Sasha Blashenkov
Senior Software Developer at JetBrains
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSasha Blashenkov is a Senior Software Developer with 11 years of experience, currently building AI-driven features for IntelliJ-based IDEs at JetBrains from Amsterdam. He helped originate the AI Assistant in 2023 and owns the chat toolwindow and plugin UX, now focusing on high-impact, growth-oriented capabilities. Previously he led an 8-person team to prototype research-backed onboarding and productivity features, and contributed to Rider, Gateway, and Code With Me—bringing remote collaboration and editor UI improvements into the IntelliJ Platform. Sasha combines hands-on engineering with product sensibility, shipping small UI touches that materially improve developer experience. He also prototypes internal feedback systems and even runs successful meme channels at work, a hint at his culture-building approach. Trained in computer science at ITMO University, he thrives at the intersection of developer tooling, collaboration, and pragmatic AI integration.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at ITMO University
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Github Skills (71)
bem10
intellij-idea10
jetbrains10
intellij-plugin10
code-editor10
sass-framework10
java10
intellij-platform10
intellij10
meta10
css10
ide10
code-review9
provisioning9
ui-components9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
whytrall/whytrall
Mar 2021 - Jun 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 2 branches in 3 years 3 months
whytrall/DEwrapper
Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
Make ЦДО Great Again!
Contributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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