Sergei Turukin is a founder and operator with 12+ years of hands-on engineering experience and over a decade leading teams to build data-driven, production-grade systems. Currently Founder & COO at a modern data cloud startup in San Francisco, he blends deep technical expertise in Python, Golang, geospatial systems, and ML with strong product and operational leadership. At Lyft he delivered multi-team initiatives including an in-house reverse geocoding service that saved $2M annually, and at Coins.ph he scaled engineering from 9 to 20 while driving secure payment product launches. He has founded and led AI-focused startups, shipped CV/NLP prototypes, and contributes to open-source projects like i3pystatus (notably adding a pomodoro module and music integrations). Known for cultivating ownership and cross-functional collaboration, Sergei pairs pragmatic execution with a taste for hard technical challenges and continuous personal growth.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Electronics / Radiophysics, 5, Master's degree, Computer Electronics / Radiophysics, 5 at Казанский государственный университет им. В.И. Ульянова-Ленина
Contributions:26 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Sergei primarily contributed to the `i3pystatus` project by implementing and refactoring modules. A major contribution was the addition of the `pomodoro` module, which provides a timer with desktop notifications and alarm functionality. The user also developed the `cmus` module, enabling the display of music information from the `cmus-remote` utility. Furthermore, the user refactored both modules, improved documentation, and fixed bugs.
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