Dmitriy Yefremov is a seasoned engineering leader with a decade-plus history of building and operating large-scale distributed systems, currently directing engineering at YouTube after leading major platform initiatives at LinkedIn. He has overseen teams of up to 50 engineers to deliver core commerce and sales platforms—catalog, pricing, offers, and sales performance pipelines—while driving developer productivity and safe production testing. A hands-on C++ and Java programmer by training, Dmitriy combines deep systems and API design expertise with a pragmatic focus on architecture and quality. He has a track record of converting monoliths into robust service-oriented systems and helping organizations achieve rapid, reliable release cadence. Based in Irkutsk with international experience, he pairs technical rigor with open-minded mentorship and a continual appetite for learning. An interesting detail: his career spans consumer streaming, embedded TV middleware, and enterprise web platforms, giving him unusually broad domain perspective for a platform engineering leader.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Consumer Electronics, Master of Science Consumer Electronics at Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
Contributions:3 releases, 15 pushes, 3 tags in 1 year 10 months
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Dmitriy Yefremov - Director Of Engineering at YouTube