Dmytro Shynkevych
Software Developer at Citadel Securities
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDmytro Shynkevych is a software developer with a decade of experience building robust systems across finance, research, networking, and ML-focused startups, currently contributing at Citadel Securities in Old Toronto. He has hands-on C++ expertise evidenced by stabilizing and fixing memory leaks in the notable open-source qTox secure messaging client, showing a deep understanding of resource management and low-level debugging. His background spans roles from research at NVIDIA to production engineering at Tailscale and ML/modeling and infrastructure work at Kik, where he delivered high-precision detection models and large cost reductions in feature pipelines. Dmytro blends embedded and 3D software experience with data-science rigor, making him comfortable across systems-level engineering and applied machine learning. Trained at the University of Waterloo, he brings a practical, results-driven approach and an inclination for improving reliability and performance in complex, real-world codebases.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, 10-12, High School, 10-12 at Braemar CollegeBachelor of Computer Science - BCS, Bachelor of Computer Science - BCS at University of Waterloo
English, Russian, Ukrainian, German
Github Skills (15)
memory-management10
c-language10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
cplus10
tox9
debug9
debugging9
messaging8
encryption7
p2p7
communications6
360-video6
audio5
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
qTox/qTox
Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:15 commits in 24 days
Contributions summary:Dmytro primarily focused on fixing memory leaks and improving the stability of the qTox application. Their commits addressed issues in several key areas, including system tray integration, camera device handling, and settings management. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of C++ and memory management, evident in the numerous fixes related to resource deallocation and object lifecycle within the application.
qtoxc-plus-pluswebrtcpeer-to-peervideo
dshynkev/messenger-latex
Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:6 releases, 57 commits, 67 pushes in 7 months
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