Max Yankov
Senior Software Engineer at Hotline
Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Yankov is a senior software engineer with 13+ years of professional experience and a developer background dating to 1995, blending game design, backend systems and desktop/cloud tooling. He’s led teams and products from indie games to data-engineering IDEs, shipping features like SQLFluff linting with cross-language services and dbt scheduling, and architecting a serverless-style open-world multiplayer system for The Wild Eight. Technically versatile, he moves between TypeScript/React, fp-ts/io-ts, PostgreSQL/pgtyped, GraphQL/Hasura and native iOS UI work (contributing fixes to popular projects like SVProgressHUD). Max combines hands-on coding with product thinking—his Deep Channel work informed product decisions adopted by 80% of clients—and prefers direct contact via Telegram or email over LinkedIn.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Moscow State School 57Lomonosov Moscow State University
English, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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213questions
unity-game-engine
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Github Skills (22)
objective-c10
typesc10
ios10
postgresql10
typescript10
generator10
type-system10
sql10
typescript-types10
nodejs10
unity-game-engine10
typescripts10
cli10
ui-design9
configuration-management9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
adelsz/pgtyped
Aug 2020 - Apr 2022
pgTyped - Typesafe SQL in TypeScript
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 9 PRs, 23 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Max made significant contributions to the `pgtyped` project, primarily focused on enhancing the command-line interface (CLI) and core functionality. Their work included modifying the configuration parser to accept absolute file paths, implementing file parameter overrides, and refactoring code for parallel generation. The user also contributed to the project's documentation and infrastructure, exporting database connection interfaces. These changes improved the usability and efficiency of the type generation process.
querytype-safetypgtypedsqltypesafe
SVProgressHUD/SVProgressHUD
Dec 2012 - Dec 2012
A clean and lightweight progress HUD for your iOS and tvOS app.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:6 commits in 7 days
Contributions summary:Max primarily contributed to the iOS application, focusing on user interface and bug fixes within the SVProgressHUD library. Their work involved modifying the demo application to address timer-related issues and enhance its functionality. Furthermore, they modified the layout and display logic of the HUD to improve the text label positioning and the visual presentation. The user also reverted a change related to a button, demonstrating an understanding of the project's code and potential issues.
cocoapodsobjective-ctvoscleanhud
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