Sergey Filinsky
Senior Software Engineer at Starburst
Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolSergey Filinsky is a Senior Software Engineer based in Poland with 8 years of hands-on experience building front-end and full-stack applications, currently contributing at Starburst after a platform role at Atlassian. He specializes in JavaScript and React/React Native ecosystems, having made notable open-source UI contributions to Akveo’s popular react-native-ui-kitten and kittenTricks starter kit—improving theming, component behavior, and Expo integrations. Sergey has a track record of reducing technical debt, mentoring and hiring senior frontend engineers, and owning end-to-end features from architecture to delivery. Pragmatic and curious, he pairs UI craftsmanship with backend understanding and a history of creating automation tools when projects required a solo developer to deliver.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Gomel City Lyceum 1Bachelor, Information Technology, Student, Bachelor, Information Technology, Student at Gomel State University
English
Github Skills (17)
react-native10
mobile-development10
component-development10
expo10
ui-design10
android-development10
uid10
front-end-development10
mobile10
react10
ux-design9
typescripts8
typescript-types8
android8
typescript8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
akveo/react-native-ui-kitten
Dec 2017 - Oct 2018
:boom: React Native UI Library based on Eva Design System :new_moon_with_face::sparkles:Dark Mode
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 4 reviews, 28 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Sergey primarily focused on enhancing the UI of the React Native UI Kitten library. Their contributions include adding new features like an "OnTabChanged" event for the RkTabView component, improving component theming, and refactoring the RkChoice component. They also addressed various component-specific issues and improved documentation and examples for components like RkModalImg, RkChoiceGroup, and RkButton. Additionally, the user worked on converting the ExplorerApp to an Expo application and resolving issues related to date pickers, and bottom navigation vertical alignment.
reactreact-native-uireact-nativeeva-designui-library
akveo/kittenTricks
Dec 2017 - Jan 2018
React Native starter kit with over 40 screens and modern Light and Dark theme for creating stunning cross-platform mobile applications.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:13 commits, 6 PRs, 14 pushes in 23 days
Contributions summary:Sergey primarily focused on implementing and refining features within a React Native starter kit for cross-platform mobile applications. Their contributions include fixing navigation issues, removing database dependencies, and enhancing the user interface by addressing issues related to emoji display. They also adapted the project to Expo, indicating an understanding of the React Native ecosystem and mobile app development best practices.
demo-appreactlightreact-nativeandroid
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