Anatoly Nikiforov
Software Engineer at ecom.tech
Tatarstan, Russian Federation
Summary
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Top SchoolAnatoly Nikiforov is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in web development, primarily using Elixir on the server and Python and ReactJS on the front end. Based in Tatarstan, he combines academic grounding from Kazan Federal University with practical open-source contributions, notably backend work on Blockscout—enhancing block fetching, staking pool readers, and internal transaction reliability for an Ethereum-compatible blockchain explorer. Comfortable across the full stack, Anatoly focuses on robust, data-accurate server logic and has a knack for defending systems against edge cases such as invalid block numbers. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic developer who prefers substance over hype—“just a developer”—but his sustained involvement in a prominent blockchain tool shows deep domain commitment and systems-level thinking.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Institute of Computational Mathematics and Information Technologies, Kazan Federal University
Английский
Github Skills (7)
apim10
api10
back-end-development10
ethereum10
api-design10
elixir10
blockchain10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
blockscout/blockscout
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
Blockchain explorer for Ethereum based network and a tool for inspecting and analyzing EVM based blockchains.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:295 commits, 54 PRs, 320 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Anatoly primarily contributed to the back-end logic, addressing issues related to block fetching and implementing staking pool readers within the blockchain explorer. They implemented guard conditions to validate block numbers before retrieval and corrected the code to resolve the fetching of negative block numbers. Additionally, the user added functionality related to staking contracts ABI and staking pool data readers and fetchers. Further efforts are focused on improving the accuracy and reliability of the explorer's core functionalities, including internal transaction processing and token transfer management, by enhancing the display and access of pertinent data.
analyzingetherscanethereumblockchainelixir
saneery/task_tracker
Feb 2024 - Sep 2024
Contributions:6 PRs, 13 pushes, 5 branches in 7 months
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