Paul Krotkiy is a Back End Developer with nine years of experience building reliable server-side systems and low-level Linux tooling, now based in Amsterdam. He brings deep Linux kernel knowledge and hands-on experience testing server hardware and developing kernel modules, plus practical familiarity with OpenWRT builds. At Yandex he progressed from data center operations to backend development and team lead responsibilities, and currently contributes backend and DevOps work at Nebius. A Python and Go practitioner, he has contributed to the open-source CI/CD project Abstruse—improving worker-Docker interactions, log handling, and UI/API features—demonstrating an ability to span from infrastructure to product-facing changes. His background in hardware-focused IT and software development gives him a rare blend of systems-level insight and application engineering.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Бакалавр технических наук, Разработка программного обеспечения, 9/10, Бакалавр технических наук, Разработка программного обеспечения, 9/10 at Владимирский Государственный Университет
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Hardware developer, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Hardware developer at Vladimir State University
Abstruse is a free and open-source CI/CD platform that tests your models and code.
Role in this project:
Full-stack & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:5 reviews, 7 commits, 12 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the CI/CD platform's core functionality, focusing on the worker component and its interaction with Docker for testing and deployment. Their work included implementing conditional execution of after-script commands based on build outcomes and fixing an issue related to the cache directory. Additionally, the user made improvements to the user interface by adding username login functionality. The user also worked on API and UI changes involving the display of the agent hostname, updating profile and user data, and removing escape sequences from logs.
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