Summary
Timur Kristóf is a software engineer from Budapest with 15 years of experience spanning web and mobile apps to low-level graphics driver development. Since 2019 he’s worked as a Valve contractor contributing to the Linux open-source graphics stack, with notable contributions to RADV (Vulkan driver) and the ACO shader compiler backend. He prefers quality and attention to detail, enjoys working close to hardware, and brings hands-on experience in C/C++, embedded microcontrollers, PCB design, and Qt-based tools. His background includes mobile OS work on Sailfish, medical device software, and satellite hardware/software integration, reflecting a rare mix of systems, firmware, and user-facing development. An active open-source contributor, he combines production-grade engineering with a research-minded approach cultivated at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Colleagues describe him as meticulous, versatile, and comfortable shipping both high-level applications and low-level drivers.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
English, Hungarian, German