Vadim Yakhin
Founder at News Minimalist
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolVadim Yakhin is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable front-end and full-stack solutions, currently leading News Minimalist from Vancouver. He brings enterprise-grade delivery from roles at Elastic and Align Technology—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Elastic’s Search UI and Kibana, including UI refactors, localization fixes, analytics endpoints and GitHub app integrations. As a former front-end team lead at Tinkoff he improved productivity and delivery velocity while mentoring engineers, and at Align he standardized UI kits and theming across multiple apps. Trained in applied mathematics and economics, Vadim combines strong product instincts with a pragmatic engineering approach and a track record of shipping polished user experiences and reusable front-end tooling.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Applied Mathematics and Physics, Master's degree Applied Mathematics and Physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)Bachelor's degree Economics, Bachelor's degree Economics at The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
English, Russian
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Github Skills (34)
javascript10
github10
typescript10
user-interface10
kibana10
searching10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
api-design9
amazon-elasticsearch9
apim9
aws-elasticsearch9
elasticsearchquery9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
elastic/search-ui
Jul 2019 - Aug 2022
Search UI. Libraries for the fast development of modern, engaging search experiences.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 118 reviews, 86 commits in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Vadim primarily contributed to the development of the user interface within the `elastic/search-ui` repository. Their work involved refactoring React components by renaming props and views, fixing localization issues, and implementing analytics endpoints for click events. Additionally, they added and tested features such as a logout button and the header search bar.
elasticsearch-clientreactsearch-uijavascriptsearch-engine
elastic/kibana
Jan 2021 - Jul 2022
Your window into the Elastic Stack
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:335 reviews, 40 commits, 83 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Vadim primarily contributed to the Workplace Search functionality within the Kibana repository. Their work involved both front-end and back-end changes, as demonstrated by modifications to TypeScript files for UI elements and updates to the OAuth flow. They implemented new features related to GitHub app integration, including new routes and configuration options. Additionally, the user made improvements to i18n strings and corrected naming conventions.
elasticdashboardskibanaobservabilitywindow
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