Alex Sharkov
Principal Software Engineer at Zivtech
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Sharkov is a Principal Software Engineer based in Chicago with nine years of hands-on experience building and leading Drupal-driven web projects. He combines deep PHP, MySQL and frontend expertise (SASS, jQuery) with systems administration roots from Donetsk National University, enabling him to span full-stack delivery and operational concerns. A seasoned contributor to open-source—he improved localization for the popular Motrix download manager by adding and refining Ukrainian and Russian translations—he brings practical internationalization experience to product teams. As a long-time contractor turned principal at Zivtech, Alex blends entrepreneurial grit from his co-founder days with proven senior engineering leadership across agencies and product shops. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture, multilingual UX polish, and shipping reliable web systems under real-world constraints.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Expert systems Administrator, Expert systems Administrator at Donetsk National University
Украинский, Русский, English
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Github Skills (7)
internationalization10
localization10
javascript4
electron4
macos3
linux3
windows3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
agalwood/Motrix
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
A full-featured download manager.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 1 comment in 15 days
Contributions summary:Alex's primary contribution focuses on adding and improving localization support for the Motrix download manager. They implemented Ukrainian and Russian language translations for the application's user interface, modifying task-related strings and preferences. Further commits refined the language support by correcting spelling and adjusting language settings.
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bladeaweb/SimpleTabs
Nov 2016 - Oct 2018
Simple tabs for any web projects
Contributions:1 release, 41 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year 11 months
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