Kanat K
Lead Software Engineer (Golang) at Stream
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolKanat K is a Lead Software Engineer specializing in Golang with over 10 years of experience building backend and mobile systems that serve more than a billion users. He has deep expertise in high-performance, distributed architectures and has driven features that process millions of messages daily while mentoring small engineering teams. At Stream he progressed from Senior to Lead engineer, and previously at NBCUniversal he delivered revenue-generating live player ad and analytics pipelines used in global events and cut build and configuration times by an order of magnitude. He also contributes to notable open-source work on Stream’s Android chat SDK, improving database stability and internal logging—showing a strong focus on reliability and operational tooling. Based in Old Toronto, he blends hands-on coding with team leadership to deliver scalable, production-grade systems.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Baltic State Technical University "VOENMEH" named after D.F. Ustinov
English, French, Russian
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Github Skills (3)
kotlin10
jetpack-compose10
android10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
GetStream/stream-chat-android
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
:speech_balloon: Android Chat SDK ➜ Stream Chat API. UI component libraries for chat apps. Kotlin & Jetpack Compose messaging SDK for Android chat
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:10 releases, 599 reviews, 80 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Kanat primarily contributed to the Android chat SDK, focusing on code migration, database entity improvements, and refactoring existing functionalities. Their work involved migrating database entities to a new TypeConverter analyzer, improving the flow of extra data, and addressing database-related crashes. Furthermore, the user implemented a new internal logging tool. This indicates a focus on code quality, stability, and core functionality of the Android chat SDK.
balloonandroid-chat-sdkcomposestreamstream-chat
GetStream/webrtc
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 reviews, 45 PRs, 114 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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