Alexandr Subbotin
Software Engineer at Raycast
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolAlexandr Subbotin is a software engineer with 13 years of experience, currently contributing to Raycast from Barcelona where he focuses on building polished, productivity-focused developer tools. He has a full-stack background and has held leadership roles including CTO at Appbooster.ru, blending hands-on engineering with product and team ownership. Alexandr’s open-source contributions to the popular raycast/extensions repo include shell integration, menu-bar features, and VS Code project caching improvements, showing attention to developer workflows and UX nuances. His career spans startups and media groups, delivering web and backend systems since early roles as a Java and web developer. Trained in applied mathematics and IT, he brings analytical rigor to pragmatic engineering decisions. Colleagues would note his knack for turning small UX fixes into significant daily productivity wins for users.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Samara International Aerospace LyceumBachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Samara State Aerospace University
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Github Skills (28)
javascript10
typescript10
api10
typescript-types10
webextension10
typescripts10
react10
scripting9
applescript9
menu-item9
user-interface9
redux9
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
raycast/extensions
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Everything you need to extend Raycast.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 15 commits, 41 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Alexandr contributed to the Raycast extensions repository by adding and enhancing features for various tools. They implemented a shell extension, including execution in iTerm and Terminal, while also updating the CHANGELOG. The user supported project caching functionality in the Visual Studio Code project manager extension, enhancing its capabilities. Furthermore, they added menu-bar functionality and fixed issues within the Things extension, improving its user experience.
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cerebroapp/cerebro-imdb
Dec 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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