Mikhail Chernykh
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Indeed.com
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolMikhail Chernykh is a Senior Software Engineering Manager based in Berlin with 11 years of experience leading teams across monetization, product platforms, and AI at companies including Indeed. He blends hands-on backend and DevOps expertise with agile leadership, driving engineering processes and delivery from technical lead to senior management roles. Mikhail has a strong track record improving developer tooling and test infrastructure—contributing to the popular zalando/zally API linter by enhancing integration tests and coverage workflows. Colleagues know him for pragmatic problem solving and a focus on reliable, production-ready APIs and CI practices. Outside work he wires random music gear, reflecting a tinkering mindset that often shows up in creative engineering solutions. He holds an Engineer's degree in Computer and Information Sciences and consistently bridges technical depth with people-first management.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Excellent, Engineer's degree, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Excellent at Altai State Technical University
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Github Skills (22)
testing10
go10
lint10
golang10
linter10
jquery-select29
jquery9
bash9
api9
django-models9
cicd8
dockers7
docker7
suhosin6
syntax6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
zalando/zally
Apr 2017 - May 2018
A minimalistic, simple-to-use API linter
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:182 commits, 286 PRs, 186 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Mikhail contributed to improving the integration tests and coverage within the Go-based API linter project. They added a test.sh wrapper to run tests with coverage reports, addressing limitations in Go's coverage report generation. Furthermore, the user modified the integration tests to run only when specific tags are specified, enhancing the testing workflow. The user also merged branch changes and implemented additional testing capabilities within the command-line interface.
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netme/netme.github.io
Mar 2015 - Mar 2026
Contributions:7 PRs, 21 pushes, 8 branches in 11 years 1 month
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