Alexander Seleznyov
Senior Software Engineer at Datadog
Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Seleznyov is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building and operating cloud-native .NET backends and automation for monitoring systems. He combines deep expertise in C#, .NET Web API, Entity Framework and Azure services with hands-on DevOps skills—having improved build/test pipelines and Azure DevOps integrations for high-profile projects like Datadog's .NET APM client. Comfortable across the full lifecycle, he has delivered multi-tenant distributed applications, complex migrations (TFS→VSTS, Kinvey→SQL Azure), BI/ETL and media-processing pipelines, and tooling to optimize cloud resource consumption. Prior roles span embedded hardware design, algorithm simulation, and team leadership, giving him a rare blend of systems-level rigor and production engineering. Known as a quick learner and pragmatic teammate, he frequently explores beta APIs and automation to turn research into reliable production features.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineer, Programming the .NET Framework, Software Engineer, Programming the .NET Framework at Sela Group CollegeMCP, Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, MCP, Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions at MicrosoftBSc, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 85, BSc, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 85 at Holon Institute of Technology
English, Russian, Hebrew
Github Skills (17)
net10
dotnet10
asp-net10
build-automation10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
testing9
unit-testing9
integration-testing9
test-unit9
test-integration9
apm8
git8
azure-devops-server7
azure-devops7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/dd-trace-dotnet
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
.NET Client Library for Datadog APM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:325 reviews, 98 commits, 84 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the implementation and testing of exploration tests within the .NET Datadog tracing library. They refactored build processes, environment variables, and test configurations, including the addition of memory dumps. These changes involved significant modifications to the build scripts and test execution flow, likely to enable and validate the functionalities of the Datadog APM .NET client library. They also worked on the Azure DevOps integration, enhancing artifact download mechanisms and the generation of release notes.
net-librarydotnetprofilingapmtracing
shurivich/confluent-kafka-dotnet
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
Confluent's Apache Kafka .NET client
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
avrosinkdotnetapache-kafkaconfluent-cloud
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