Maksym Malyhin
Senior Software Engineer at Google DeepMind
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaksym Malyhin is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently based in Mountain View and working at Google DeepMind after multiple senior roles within Google. He started in mobile development and has deep iOS expertise, contributing to high-profile open-source Firebase projects—improving Messaging SDK reliability and adding Firebase Installations examples in both Swift and Objective-C. Maksym blends low-level engineering discipline with product-focused delivery, demonstrated by meticulous dependency and import reorganizations that fixed subtle crashes and improved test coverage. His background in mechanical and aerospace engineering suggests a systems-oriented mindset that informs his approach to robust, scalable software. Colleagues know him for quietly solving awkward edge cases in large codebases and bridging mobile client needs with backend integration.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Master’s Degree Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oles Honchar Dnipro National UniversityAssociate’s Degree Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology, Associate’s Degree Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology at Dnipropetrovsk College of Welding and Electronics
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Github Skills (9)
objective-c10
swift10
ios10
sdk10
firebase10
firebase-messaging9
unit-testing9
push-notifications8
apple-push-notifications8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/firebase-ios-sdk
Feb 2019 - Oct 2021
Firebase SDK for Apple App Development
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 681 reviews, 516 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Maksym primarily focused on improvements within the Firebase Messaging SDK for Apple App Development. Their contributions involved replacing deprecated `NSUserDefaults` usage with `GULUserDefaults` and incorporating the `GoogleUtilities/UserDefaults` dependency, updating dependencies to versions compatible with the wider SDK, and reorganizing imports in core files. The user's work also included improvements for code coverage and fixing a bug related to a delegate that caused a crash during testing when coverage was enabled.
firebase-databasefirebase-functionsdatabase-as-a-serviceremote-configios
firebase/quickstart-ios
Jul 2019 - Oct 2021
Firebase Quickstart Samples for iOS
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:32 reviews, 79 commits, 29 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Maksym primarily contributed to the Firebase Quickstart Samples for iOS repository, focusing on the implementation of the Firebase Installations feature. Their work includes introducing new example applications in Swift and Objective-C, modifying existing application delegates and view controllers, and incorporating notification handling related to installation ID changes. The user's commits demonstrate a strong understanding of Firebase SDK integration within an iOS application environment.
firestorefirebaseremote-configfirebase-storageios
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