Pavel Vasilev
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPavel Vasilev is a Senior Software Development Engineer with 13 years of experience building high-performance, resilient systems, currently ensuring Prime Video delivers smooth, always-scaled streaming experiences. He combines deep JVM expertise (Java/Scala/Kotlin) and information retrieval technologies (Lucene, Solr, ElasticSearch) with practical HPC and in-memory data grid experience from large enterprise engagements. At Amazon he focuses on resilience engineering for high-velocity events, while earlier roles saw him designing complex solutions, leading POCs, and advising customers on scalable architectures. A practical polyglot, Pavel also contributes to open-source projects in Go and C++, notably improving windowing, input handling and performance in the g3n 3D engine. His background in applied mathematics and low-level Linux engineering informs a data-driven, performance-first approach to problem solving. Outside work he’s an electronics hobbyist and self-described avid chocolate consumer, hinting at a curious, hands-on mindset.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematician, Software Engineer, Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Specialist, Mathematician, Software Engineer, Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Specialist at Saint Petersburg State Universitygraduate, Mathematics, graduate, Mathematics at PML 239graduate, graduate at Academy of Modern Software Engineering (AMSE)
English, Russian, German
Github Skills (9)
engine10
go10
game-engine10
3d-engine10
opengl10
glfw10
user-input10
windowing10
3d-graphics9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
g3n/engine
May 2018 - Feb 2019
Go 3D Game Engine (http://g3n.rocks)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 3 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Pavel's contributions primarily centered around improving the `g3n/engine`'s functionality, particularly in the windowing and input handling aspects. They implemented new features like `SetInputMode` and `SetCursorPos`, and addressed issues related to mouse coordinates on high-DPI systems. Additionally, the user fixed bugs related to incorrect index calculations in the mesh and optimized code, demonstrating a focus on both usability and performance. These efforts involved modifications to core engine components, including window and geometry handling.
golangrocksgo-libraryg3n3d-engine
vasilevp/sstv-test
Feb 2018 - Dec 2024
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
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