Dmitry Baryshnikov is a senior software developer and systems architect with 13+ years building GIS, remote sensing and risk-analysis information systems for major Russian infrastructure and defense organizations. He blends low-level C/C++ expertise with Java and Python to deliver reliable, production-grade backends and automation, and has shaped technical requirements and standards for clients such as RZD, Gazprom and Rosatom. As a long-serving leader at NextGIS and later architect roles, he progressed from developer to deputy CEO, driving productization, process automation and large-scale imagery-based risk assessment projects. Dmitry contributes to prominent open-source geospatial tooling like GDAL, fixing critical bugs and enhancing drivers and test coverage—work that improves interoperability across the geospatial stack. He is practiced at translating stringent operational and safety needs into technical specifications and deployable systems for transport and energy sectors. Based in Moscow with formal training in remote sensing from the A. Mozhaysky Military Space Academy, he pairs domain-specific remote sensing knowledge with hands-on software craftsmanship.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Lt., Remote Sensing, Lt., Remote Sensing at A. Mozhaysky Military Space Academy
GDAL is an open source MIT licensed translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:1 review, 60 commits, 26 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Dmitry primarily focused on improving the GDAL library, contributing to the Pleiades metadata reader by adding stricter checks for product files and fixing potential buffer errors. They also worked on the NGW driver, adding features such as feature extensions support, attribute and spatial filter support, and improving the create copy function. The user addressed several bugs in the CAD driver, specifically resolving issues with reading ellipse and arc data and fixing buffer overflows. Additionally, the user contributed to improving the test suite for NGW.
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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