Pavel Kovalenko
Senior Developer Tools Engineer at NVIDIA
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolPavel Kovalenko is a Senior Developer Tools Engineer with 11 years of hardware and software experience, currently focused on GPU and SoC performance metrics sampling in NVIDIA’s Nsight Systems. Based in Bellevue, WA, he brings a rare blend of embedded hardware design expertise—from multi-layer rigid-flex PCBs and EMI protection for HV drone systems—to low-level performance tooling for high-performance GPUs. His background includes leading hardware efforts at Tsuru Robotics and then transitioning to developer tooling at NVIDIA, giving him a systems-level perspective on measurement, instrumentation, and reliability. Known for a pragmatic, no-nonsense approach (self-described on GitHub as “the usual bastard”), he favors shipping robust, auditable solutions that bridge silicon behavior and developer workflows. Trained in Computer Software Engineering at Bauman MSTU, he quietly combines deep hardware intuition with production engineering for performance observability.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Bauman Moscow State Technical University
English, Russian
Stackoverflow
306reputation
10kreached
3answers
6questions
Github Skills (100)
sdl10
cmake10
unmanaged10
ray10
cpp10
game-development10
3d-engine10
stalker10
game-engine10
splits10
hotkeys10
engine10
opengl10
crossword10
exception-handler10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
nitrocaster/eagleview
Dec 2019 - Oct 2021
Contributions:1 release, 74 commits, 38 pushes in 1 year 10 months
nitrocaster/DxErr
Oct 2015 - Jul 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 4 years 9 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.