Vitaliy Kalinin
Director Of Software Development at AMD
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolVitaliy Kalinin is a Director of Software Development and compiler engineering leader with over a decade of experience designing and shipping LLVM-based toolchains, GPU offload backends, and heterogeneous programming models across Intel and AMD ecosystems. He has driven productionization of DPC++, SYCL, and SPIR-V backends, led SYCL 2020 oneAPI certification efforts, and balanced hands-on IR-level optimization and performance analysis with VP-level strategic planning. Known for building and mentoring distributed, multi-geo teams, he has scaled compiler roadmaps to align with hardware and AI business goals while growing senior technical leaders. His background in low-level media processing—contributing to Intel's Media SDK—underscores a practical familiarity with hardware integration and performance-critical systems. Based in Munich, he combines academic teaching experience in C++ and mathematical modeling with a proven track record of moving complex compiler technology from research to production.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Business Informatics, Master's degree Business Informatics at Higher School of Economics
English, Russian, German
Github Skills (6)
video-processing10
intel-media-sdk10
c-language10
vaapi10
cprogramming-language10
h2658
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK
May 2018 - Jan 2019
The Intel® Media SDK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 9 PRs, 4 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Vitaliy primarily contributed to the Intel Media SDK, focusing on Video Processing Pipeline (VPP) features and core library functionalities. They implemented support for different transfer matrix options in the video wall feature, and fixed regressions related to the same functionality. Furthermore, the user added surface copy functionality for various pixel formats and updated device IDs for the latest Intel platforms, demonstrating strong familiarity with low-level media processing and hardware integration. The contributions reveal expertise in enhancing the SDK's capabilities and ensuring compatibility with new hardware and features.
intel-media-sdkintelsdkvideomfx
vvkalinin24/MediaSDK
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
The Intel® Media SDK
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
intel-media-sdkintelsdkvideo
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