Alexander Zhirov
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Zhirov is a Senior C/C++ developer with 11 years of experience building core desktop editors, browser components, and backend services across companies like МойОфис, VK, X-Keeper and NИВTs. He has deep hands-on expertise in modern C++ (C++14/17) and legacy codebases (C++98/11), Qt, and systems programming, plus practical experience with Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL and test-driven development using googletest and CppUnit. At VK he contributed to Chromium-based browser features and occasionally automated workflows with Python, while at X-Keeper he implemented high-throughput GPS data pipelines—showing a balance between UI/internal components and scalable server systems. Based in Moscow with a background in information security from MIREA, he brings a security-minded approach to robust, well-documented code and tooling. An understated strength is his history of improving test coverage and automation in mature codebases, helping teams make risky changes safer.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Специалист Безопасность компьютерных и информационных систем/защита информации, Специалист Безопасность компьютерных и информационных систем/защита информации at МГТУ МИРЭА
Github Skills (23)
cpp8
pretty-print8
r7
http7
dplyr7
python-requests6
libcurl6
clickhouse5
curl5
telegram5
telegram-api5
cmake4
database4
storage2
console2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ciberst/pretty_print
Sep 2019 - Jul 2020
pretty_print is a cross-platform library for a pretty print of various data.
Contributions:75 commits, 20 PRs, 62 pushes in 10 months
pretty-print
UlianaBespalova/JAUT_BMSTU.Map
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Проект по курсу Углубленное программирование на C/C++ (Mail.ru Group)
Contributions:11 reviews, 63 comments in 27 days
mailcppmail-ru
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