Sergio Schvezov
Engineering Manager at Chainguard
Cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolSergio Schvezov is an engineering manager with 15+ years of experience leading teams and shipping developer tools and Linux distribution technology, currently at Chainguard after heading Snapcraft- and charm-related engineering and advocacy at Canonical. A pragmatic generalist with deep C/C++ and Python expertise, he pairs low-level debugging and build-system know-how (gcc, cmake, autotools) with cloud-native packaging experience—demonstrated by meaningful contributions to the widely used Snapcraft project, including Rust plugin refactors and core20 integration. He has a strong networking and VoIP background from earlier roles and has repeatedly built CI, release and automation infrastructure for large teams. Comfortable across Linux and BSD platforms, Sergio blends hands-on coding with people leadership, mentoring cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, production-grade developer workflows. An avid problem-solver, he also brings an uncommon creative side through formal photography studies, reflecting a taste for technical craft and visual communication.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Telecommunications, Engineer, Telecommunications at Universidad Blas PascalUniversidad de San Isidro "Dr. Plácido Marín"Instituto Politecnico San Arnoldo JanssenMaster, Data Neworks, Master, Data Neworks at Universidad Nacional de La Plata
English, Spanish, Russian
Github Skills (7)
rust10
build-automation9
linux9
develop9
git8
version-control8
api-design8
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
canonical/snapcraft
Aug 2015 - Jan 2023
Package, distribute, and update any app for Linux and IoT.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:101 releases, 1120 reviews, 2080 commits in 7 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Sergio refactored a Rust plugin to utilize the latest rustup, removing deprecated features and updating command qualifiers. They also addressed desktop file issues by extending the extraction API and improving the handling of command chains. They were also responsible for integrating support for core20 with various refactoring efforts.
snapslinuxupdatesnapdistribute
ubports/goget-ubuntu-touch
Jan 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:442 commits in 1 year 10 months
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