Dima Zaytsev
Software Engineer at Linear
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDima Zaytsev is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building platforms, SDKs and backend systems across Android, Java and Go, currently based in The Hague and working at Linear. He combines hands-on mobile expertise—having led development of camera and document-scanning products and originated the Maestro mobile UI automation framework—with payments and computer vision experience from roles at Uber and Scanbot. Dima has a strong track record of leadership, having run engineering teams and shipped production-grade SDKs and internal APIs while mentoring cross-functional engineers. He is an active contributor to open-source mobile tooling, notably improving direct Android device connectivity in the dadb library and enhancing iOS automation in Maestro. Comfortable spanning low-level device protocols to scalable backend services, he often tackles integration-heavy challenges like multi-maps support and legacy/new-vehicle interoperability. Beyond code, he favors pragmatic engineering trade-offs that reduce technical debt and enable reliable automated testing at scale.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Electronics and Microelectronics, Bachelor's degree Electronics and Microelectronics at National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET)
English, German, Russian, Dutch, Japanese
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Github Skills (25)
camera-api10
kotlin10
ios10
android-development10
java10
javas10
android10
ui-automation10
swift10
networking9
android-fragments9
bitmap9
image-viewer9
ip9
tcp9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mobile-dev-inc/Maestro
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Painless E2E Automation for Mobile and Web
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:76 releases, 398 reviews, 284 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Dima primarily contributed to the iOS side of the Maestro project, focusing on implementing features related to text input handling and automation. They developed code within the `maestro-ios` module, specifically in the `idb` package, to translate text into sequences of UI events for mobile and web automation. Their work involved creating methods to manage and process text inputs and related key presses.
mobile-developmentblackbox-testingautomation-uiandroidautomation
RedApparat/Fotoapparat
Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
Making Camera for Android more friendly. 📸
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:9 releases, 208 commits, 36 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Dima contributed to the development of an Android camera application, implementing core functionalities. Initial commits established the project structure, including build files and basic activity. Further contributions focused on defining the camera API, including photo capture, size selection, and orientation handling. The user also implemented the basic interaction elements such as a camera view and frame processors.
cameraandroidkotlincamera2kotlin-library
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