Andrei Kashchikhin
Software Engineer at Intel
Ireland, Slovenia
Summary
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RockstarAndrei Kashchikhin is a software engineer with six years’ experience specializing in AI frameworks, CI/CD and test automation. Based in Ireland with ties to Slovenia, he has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like OpenVINO, where he strengthened cross-platform GitHub Actions pipelines for Linux, Windows and macOS and automated conformance testing. He combines DevOps rigor with practical test engineering—tuning test configurations, managing flaky tests, and improving reliability of AI inference deployments. Andrei’s work sits at the intersection of developer tooling and ML deployment, helping teams move models from build to production with repeatable pipelines. A pragmatic problem-solver, he often focuses on behind-the-scenes automation that prevents regressions and speeds iteration.
5 years of coding experience
Github Skills (17)
github-ci10
cicd10
githubaction-workflow10
test-automation10
python9
cmake9
yaml9
computer-vision8
deep-learning8
ai8
openvino8
dockers7
bash7
pytest7
docker7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
openvinotoolkit/openvino
Jan 2023 - Apr 2025
OpenVINO™ is an open source toolkit for optimizing and deploying AI inference
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Test Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:373 reviews, 243 PRs, 1 push in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrei's primary contributions involve enhancing the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions. They introduced and configured pipelines for Linux, Windows, and macOS, automating build, test, and deployment processes. The user also focused on test automation, incorporating conformance tests and addressing test failures across various components. This involved modifying test configurations, skipping failing tests, and managing test execution environments.
inference-enginepytorchmodel-optimizerdeep-learninggpu
akashchi/workbench_aux
May 2020 - Mar 2023
Contributions:135 pushes, 37 branches in 2 years 10 months
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