Nikita Petrov
Tools Engineer at Sharkmob
Malmo, Sweden
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Top SchoolNikita Petrov is a Tools Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance C++ applications, internal tools, and real-time simulation systems, currently focused on Unreal Engine 5 workflows at Sharkmob. He has deep expertise in desktop and cross-platform development (Qt/QML, Windows and Debian-based Linux), geospatial visualization with osgEarth, and UAV-related sensor and image processing pipelines. His background includes research-driven projects for flight simulators and UTM avionics, giving him a strong foundation in precision visualization, embedded optimization, and safety-conscious engineering. Nikita excels at diagnosing stability and performance issues, building developer-facing debugging and analysis tools, and enabling fast iteration for complex production teams. Based in the Malmö/Lund region, he combines an academic grounding from MIPT with hands-on deployment experience and is open to new opportunities. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of integrating neural-network-based object recognition into operational UAV pipelines, bridging research models and production systems.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Applied Mathematics and Physics, Master's degree, Applied Mathematics and Physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
Russian, English, French, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (45)
openscenegraph9
gis9
vector9
cpp8
translator8
geotiff8
raster8
sdk8
3d-graphics8
3d-mapping8
data-formats7
geospatial7
windows7
cmake7
osgearth7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NikkittaP/osg_pack
Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
Scripts to build osg & osgearth
Contributions:10 commits, 6 pushes in 4 months
osgosgearth
NikkittaP/powercalc
Apr 2018 - May 2020
Contributions:110 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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