Boris Protopopov
Software Engineer at Amazon AWS
Acton, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBoris Protopopov is a Principal Software Engineer with 13+ years building high-performance, ZFS-based storage and distributed systems, currently designing and operating AWS services. He brings deep kernel- and system-level expertise—from ZFS internals, deduplication and snapshot algorithms to multi-threaded server engines, device drivers, and real-time kernel IPC—earned across roles at Actifio, Nexenta, EMC and others. A hands-on architect and technical lead, he has driven platform definitions, test and validation strategies, and production escalations for complex cloud and multi-tenant storage environments. Boris is also an active contributor to OpenZFS, improving robustness of core filesystem components such as ZVOL and memory/error handling. Comfortable bridging research-quality algorithms with pragmatic product delivery, he combines MS and PhD-level training with a track record of solving performance- and reliability-critical problems at scale.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Information and Systems Science, MS, Information and Systems Science at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, PhD, Computer Science and Engineering at Mississippi State University
Github Skills (8)
c1710
filesystem10
openzfs10
c1110
memory-management9
linux8
concurrency8
freebsd8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
openzfs/zfs
Aug 2013 - Aug 2017
OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 16 PRs, 343 comments in 4 years
Contributions summary:Boris primarily contributed to bug fixes and improvements within the OpenZFS codebase, addressing issues related to memory management, null pointer dereferences, and incorrect error returns. Their work involved modifying core files within the `module/zfs` directory, indicating a focus on the file system's internal workings. The user also implemented changes to improve the robustness of the ZVOL functionality, and optimized related minor operations.
openzfstarballlinuxfreebsdsystem-software
bprotopopov/zfs
Mar 2014 - Jul 2017
Contributions:20 commits, 95 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years 4 months
linuxzfs
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