Rouslan Solomakhin
Senior Software Engineer - Google Research Africa
Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolRouslan Solomakhin is a senior software engineer with 13 years of experience now at Google Research Africa, after a long tenure leading Chrome Payments engineering. He combines deep expertise in algorithms, data structures, cryptography and security with hands-on systems work in C/C++ and front-end JavaScript/TypeScript, shipping features across Chromium, Chrome DevTools and Web Platform Tests. Rouslan has driven PaymentRequest and WebView integrations in Chromium and contributed UI and testing improvements to high-profile repos like chrome-devtools-frontend and web-platform-tests. He pairs rigorous engineering and reliability focus with product-aware implementation, having moved core payment logic away from UI and strengthened test coverage for web payment handlers. Based in Nairobi, he blends research-facing roles with production-grade shipping, and his GitHub tagline “AI for Planet” hints at a broader interest in applying AI to global-scale problems.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Dartmouth CollegeBS Computer Science with Honors minor in Software Engineering, BS Computer Science with Honors minor in Software Engineering at Clarkson University
Russian, English
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Github Skills (31)
javascript10
webview10
dep10
testing10
android-intent10
typescript10
ui-design10
java10
devtools10
javas10
uid10
front-end-development10
chrome10
android10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
web-platform-tests/wpt
May 2017 - Jan 2023
Test suites for Web platform specs — including WHATWG, W3C, and others
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:34 reviews, 64 commits, 18 PRs in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Rouslan focused on enhancing the test suite for web platform specifications within the wpt repository, primarily by developing and adding tests for payment handler interfaces and the `canMakePayment` event. Their work involved creating new test files, modifying existing test code, and updating the test infrastructure to incorporate and validate new features of the payment handler. The user's contributions are directed towards improving the robustness and coverage of the testing framework within the project.
microsoft-edgetest-runnerspecssafarifirefox
GoogleChrome/samples
May 2016 - Dec 2016
A repo containing samples tied to new functionality in each release of Google Chrome.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 10 commits, 18 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Rouslan primarily contributed to PaymentRequest API samples within the Google Chrome samples repository. Their work involved modifying JavaScript code to implement and update payment functionalities. They updated various demo files to reflect changes in the PaymentRequest API, including switching from `currencyCode` to `currency`, adapting to Chrome Dev 53 updates, and integrating new features like contact information requests. The user also addressed Android Pay integration and improved the feature detection and testing of the payment samples.
chrome-extensionjavascriptgoogle-chromechrome
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