Summary
Leonid Zolotarev is a seasoned software leader with 14+ years building operating systems, runtimes and frameworks across mobile, desktop, enterprise and mixed reality. As Vice President of Frameworks & Runtimes at Magic Leap he created Lumin Runtime, MagicScript and core web/platform components for spatial computing, applying a hardware-aware approach to software design. His career includes leading browser and web platform engineering for Nokia MeeGo, Palm/HP webOS, LG TV and BlackBerry, demonstrating deep expertise in WebKit/V8, embedded Linux and high-performance platform stacks. Known for forming highly productive teams and efficient delivery processes, he combines hands-on technical leadership with product-minded system architecture. An open source enthusiast since the FreeBSD days, he brings a rare blend of low-level OS experience and modern user-facing framework development. Based in Fort Lauderdale, he’s driven by building software that tightly integrates with hardware to solve concrete user problems.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Technical University)
Lomonosov Moscow State University
English, Russian, Finnish