Ilya Tsarev
Head Of Software Engineering at Yandex Go
Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolIlya Tsarev is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years in iOS development who now heads Software Engineering for Yandex Go, overseeing product delivery used by tens of millions and managing 200+ distributed specialists across platforms. He progressed from hands-on iOS architect and app author (creator of a 5.0-rated App Store app with 24k+ downloads) to shaping cross-platform mobile and frontend strategy, developer experience, and time-to-market at scale. Ilya combines strong product sensibility—obsessive attention to small UX details and custom animations—with operational rigor in CI/CD, testing, and release processes. He has a proven track record of promoting Swift adoption, improving crash-free rates, and building multidisciplinary platform teams that solve long-term technical challenges. Based in Moscow, he pairs a computational mathematics background with continuous curiosity about new technologies and industry trends. An uncommon strength is his ability to move smoothly between deep technical design and high-level business objectives, driving both code quality and strategic outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Физтех КолледжСпециалист, Вычислительная математика и программирование, 4.8, Специалист, Вычислительная математика и программирование, 4.8 at Московский авиационный институт (национальный исследовательский университет)
Английский, Русский
Github Skills (5)
architecture9
ios-library9
swift9
ios8
modularity8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
iltsarev/itsarev.me
Feb 2015 - Oct 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
alfa-laboratory/YARCH
Dec 2017 - May 2019
YARCH iOS Architecture
Contributions:27 commits, 18 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 5 months
ios-librarymodularityios-architectureswiftios
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