Nikita Lapkov
Software Engineer at cloudflare
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarNikita Lapkov is a software engineer based in London with 11 years of experience specializing in low-level systems and backend engineering. He contributes to prominent open-source projects like MongoDB, where he has improved query planning and SBE support for logical MQL operators and cleaned up critical C++ code paths. Comfortable working close to the metal, Nikita blends Rust expertise with hands-on database internals work that improves performance and correctness. He has a track record of pragmatic refactors—eliminating redundant moves and adding robust command argument checks—that reduce bugs and maintenance cost. Colleagues rely on him to tackle complex algorithmic and systems problems and to translate deep technical changes into safer, more maintainable code.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
databases10
query-optimization10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
mongodb10
relational-databases10
sql-database10
mongodb-database10
database10
bson9
database-administration9
aggregation-framework9
data-structure7
data-structures7
algorithms7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mongodb/mongo
Aug 2020 - Oct 2022
The MongoDB Database
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Database Engineer
Back-end Developer / Database EngineerContributions:108 commits in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nikita primarily contributed to the database and query planning aspects of the MongoDB database. They refactored query code, removing redundant moves in the C++ code, and implemented checks for the number of arguments passed to specific shell commands (createIndex, createIndexes, and ensureIndex). The user also worked on enhancements to the database, including supporting new features in SBE (Stream Based Engine) for logical MQL operators like `$ifNull`, `$divide`, `$multiply`, `$filter`, `$arrayElemAt`, `$first`, `$last`, `$nor`, `$elemMatch`.
nosqlc-plus-plusmongodb-databasedatabasemongodb
laplab/ClickHouse
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
ClickHouse is a free analytic DBMS for big data.
Contributions:71 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
data-analyticsanalyticsdbmsmysqlanalytic
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