Alex Semin
Staff Software Engineer at Gradle Inc.
Greater Munich Metropolitan Area Germany
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Top SchoolAlex Semin is a Staff Software Engineer based in the Greater Munich area with 11 years of experience building robust backend systems and developer tooling. At Gradle he has advanced the reliability of the configuration cache and tackled file system, dependency management, and classloading challenges in one of the most widely used build systems. A lifelong learner and team-focused leader, he blends hands-on coding with mentoring and a passion for programming languages and tooling. His background spans finance-grade low-latency systems at dxFeed and large-scale engineering at Devexperts, giving him a pragmatic approach to stability and performance. Outside of day-to-day work he actively contributes to open source fixes that improve testability and serialization, reflecting a focus on long-term maintainability.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Software Engineering at Saint Petersburg State UniversitySamara International Aerospace LyceumMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Technical University of Munich
Russian, English, German
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Github Skills (15)
dependency-management10
javas10
build-tools10
development-tools10
gradlew10
configuration-file10
java10
devtools10
gradle10
serialization9
data-serialization9
classloading9
unit-testing9
testing8
delphi6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
gradle/gradle
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Adaptable, fast automation for all
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 release, 1102 reviews, 385 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Alex has contributed to the Gradle build system, focusing on improving the robustness and functionality of the configuration cache. The user's commits primarily involve modifying code related to the file system, dependency management, and classloading, indicating a focus on backend aspects of the Gradle build tool. Furthermore, the changes encompass fixes for issues related to code generation, testing, and serialization, with the aim to stabilize the configuration cache's functionality and reliability.
pythongradlegroovyautomationjava
gradle/configuration-cache-report
Aug 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:21 reviews, 26 PRs, 38 pushes in 11 months
gradle-btgradle-bt-core-configuration
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