Anton Samarchyan
Django Python Developer at Nimonik
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAnton Samarchyan is a seasoned Django/Python developer with 13 years of experience building cloud-native backend systems, developer tooling, and infrastructure automation across AWS, GCP, Azure and OpenStack. He has a strong track record delivering Kubernetes-based platforms, operators and Terraform providers, and has improved platform reliability and CI/CD at scale in large teams including Ubisoft. Anton is an active open-source contributor to Django ecosystem projects such as django-smart-selects and core Django, often focusing on pragmatic bug fixes that improve real-world developer workflows. Based in Montreal, he blends deep systems and networking roots with modern cloud engineering, having translated legacy C into Python, written Kubernetes provisioning tooling in Go/TypeScript, and built monitoring and observability stacks. Colleagues know him as a practical architect who pairs automation-first thinking with a Kaizen approach to reducing technical debt.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Astrakhan State Technical University (ASTU)
Russian, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
python10
django10
testing10
web-development10
javascript9
application-framework9
app-framework9
orm9
web-framework9
modeling8
jquery8
pageviews8
multiview8
html-template7
python-templates7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jazzband/django-smart-selects
Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
chained and grouped selects for django forms
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Anton primarily focused on fixing bugs and improving the functionality of the `django-smart-selects` library. Their work included addressing issues related to chained and grouped selects, specifically around the `chosen:updated` event and correct handling of selected values. The commits also involved bug fixes related to jQuery imports and the `ChainedSelectMultiple` widget. Furthermore, the user ensured the library properly utilized Django settings.
django-forms
django/django
Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 PRs, 56 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Anton primarily contributed to bug fixes and improvements within the Django framework. Their work involved addressing issues related to the `contrib.sites` app, authentication backends, archive functionality, and the admin interface. These changes included modifying code in core Django modules such as `django/http/request.py`, `django/test/client.py`, and `django/utils/archive.py`, enhancing the framework's functionality and addressing specific user issues.
web-frameworkpythondjangoframeworkorm
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