctness and observability. Colleagues would describe him as a quietly effective engineer who brings methodical problem-solving to complex security challenges.
15 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMasters, Computer Science, Masters, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeNicolet High School
Github Skills (9)
closure10
javas10
google-closure-compiler10
javascript10
java10
optimization9
type-checking9
protocol-buffers8
testing7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
google/closure-compiler
Oct 2016 - Aug 2019
A JavaScript checker and optimizer.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Aleksandr's contributions primarily focus on enhancing the Closure Compiler's functionality. Their work includes adding missing event handlers and the nonce attribute to the externs, specifically related to browser functionalities like XMLHttpRequest and HTML elements. Additionally, the user modified the codebase to allow for providing reasons for whitelisted paths in conformance.proto and implemented changes related to error management and conformance violation reporting.
javascriptclosure-compileroptimizationtypechecking
adob/axe
Dec 2013 - Aug 2020
Contributions:26 commits, 6 pushes in 6 years 9 months
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