Misha Topchilo
Lead Software Engineer at Bright Pattern
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMisha Topchilo is a Lead Software Engineer based in San Francisco with about a decade of experience building scalable web and IoT systems across frontend (React, Next.js, Redux), backend (PHP, Python, Go) and DevOps tooling. He has a track record of owning full lifecycle delivery—designing system and database architecture, implementing complex applications from scratch, and leading teams to production-grade releases. His roles span engineering leadership in both Russian and US companies, recently advancing from Senior Frontend Engineer to Lead at Bright Pattern. Beyond professional work, he applies his engineering skills to astronomy—having built a fully automated remote-controlled observatory—which reflects a practical curiosity for hardware-software integration. He holds advanced study in computer science/data leadership from Innopolis and a background in information security, blending hands-on coding with defensive system thinking. Misha balances focused delivery with ongoing pet projects that explore new technologies and creative ideas.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Speciality Comprehensive Information Security of Automated Systems, Speciality Comprehensive Information Security of Automated Systems at Orenburg State Agricultural University (OSAU)Chief Data Officer Computer Science, Chief Data Officer Computer Science at Innopolis University
Russian, English
Github Skills (30)
controller10
nextjs10
weather10
redux10
telescope10
redux-toolkit10
atmega10
receiver10
arduino10
react10
temperature10
astronomy9
station9
typescript9
php9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
miksrv/api-backend
Oct 2020 - Jun 2023
API backend service for working with observatory and weather station controller, provides data set for client applications.
Contributions:2 PRs, 93 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 8 months
weather-stationapicontrollerobservatorydata-set
miksrv/astronomy-portal
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
This project is intended for remote control of an amateur astronomical observatory. With the help of the WEB interface, you can control the power supply of the observatory devices, monitor the voltage, power current, as well as temperature and humidity in several places.
Contributions:14 releases, 1 review, 359 PRs in 2 years
astronomycelestialcodeigniternextjsobservatory
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