Mikhail Krinkin
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Dublin, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolMikhail Krinkin is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience focused on low-level systems, virtualization, and file systems, now contributing to Azure Container Compute at Microsoft. Previously a Sr SWE SRE at Google, he combines production-grade reliability engineering with kernel- and systems-level expertise, and occasionally contributes to the Linux kernel. An avid open-source contributor, he has improved concurrent C++ data structures in libcds and fixed critical WASM/Envoy edge-case bugs affecting connection handling and memory safety. He completed the Eudyptula Challenge and routinely tackles algorithmic puzzles—recently earning all gold stars in Advent of Code 2023 with Rust, debugging a subtle Chinese remainder theorem off-by-one. Based in Dublin, he pairs deep academic training from St. Petersburg institutions with practical, test-focused engineering on widely used cloud and proxy projects. Outside work he roller skates and cooks, bringing the same iterative curiosity to hobbies as to complex system bugs.
14 years of coding experience
Post-graduate school Computer Science, Post-graduate school Computer Science at St. Petersburg Academic University of the Russian Academy of SciencesSaint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI"Master's degree Software Engineering, Master's degree Software Engineering at St. Petersburg Academic University of Russian Academy of Sciences
Русский, English
Github Skills (23)
container10
c-language10
concurrent10
envoyproxy10
rust-wasm10
wasm-pack10
data-structure10
data-structures10
lock-free10
cprogramming-language10
concurrent-map10
concurrency10
testing9
algorithm9
algorithms9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
envoyproxy/envoy
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:22 reviews, 32 PRs, 114 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Mikhail focused on fixing bugs related to the WASM plugin interaction with Envoy's local reply mechanism, addressing issues such as duplicate responses and panic handling during request/response processing. They made changes to prevent stuck connections and ensure correct behavior in error scenarios. Additionally, the user addressed build issues, specifically contributing to fixes related to GCC compiler warnings and the VCL build process. They also addressed MSAN warnings to address memory safety issues.
nanoservicesmore-catsgolangcontainersproxy
khizmax/libcds
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
A C++ library of Concurrent Data Structures
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 8 PRs, 1 issue in 1 month
Contributions summary:Mikhail primarily focused on enhancing the `libcds` library, a C++ library for concurrent data structures. Their contributions include fixing build script warnings, removing unnecessary locks, and adding new features such as equal_to and sort options to intrusive and nonintrusive lazy list traits. They implemented the unordered intrusive lazy list and added related tests, effectively extending the library's capabilities. Furthermore, they integrated tests for unordered nonintrusive and key-value lists, showcasing their commitment to comprehensive testing.
containersconcurrentcppconcurrent-data-structuresc-library
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