Sergei Ilinykh
Lead Software Engineer at YADRO
Minsk, Belarus
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Top SchoolSergei Ilinykh is a Lead Software Engineer with 17 years of hands-on experience across back-end, desktop and embedded systems, currently driving LTE/GSM software at YADRO. He specializes in C++ (C++20), Qt/Boost, Linux networking and low-level optimization, with deep practical expertise in WebRTC, XMPP and high-throughput media streaming. Sergei combines individual contributor strengths—demonstrated by contributions to the well-known cyrus-sasl project adding Windows auth-plugin support—with a track record of leading and mentoring cross-functional teams through complex, performance-sensitive projects. He is comfortable across languages and stacks (Rust, Python, Java, mobile), routinely bridges product and customer needs, and has a knack for porting and bootstrapping embedded Linux systems under tight deadlines. Based in Minsk, he brings a long-standing passion for programming (since age ten) and a particular enjoyment for technologies that connect people.
17 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Software of computers and automated systems, Master’s Degree Software of computers and automated systems at Ural State Technical UniversityAssociate’s Degree technical course, Associate’s Degree technical course at Kamyshlov Economics and Law College
English, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
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Github Skills (18)
wp-api10
plugin-development10
authentication10
c1110
winapi10
c1710
protocols10
ws-api10
auth10
openssl8
ld6
json-cpp6
visual-studio6
windows6
cmake6
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl
Mar 2018 - Oct 2018
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 23 commits, 4 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Sergei primarily contributed to the Cyrus SASL project by adding and refining features related to authentication plugins, specifically focusing on Windows compatibility. They integrated a Visual Studio solution and added support for the digestmd5 plugin. Significant changes involved modifying Windows-specific code, including registry access and character encoding conversions, and also made changes to the build system using PowerShell scripts.
psi-im/qca
May 2020 - Jun 2024
QCA (Qt Cryptographic Architecture) provides a straightforward and cross-platform crypto API
Contributions:2 PRs, 77 pushes, 4 comments in 4 years 2 months
cryptographyapicpppublic-key-cryptographycryptographic
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