Maksim An
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMaksim An is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building infrastructure and backend systems, currently working on Linux containers on Windows at Microsoft. He brings deep Python expertise applied to large-scale genomic data and a strong background in systems-level work from prior C++/Java/iOS roles. His open-source contributions include improving test automation and CRI behavior in Microsoft's widely used hcsshim project, demonstrating a focus on reliability and security policy integration for container runtimes. Maksim has led teams and CI initiatives, automated large portions of test suites for cloud storage and networking, and combines research-driven problem solving with production delivery. Based in Redmond, he balances hands-on engineering with mentoring and pragmatic system design, and is also a husband and father—attributes he cites as central to his perspective and discipline.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, 3.75/4.5, MS, Computer Science, 3.75/4.5 at Gwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyLomonosov Moscow State University
Russian, English, Uzbek, Korean
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Github Skills (12)
go10
container-runtime-interface10
test-automation10
linux9
device-mapper9
json6
django-models6
celery6
decorator6
python6
python-decorators6
django6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/hcsshim
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Windows - Host Compute Service Shim
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 release, 911 reviews, 127 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Maksim primarily contributed to the testing infrastructure and back-end logic of the `hcsshim` repository, specifically focusing on the CRI (Container Runtime Interface) implementation. They added new tests for removing pod sandboxes and running containers, enhancing the testing coverage. They also refactored and improved existing tests, including those related to the "wait-paths" hook. The user implemented functionalities around handling and validating security policies and their integration with the container runtime.
shimwindowshostcompute
anmaxvl/cri
Nov 2020 - Aug 2022
Containerd Plugin for Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface
Contributions:2 PRs, 48 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 9 months
containerscontainerdcontainer-runtime-interfaceruntimepodman
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