Alex Karavaev
Engineering Manager at Tools for Humanity
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolAlex Karavaev is a Senior Software Engineer based in Munich with 8 years of experience building robotic systems, simulations, and developer tooling for production robotics. He has driven robotics projects at companies like JetBrains, Magazino, and Tools for Humanity, combining hands-on work with CI/CD, simulation, and computer vision to ship robust, real-world systems. Alex founded ROS Germany, growing a local robotics community to ~900 members and regularly organizing 100-person meetups, demonstrating both technical depth and community leadership. He is passionate about creating intelligent machines that benefit humanity, contributes to open source, and writes about the ethics and implications of technology on his blog. Colleagues would describe him as comfortable in fast-changing, cutting-edge environments where developer experience and reliable deployment matter as much as novel algorithms. An eclectic detail: despite a self-deprecating GitHub quip about robots not liking him, his career shows a pattern of turning experimental robotic ideas into deployable products.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
External Student, Computer Science, External Student, Computer Science at Computer Science CenterExchange student, Computer Science, Exchange student, Computer Science at Innopolis UniversityOne week school, One week school at Technical University of MunichMaster's degree, Big Data and Machine Learning (Unfinished), Master's degree, Big Data and Machine Learning (Unfinished) at ITMO University
Русский, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (115)
apollo10
ros10
autonomous-driving10
robotics10
cheetah10
ignition10
gazebosim10
robot10
self-driving-car10
yarp10
gazebo-simulator10
openstreetmap9
astar9
autonomous-vehicles9
simulator9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
AlexKaravaev/courses
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 12 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
AlexKaravaev/ros2_laser_scan_matcher
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
Laser scan matcher ported to ROS2
Contributions:19 commits, 3 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 7 months
rosros2laser-scan-matcherscan-matchinglaserscan
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