Alexandre Rostovtsev
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexandre Rostovtsev is a seasoned software engineer with 19 years of experience, currently contributing to Google's Bazel build system and developer infrastructure. He combines deep build-and-release expertise with backend engineering, having improved logging, CI, sandboxing, and release processes for high-profile open-source projects like Bazel and bazel-skylib. His background spans bioinformatics and federal contracting at the FDA as well as early work in systems and collaboration at Collabora, giving him a rare mix of scientific software rigor and large-scale build engineering. Based in New York, he is adept at turning complex build issues into reliable, test-covered solutions and has a track record of improving diagnostics and automation that quietly make developer workflows far more efficient.
19 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of Maryland
Github Skills (18)
build-system10
java10
javas10
starlark10
automation10
bazel10
build-automation10
automations10
testing9
cicd9
rule-engine9
logging9
rule9
versioning8
bash8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
bazelbuild/bazel-skylib
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Common useful functions and rules for Bazel
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:10 releases, 104 reviews, 24 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Alexandre primarily contributed to the Bazel Skylib project by addressing build-related issues and improving the project's release process. Their work included fixing linter warnings with a new buildifier version, updating the changelog and version numbers for multiple releases, and fixing issues related to runfiles and sandboxing. The user also updated and improved the test suite, and made changes to incorporate the gazelle plugin within the CI and distribution mechanism.
bazelbazel-rulesstarlark
bazelbuild/bazel
Aug 2018 - Oct 2022
a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Build Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Build Automation EngineerContributions:137 reviews, 98 commits, 34 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Alexandre made significant contributions to the Bazel build system, focusing on core areas like logging handler implementation and rule definition. They introduced a new file-based logging handler for Bazel, enhancing its issue diagnostics capabilities, and added functionality to retrieve the main Bazel server log file path. Further contributions included the implementation of a logging handler properties retriever, addressing issues related to attribute inheritance, and addressing problems with symbolic macros and their integration with the build process.
build-systembazelcorrectscalablemulti-language
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