Alexander Krupenkin
Robotics IoT Developer, Smart Contract Developer, Tech Stack Architect at Airalab
Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Krupenkin is a robotics and IoT developer, smart contract engineer, and tech stack architect with 16 years of cross-disciplinary experience based in Saint Petersburg. He designs and implements embedded systems, control algorithms and DSP solutions while also architecting blockchain-integrated backends and developer tooling. At Airalab he blends robotics research with smart contract development, and his open-source contributions include improving build and CI infrastructure for AstarNetwork and adding network integrations to the Polkadot/js apps UI. Past roles span UAV dynamics, IMU and acoustic localization, and real-time Linux/automation ports, reflecting deep systems-level expertise from firmware to cloud. Collected skills in dependency management (Nix), CI reliability, and signal-processing hardware distinguish him as an engineer who closes the loop between sensors, control software and decentralized applications.
16 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Intelligent robotics in technical systems, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Intelligent robotics in technical systems at Saint-Petersburg State University Information Technologies, Mechanic and Optics (University ITMO)
Russian, English
Github Skills (17)
substrate10
nix10
typescript10
ui-design10
cicd10
polkadot-js10
build-automation10
blockchain10
typescript-types10
rust10
typescripts10
polkadot10
devops10
javascript9
bash9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
AstarNetwork/Astar
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023
The dApp hub for blockchains of the future
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:42 releases, 222 reviews, 383 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on improving and maintaining the project's build processes and infrastructure. Their contributions included fixing TravisCI builds, integrating Nix for dependency management, and refactoring the build scripts. Further improvements involved the installation of necessary build tools, and moving dependency setup into a separate folder. These efforts suggest a focus on improving the efficiency and reliability of the project's development workflow.
astar-networkkusamastakingsubstratejsonrpc
polkadot-js/apps
Aug 2020 - Apr 2022
Basic Polkadot/Substrate UI for interacting with a Polkadot and Substrate node. This is the main user-facing application, allowing access to all features available on Substrate chains.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 25 commits, 24 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the configuration and implementation of user interface elements within the Polkadot/Substrate UI, specifically related to the integration of various blockchain networks and their respective features. They focused on adding network endpoints, chain logos, and specifying types for these networks within the application's configuration files. The user's work included adding new parachain endpoints for networks like Plasm, Robonomics, and Shiden, enhancing the application's support for different blockchain environments.
substrateblockchainwalletchainssubstrate-node
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