Anton Vlasenko
Senior Software Engineer at MSD
Prague, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolAnton Vlasenko is a Senior Software Engineer based in Prague with 15+ years of PHP and JavaScript experience and a track record of shipping robust, maintainable systems across WordPress, Laravel, Symfony and React stacks. He has driven core improvements at Automattic—including leading the Gutenberg 12.2 release and creating tooling like the Gutenberg Coding Standards package—and contributed backend fixes and UX enhancements to the widely used Mautic marketing automation platform. Comfortable across CI/CD, Docker, MySQL and Linux, he focuses on clean, well-tested code and developer experience, having optimized testing pipelines and parallelized static checks. Anton blends hands-on engineering with operational responsibility from past leadership roles (head of a regional office and lead developer on high-stakes e-commerce builds) and is actively exploring AI to accelerate development. Outside work he balances technical rigor with endurance running, BBQing and playing drums, a hint at discipline and creativity in both work and life.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mathematical Instruments and Software for Computing Machines, Complexes and Computer Networks, Master's degree, Mathematical Instruments and Software for Computing Machines, Complexes and Computer Networks at Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
English, Russian, Russian, Czech
Github Skills (18)
javascript10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
marketing-automation10
wordpress10
php10
api10
gutenberg10
wordpress-plugin10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
rest-api10
react10
testing9
unit-testing9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mautic/mautic
Nov 2018 - Jun 2021
Mautic: Open Source Marketing Automation Software.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 397 commits, 62 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Anton's commits primarily focus on refining existing code within the Mautic marketing automation platform. The contributions involve fixing bugs, removing unused search commands, and implementing enhancements to the user interface and functionality. The user interacted with code related to the LeadBundle and ConfigBundle, with changes in files related to data retrieval and user configuration.
marketing-automationmauticphpautomationsoftware-automation
WordPress/gutenberg
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:348 reviews, 119 commits, 88 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Anton primarily worked on the Navigation Editor, making significant contributions to its functionality and stability. Their work involved implementing and refactoring components, particularly focusing on saving menu locations and handling data correctly. They addressed various bugs, including those related to slashing and preloading API requests, and added unit tests for increased code coverage and regression testing. The user also addressed issues with unsupported blocks and improved the user experience.
block-editorwordpressgutenbergwordpress-pluginbeyond
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