Alexander Biryukov
Technical Lead at Yandex
Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
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Top SchoolAlexander Biryukov is a seasoned technical lead with 12+ years building and scaling web products, currently heading FoodTech integrations at Yandex.Market. He transitioned from a PHP/Zend/Symfony background into full-stack and frontend leadership, guiding teams at Yandex and 2GIS through complex product and platform work. Hands-on expertise spans backend databases and test automation to modern JS stacks—he contributes to open-source projects like create-elm-app where he strengthened testing and CI resilience. Known for turning legacy systems into maintainable platforms, he pairs pragmatic engineering with team mentorship. Based in Novosibirsk, he blends deep practical experience from early PHP roots with current focus on frontend reliability and integration architecture.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Engeneer, IT and Computer Science, Engeneer, IT and Computer Science at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU)
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Github Skills (12)
chai10
testing10
elm9
cli9
javascript9
build-tools8
scaffolding8
cicd7
git6
github6
github-api6
git-commit6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
halfzebra/create-elm-app
Nov 2016 - Jun 2017
🍃 Create Elm apps with zero configuration
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits, 9 PRs, 1 push in 7 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to enhancing the testing framework and ensuring the quality of the `create-elm-app` project. Their work included adding new test cases to cover build processes, failure scenarios, and the 'test' command. They also refactored existing tests and updated the testing infrastructure, making the testing suite more robust and comprehensive.
zero-configurationboilerplatezeroelmscaffolding
fobos/elm-weather
Oct 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:27 commits, 2 PRs, 22 pushes in 6 months
elmmonitoringweather-monitoring
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