Alexander Drozdov
Senior Software Engineer at Rhonda Software
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia
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Top SchoolAlexander Drozdov is a senior C++ software engineer with 15 years of experience specializing in cross-platform, multimedia and embedded development, currently driving data-flow projects and mentoring peers at Rhonda Software. He has a strong history of building systems from scratch and improving complex existing tools—evident in contributions to the widely used Qt Creator IDE where he fixed crashes, improved run configurations for BareMetal targets, and added workflow-focused features like per-project vcpkg handling and GdbServer reconnection. Early work includes video transcoding servers (FFmpeg/boost) and DSP for embedded DAC/ADC systems, reflecting deep low-level and multimedia expertise. Based in Vladivostok, he pairs pragmatic bug-fixing discipline with design-level thinking and is known for evangelizing Linux and developer best practices within teams. A former local LUG lead, he combines hands-on engineering with community-minded knowledge sharing.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Specialist, Electrical Engineering, Specialist, Electrical Engineering at Дальневосточный Государственный Технический Университет / Far Eastern State Technical University
English, Russian
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Github Skills (16)
debugging10
ide10
debug10
develop10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
build-system9
vcpkg9
cmake6
socket6
dns6
forloop6
qtcreator6
networking6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
qt-creator/qt-creator
Mar 2018 - Aug 2022
A cross-platform Qt IDE
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on fixing bugs and improving the Qt Creator IDE. Their contributions include resolving issues related to run configurations for BareMetal targets, addressing VCS pane opening problems, and mitigating crashes caused by memory access errors in the SSH and Preferences dialog. They also implemented features such as displaying build configuration-specific variables and handling per-project Vcpkg setups, and added a feature to allow connection to an already running GdbServer. The user demonstrates a good understanding of the Qt framework and its related plugins and features.
idecross-platformqt5
h4tr3d/svn-wrapper
Oct 2016 - Sep 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 11 months
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