Alexander Slesarev
Software Engineering Technical Leader at Cisco Meraki
Calgary, Alberta, United States
Summary
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SeniorAlexander Slesarev is a seasoned software engineering technical leader with over a decade of experience building secure, high-performance systems across networking, embedded, and big data domains. Currently at Cisco Meraki, he architects and optimizes MX security features and Secure Threat Services for mixed IPv4/IPv6 and multi-core environments, while mentoring teams on cryptography, FIPS/PCI constraints, and performance tuning. His background includes leading security-focused SDK and analytics work at NuData/Mastercard and embedding Python and hardened APIs at Fortinet, demonstrating deep hands-on expertise in C/C++, Java, Python, Go and Rust. An active open-source researcher, he publishes benchmarks and embedded language footprint studies and maintains projects ranging from lambda-architecture samples to satellite demos, reflecting a relentless focus on measurable performance and portability. Colocated in Calgary, he combines systems-level pragmatism with applied research—often exploring lock-free algorithms, low-footprint language runtimes, and cross-language benchmarking that reveal trade-offs not obvious from code alone.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
English, Russian
Github Skills (23)
static-analysis9
pcap9
objective-c9
static-code-analysis9
networking9
java9
packet-capture9
cpp9
static-analyzer8
linux8
custom-url8
highlightjs7
libpcap7
python7
operating-system7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nuald/linuxkit
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:10 commits in 2 days
containerssecureoperating-systemslinuxdocker
pynetwork/pypcap
Mar 2017 - Sep 2017
pypcap - python libpcap module, forked from code.google.com/p/pypcap
Contributions:32 commits in 6 months
libpcappythonnetworkingpcappacket-capture
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