Alexander Lukyanov is a Senior Software Developer and seasoned UNIX/Linux systems engineer with over 20 years of hands-on experience in system administration, networking, databases and backend development, and 15 years in professional software roles. Currently at Yandex, he develops and optimizes recommendation and scenario-selection services for the Alice voice assistant, applying capacity planning and performance tuning at scale. He has a strong C++/Python background from rebuilding internal frameworks and integrating Chromium Embedded Framework, plus deep operational expertise from running ISP-grade networks, Pacemaker clusters, Oracle databases and VoIP/IPTV systems. An active open-source contributor, he has improved security and URL-handling in the widely used lftp command-line transfer tool, reflecting attention to robustness and protocol-level details. Holding advanced academic credentials in computer science, he combines pragmatic automation and tooling (from LaTeX-based document systems to Nagios monitoring and BGP scripts) with a habit of turning operational pain points into maintainable software.
15 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) (eq), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) (eq), Computer Science at Yaroslavl Demidov State University
sophisticated command line file transfer program (ftp, http, sftp, fish, torrent)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:10 releases, 9 reviews, 1297 commits in 11 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on implementing and improving features related to file transfers, networking, and security within the command-line file transfer program. The commits include adding missing arguments, updating copyright notices, and better handling of URL paths in FTP, demonstrating a focus on improving the program's functionality and addressing potential vulnerabilities. The user also addressed several bug fixes and improvements to various aspects of the program.
Contributions:26 commits, 10 pushes, 5 comments in 2 years 9 months
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Alexander Lukyanov - Senior Software Developer at Yandex