Sergey Golovin
Software Engineer
Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolSergey Golovin is a pragmatic software engineer and co-founder with 11 years of experience building full-stack systems across C#, Java, Scala, Go, JavaScript and TypeScript, and seven years focused on React-driven web development. He served as CTO of Lorem Scriptum for three years, leading teams, mentoring engineers, and shaping product direction before co-founding Space Twistie to continue shipping user-facing innovations. Sergey is an active open-source contributor with notable work in high-profile projects like Node.js and react-grid-layout—where he added droppable behavior and fixed cross-browser issues—plus contributions to Deno and Rust’s mdBook. Comfortable across front-end and back-end domains, he favors pragmatic refactors (e.g., replacing magic numbers with constants) and improving component ergonomics and UX. A longtime Vim enthusiast, he blends engineering craftsmanship with a collaborative leadership style and a knack for turning nuanced UI interactions into robust, maintainable features. Based in Vicente López, Buenos Aires, he combines startup grit with a commitment to open source and developer-friendly tools.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Information Security Specialist, 4,7, Information Security Specialist, 4,7 at Kursk Academy of State and Municipal Service
English, Russian, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
testing10
jscript10
drag-and-drop10
python-modules10
fs10
javascript10
nodejs10
refactoring10
animation10
react10
animate10
code-readability10
html9
css9
coffeescript8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
react-grid-layout/react-grid-layout
Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
A draggable and resizable grid layout with responsive breakpoints, for React.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 16 commits, 19 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Sergey primarily focused on enhancing the React-based grid layout component. They implemented the ability to drop elements from outside the grid, adding new functionalities like `isDroppable` and `onDrop` callbacks, along with associated documentation and example code. Furthermore, the user fixed a Firefox-specific issue related to the `isDroppable` functionality and addressed other minor issues, including correcting typos and updating the code to replace `componentWillReceiveProps` with `getDerivedStateFromProps` and `componentDidUpdate`. This indicates a focus on component behavior and user interaction within the grid layout.
reactgrid-systemgrid-layoutgridsjavascript
nodejs/node
Jan 2016 - Apr 2018
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 PRs, 77 comments, 3 issues in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Sergey primarily focused on improving code readability and maintainability within the Node.js project. Their contributions centered around replacing "magic numbers" with descriptive constants across multiple files, including `path.js`, `fs.js`, `module.js`, and `url.js`. Additionally, the user refactored code by replacing duplicate conditions and functions with more efficient methods.
windowsnode-jsjavascriptlinuxruntime
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