Oleg Zhilin
Engineering Manager at Potloc
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolOleg Zhilin is an engineering manager and technical architect with 11 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems and leading product engineering teams from Montreal. He currently oversees a research-grade platform at the Media Ecosystem Observatory used by political and computer science researchers and investigates ML methods for classifying social media content, blending production engineering with academic rigor. Previously a Mozilla Fellow and head of product roles, he brings a rare mix of research publishing, public-facing science communication, and hands-on systems delivery. His background includes four years of life-insurance system implementations where he led cross-functional releases, mentored teams, and introduced engineering workflows like DB-backed versioning integrated with Git. Known for turning complex research requirements into reliable, scalable software, he thrives at the intersection of data science, distributed architecture, and operational leadership.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at McGill University
English, French, RussianProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ozhilin/vimrc
Jun 2015 - May 2019
Contributions:57 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 11 months
DPMFinalProject/DPM-Final-Project
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:95 commits, 69 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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