Marin Dzhigarov
Principal Engineer at Broadcom
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
Summary
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Top SchoolMarin Dzhigarov is a Principal Engineer based in Sofia with 12 years of experience building secure, production-grade backend systems across enterprise and open-source projects. He progressed through engineering roles at VMware before joining Broadcom, bringing deep expertise in distributed systems and protocol-level integrations. An early contributor to the well-known Jitsi project, Marin implemented Off-the-Record messaging support for SIP, signaling a long-standing focus on secure communications and practical cryptographic integrations. He pairs hands-on Java and backend development skills with technical leadership, driving architecture and delivery in large, complex codebases. Colleagues rely on him to bridge legacy protocols and modern cloud architectures while mentoring teams to deliver reliable, secure software.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics & English language, Mathematics & English language at High School of Mathematics „Akad. Nikola Obreshkov“, BurgasBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
English
Github Skills (10)
javas10
sips10
java10
sip10
instant-messaging9
chat9
jabber7
xmpp7
360-video5
audio5
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jitsi/jitsi
Aug 2013 - May 2017
Jitsi is an audio/video and chat communicator that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, IRC and many other useful features.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 2 pushes in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Marin primarily contributed to the `jitsi/jitsi` repository by adding and modifying code related to the Off-the-Record (OTR) messaging plugin, specifically for SIP protocol support. Their work included integrating OTR functionality, such as OTR support for SMP and various UI enhancements. The contributions involved changes to several Java files, including core protocol implementations and OTR plugin components, aiming to enhance secure communication capabilities within Jitsi.
xmppxmpp-clientvideojabberirc-server
mdzhigarov/crash-diagnostics
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Crash-Diagnostics (Crashd) is a tool to help investigate, analyze, and troubleshoot unresponsive or crashed Kubernetes clusters.
Contributions:6 pushes in 13 days
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