Dima Orekhov
Software Engineer at Product Science
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDima Orekhov is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience, currently building product at Product Science after multiple engineering roles at JetBrains. He blends full-stack and mobile expertise—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Facebook Flow and React Native Navigation—where he improved type-safety tooling and polished iOS navigation and search UI behaviors. Dima has a strong front-end sensibility demonstrated by UI and media-loading enhancements for React Native macOS and a knack for developer tooling features such as type-at-position and version reporting. His background spans rigorous academic training in complex systems and computer science from Bard, Saint Petersburg State University, and ITMO, reflecting both theoretical depth and practical delivery. Colleagues would describe him as detail-oriented, particularly around improving developer experience and polishing platform-specific UX.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Complex systems, Bachelor's degree, Complex systems at Bard CollegeBachelor's degree, Complex Systems, Bachelor's degree, Complex Systems at Saint Petersburg State UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at ITMO University
Github Skills (17)
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
type-check10
navigationbar10
ui-design10
navigation-drawer10
typechecker10
type-system10
uid10
front-end-development10
react10
navigationview10
ocaml9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
ptmt/react-native-macos
Sep 2015 - Jul 2020
[deprecated in favor of https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/] React Native for macOS is an experimental fork for writing desktop apps using Cocoa
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 13 reviews, 462 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Dima primarily worked on enhancing the user interface by adding new features to the Image component within the React Native for macOS project. They implemented event handling for image loading, including onLoadStart, onLoadProgress, and onLoadError events, and also added examples, addressing bugs, and improving code descriptions. Additionally, they updated the UIExplorer to include examples of the implemented features.
reactwindowselectronreact-nativedesktop-apps
facebook/flow
Nov 2014 - Jun 2016
Adds static typing to JavaScript to improve developer productivity and code quality.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 10 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Dima contributed to the Facebook Flow project by modifying the codebase to enhance type safety and add new features. They updated the `dom.js` file to improve type definitions, which helps with code quality. Furthermore, they introduced an option to exclude embedded declarations and added functionalities for type-at-position and version information in the js_of_ocaml build, enhancing the user experience for online tutorials and tools built on top of the Flow language server.
static-typingproductivityjavascriptdeveloper-productivitydataflow-programming
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