Alexander Akbashev
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAlexander Akbashev is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in Zurich with 11 years of experience building high-performance CI/CD and engineering productivity systems, currently leading ShoppingAI efforts at Google. He has a track record of designing cost- and scale-optimized continuous integration platforms using and improving open-source tools, and has shipped multiple internal Google projects focused on developer velocity. Alexander is an active contributor to core Jenkins plugins and the Jenkins automation server—optimizing artifact handling, memory usage, and build infrastructure—which reflects deep expertise in tooling at scale. Earlier roles span DevOps, test automation, and performance engineering where he increased test coverage from single-digit to near 100% and implemented real-time Jenkins monitoring systems. He combines hands-on backend and DevOps skills with technical leadership, prioritizing measurable productivity gains and efficient resource use.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
master IT, master IT at Bauman Moscow State Technical University
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Github Skills (34)
testing10
java10
javas10
automation10
aws10
performance-optimization10
amazon-s310
jenkins-plugin10
aws-s310
jenkins10
jenkins-ci10
automations10
s3-bucket10
test-automation10
cloud-computing9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jenkinsci/s3-plugin
Dec 2015 - May 2018
Upload Jenkins build artifacts to Amazon S3
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:135 commits, 56 PRs, 98 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Alexander focused on refactoring and improving the Jenkins S3 plugin's core functionality, primarily related to artifact uploads and downloads. They replaced the Single-Object API with a High-Level API for Multipart Upload, enhancing the handling of large files. The commits also included improvements to fingerprinting, file path handling, and support for keeping artifacts forever. Furthermore, they added functionality for excluding files and enabling content directly in the browser.
jenkinsjenkins-pluginamazonamazon-s3artifacts
jenkinsci/ec2-plugin
Apr 2016 - Oct 2018
Jenkins ec2 plugin
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 7 PRs, 39 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the Jenkins EC2 plugin, focusing on improving the plugin's compatibility and functionality. Their commits included increasing the minimal supported Jenkins version and fixing compilation errors, indicating a focus on code maintenance and ensuring the plugin's stability. They also addressed a critical bug in the AMI fetching process and implemented enhancements related to instance management, such as making the fetch time configurable and improving instance cap handling, demonstrating a solid understanding of the plugin's core mechanics.
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