Dmitry Kisler
Senior Software Developer Team Lead at dkisler.com - Dmitry Kisler
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolDmitry Kisler is a senior software developer and team lead based in Berlin with 10+ years building distributed systems, platform and data engineering solutions across startups and large enterprises. He combines hands-on backend and DevOps work—evidenced by contributions to OpenTofu improving state management and S3 backends—with a leadership style focused on radical prioritization, simplicity, and quality. As founder of dkisler.com and a former engineering manager at OLX Group, he coaches small distributed teams to deliver reliable, test-driven software and production-ready ML/data pipelines. Trained in physics at NSU, École Polytechnique and Paris-Sud, he brings a research-grade rigor to engineering problems and a knack for turning complex infra and configuration issues into maintainable systems.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) M1 Nanotechnologies laser optics non-linear optics, Master of Science (MSc) M1 Nanotechnologies laser optics non-linear optics at École PolytechniqueMaster’s Degree Fundamental and Particle Physics, Master’s Degree Fundamental and Particle Physics at Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)Bachelor’s Degree Plasma and nuclear physics mathematical methods in physics and real life statistics, Bachelor’s Degree Plasma and nuclear physics mathematical methods in physics and real life statistics at Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
Russian, English
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Github Skills (14)
s3-bucket10
aws-s310
configuration-management10
terraformer10
go10
backend10
amazon-s310
back-end-development10
terraform10
testing10
aws9
environment-variables9
cicd8
postgresql8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
opentofu/opentofu
Sep 2023 - Jan 2024
OpenTofu lets you declaratively manage your cloud infrastructure.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:47 reviews, 23 PRs, 45 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Dmitry primarily focused on refactoring and improving the OpenTofu backend, specifically addressing state management and configuration aspects. They contributed to enhancing the S3 backend, adding features like proxy configuration. Furthermore, they worked on fixing issues related to workspaces and environment variables, showcasing their understanding of infrastructure configuration and cloud integration. The user also demonstrated proficiency in testing, including integration tests with backend services.
opentofu/setup-opentofu
Sep 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:65 reviews, 3 PRs, 71 comments in 1 month
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