Alexander Lukyanov
Senior Software Developer at Yandex
Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
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Top SchoolAlexander 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
English, Russian
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Github Skills (20)
c-language10
ftp10
file-transfer10
cprogramming-language10
git9
networking9
version-control9
shell8
sh8
script8
security8
scripting8
sftp6
configurations6
passwords6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lavv17/lftp
Aug 2011 - Dec 2022
sophisticated command line file transfer program (ftp, http, sftp, fish, torrent)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 10 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.
command-linefile-transferftpsftptorrent
lavv17/nct
Mar 2013 - Dec 2015
Contributions:26 commits, 10 pushes, 5 comments in 2 years 9 months
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