Victor Sergienko
Software Engineer at NextHop.AI
Los Gatos, California, United States
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Top SchoolVictor Sergienko is a seasoned software engineer with over 20 years of hands-on experience across backend, embedded, and data-processing systems, currently based in Los Gatos, CA. He has led teams up to 11 engineers and driven projects end-to-end—from architecture and implementation to deployment and monitoring—at companies including AWS, Roku, and Apple. His broad stack expertise spans application servers, SQL/noSQL databases, and distributed AWS systems, complemented by practical embedded systems work and data analytics. An active open-source contributor, he’s fixed platform-specific issues and ported components in notable projects like the Akumuli time-series DB and the Wesnoth game, often tackling tricky OS compatibility and coroutine/crypto portability problems. Known for combining pragmatic leadership with deep technical troubleshooting, he brings both team management and low-level systems fluency to complex engineering challenges.
12 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Master Applied Math, Master Applied Math at Dnipropetrovs'kij Nacional'nij Universitet
English, Ukrainian
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Github Skills (35)
timeseries-database10
debug10
c-language10
grails10
databases10
linux10
file-manager10
macos10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
database10
controller9
ios9
unit-testing9
java9
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
elfmz/far2l
Jun 2018 - Jan 2022
Linux port of FAR v2
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 34 commits, 19 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Victor primarily focused on porting the FAR v2 file manager to Linux and macOS, evident by the changes related to OS X compatibility. Their contributions include addressing crashes on macOS, streamlining code, and supporting macOS-specific features such as `/etc/paths`. They also worked on various backend-related issues involving character set support and clipboard functionality.
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wesnoth/wesnoth
Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
An open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:44 commits, 24 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Victor primarily focused on bug fixes and code improvements within the game's core logic, specifically addressing crashes related to AI and attack filters. They also worked on platform-specific compatibility issues, particularly for iOS and macOS, by adapting code to work with Apple's crypto framework and addressing compatibility problems with Boost/iconv. Additionally, they implemented changes to the language selection menu and made platform-specific UI/UX changes for iOS touch controls, enhancing user interaction.
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