Kirill Shmakov
Principal Software Developer at Huawei
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolKirill Shmakov is a Principal Software Developer based in Zurich with 12 years of experience building developer tools, backend systems, and platform features for large engineering teams. He has deep expertise in Kotlin/Native and Kotlin Multiplatform from his work at JetBrains—where he shipped an Android Studio plugin and enhanced multiplatform debugging—and now applies that systems-and-tools focus at Huawei. Earlier roles at Yandex show his strength in protocol design, data pipeline optimization, and DevOps for high-scale services, while his academic background in applied mathematics and teaching reflects strong analytical rigor. He also has a track record mentoring top competitive programmers—several former students now work at FAANG firms—indicating an ability to cultivate high-performing engineers. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions across IDEs, language tooling, and backend infrastructure, he blends research-level math training with hands-on product delivery.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mathematics, Master's degree, Mathematics at Saint Petersburg State UniversitySaint Petersburg Lyceum 239Machine Learning Development, Machine Learning Development at Yandex School of Data AnalysisDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics at McGill University
Russian, English
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Github Skills (60)
kotlin10
visual-studio-code10
programming-language10
jetbrains10
intellij10
modular10
electron10
microsoft10
ide10
maven-plugin10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
editor10
intellij-idea10
java10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
kishmakov/my-examples
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:94 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 10 months
kishmakov/magnaura
Mar 2014 - Dec 2022
Contributions:164 commits, 50 pushes in 8 years 9 months
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