Sergei Lukianov
Founding Engineer at Hedgehog
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSergei Lukianov is a founding engineer and seasoned software leader with 14 years of experience building cloud-native and big data platforms from silicon to UI. Based in San Francisco, he led Kubernetes-as-a-Service and OpenStack lifecycle initiatives at Mirantis, blending product leadership with hands-on architecture and team direction. An elected OpenStack PTL for the Sahara data processing project, he has deep expertise in distributed systems, automation, and test-driven infrastructure—evidenced by sustained contributions to high-profile projects like DevStack, Tempest, and Apache Storm. He co-founded Hedgehog and serves as its chief architect, continuing to translate complex cloud orchestration challenges into resilient, API-driven products. Known for pragmatic engineering, he pairs low-level systems fluency (Kubernetes, Docker, Cluster API) with front-end and UX improvements, having shipped UI controls and automation for production tooling. Collected academic training in programming mathematics underpins his methodical approach to scalable system design and dependency management.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Programming Mathematics, Master’s Degree Programming Mathematics at Saratov State University named after N.G.Chernyshevskysecondary school Math & economy, secondary school Math & economy at VEL (Saratov)
Russian, English
Github Skills (29)
storm10
javascript10
python10
clojure-cli10
testing10
bash10
ui-design10
apache10
clojure10
pest10
compojure10
uid10
openstack10
front-end-development10
temper10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
nathanmarz/storm
Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
Distributed and fault-tolerant realtime computation: stream processing, continuous computation, distributed RPC, and more
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 1 PR in 2 months
Contributions summary:Sergei primarily contributed to the UI aspects of the Storm UI, adding new features like topology action buttons and modifying the UI's behavior based on user actions. They implemented the ability to activate, deactivate, rebalance, and kill topologies directly from the UI. Furthermore, the user refactored the UI code, including the use of POST requests instead of GET for topology actions, and added functionalities for showing and hiding system stats. They also implemented a javascript based solution for hiding javascript dependent elements if javascript is disabled.
computationfault-tolerantrealtimerpcstream-processing
openstack/devstack
Nov 2013 - Jul 2015
System for quickly installing an OpenStack cloud from upstream git for testing and development. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:19 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Sergei primarily focuses on integrating and managing the Sahara component within the DevStack environment for OpenStack. Their contributions involve installing, configuring, and integrating the Sahara client and dashboard. Furthermore, the user is responsible for migrating Sahara-related code, demonstrating a strong understanding of system architecture and dependency management within the context of DevStack. This work is vital for streamlined deployment and testing of OpenStack services.
installingtestinginfrastructureopenshiftupstream
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