Konstantin Shalnev is a Senior Software Engineer and team lead with over a decade of experience designing and delivering large-scale, distributed applications, currently driving Yandex.Maps development from Moscow. He brings deep C++ expertise (STL, multithreading, networking) alongside strong familiarity with C#, Python, Microsoft platform technologies and GIS/routing systems developed earlier in his career. Konstantin has hands-on mobile and cross-platform experience from work on MAPS.ME and Skype’s async media core, including contributions to the popular MAPS.ME open-source repo focused on map styling and cross-platform UI optimizations. Known for pragmatic architecture and TDD-driven engineering, he combines low-level performance tuning with product-minded UI improvements. Colleagues rely on him to bridge complex backend systems and client-facing features while mentoring teams through Agile processes.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Master's degree at Taganrog State University of Radio-Engineering, Russian Federation
🗺️ MAPS.ME — Offline OpenStreetMap maps for iOS and Android
Role in this project:
Back-end & UI Developer
Contributions:739 commits, 293 PRs, 166 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Konstantin made a series of commits focused on the implementation and modification of features related to map styling, specifically for a dark color scheme, as well as changes to the Android and iOS mobile application user interfaces. Contributions include adding new mapcss files, adjusting drawing rules, and implementing functionality to dynamically change color schemes across supported platforms. Additionally, the user made code changes related to optimizing the UI and various platform build scripts for Android.
Contributions:842 pushes, 438 branches, 1 comment in 1 year 4 months
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