Kirill Vasiltsov
Software Development Engineer II (Rust) at Mapbox
Japan
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Top SchoolKirill Vasiltsov is a senior software engineer with eight years of experience building backend services, developer tooling, and cloud infrastructure, currently focused on EV navigation and ADAS features at Mapbox using Rust. He has led small cross-functional teams and driven developer-owned infrastructure initiatives, shifting ownership of AWS resources to accelerate prototyping and improve productivity. Kirill has designed containerized services, gRPC/Protobuf systems, and CI-driven release pipelines, and built companion CLIs and evaluation platforms leveraging Nomad, Firecracker, and Terraform. An active open-source contributor, his work spans front-end UX improvements for the popular Gatsby project and core backend features in package/build tooling like Orogene. Fluent in English, Japanese and with a background in linguistics and information science, he brings a rare mix of language-aware engineering and practical systems design to developer-facing infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Human and Environmental Studies, Language and Information Science, Master of Human and Environmental Studies, Language and Information Science at Kyoto UniversityEngineering, Engineering at Samara State Aerospace UniversityStudent exchange program, Japanese language and linguistics, Student exchange program, Japanese language and linguistics at University of TsukubaBachelor of Arts - BA, Linguistics / Education theory, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Linguistics / Education theory at Moscow City University
Japanese, English, Russian
Github Skills (14)
webui10
javascript10
build-system10
package-manager10
rust10
gatsby10
react10
css9
nodejs9
accessibility8
async-await8
typescripts6
typescript6
typescript-types6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
orogene/orogene
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Makes `node_modules/` happen. Fast. No fuss.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 7 commits, 11 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Kirill primarily focused on developing core features related to package management and build processes within the Orogene project. Their contributions include implementing optional files in the manifest, setting up a new crate (oro-pack) for packing functionality, and refactoring code for improved readability and maintainability. Furthermore, the user added support for creating tarball archives, demonstrating an understanding of build and distribution processes. The user also worked on embedding node, which hints at working with JavaScript runtimes.
next-generationjavascript-projectsrustjavascript-frontendjavascript
gatsbyjs/gatsby
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
The best React-based framework with performance, scalability and security built in.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 8 PRs, 91 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Kirill primarily contributed to front-end development within the Gatsby framework, focusing on improving the user experience and functionality of the documentation site. They implemented a hook for highlighting active links in the table of contents, enhancing navigation. Additionally, they addressed issues related to path handling and excerpt truncation for non-latin languages, demonstrating a good understanding of both user interface and content display.
gatsbyreactweb-appfastestcompiler
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