Stanislav Fomichev
Linux Kernel Host Networking at Meta
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolStanislav Fomichev is a Linux kernel and host networking engineer with 15 years of low-level and embedded systems experience, currently working on kernel networking at Meta after nearly a decade leading BPF development at Google. He has authored 300+ upstream Linux patches and implemented major BPF systems—SNAT, EDT rate limiting, conntrack, AF_XDP metadata extensions, per-cgroup LSM hooks and more—bridging production requirements with upstream kernel design. Comfortable across drivers, networking stacks and embedded BSPs, he also contributed to libbpf upstream test/load helpers and added support for sockopt hooks and device-bound XDP. Based in San Jose, he combines deep kernel internals expertise with a track record of shipping complex, production-grade eBPF features and subtle compatibility fixes that enable unprivileged and hardware-accelerated networking use cases.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Computer Engineering, Engineer's degree Computer Engineering at National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
English, Russian
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Github Skills (11)
libbpf10
kernel10
packet10
c-programming10
filter10
linux-kernel10
bpf10
tracer9
trace9
networking8
system-programming8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
libbpf/libbpf
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Automated upstream mirror for libbpf stand-alone build.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Stanislav contributed to the `libbpf/libbpf` repository by implementing and refining core functionality related to BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) testing, program loading, and helper functions. They added support for input/output context in `BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN` and addressed issues related to unprivileged processes. Furthermore, the user updated the codebase to support sockopt hooks, new TCP socket fields, and device-bound XDP programs. These changes involved modifying header files and source code related to the BPF subsystem.
bpfstand-alonestandtracingebpf
fomichev/dotfiles
Oct 2010 - Dec 2022
Contributions:835 commits, 399 pushes in 12 years 4 months
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