Vladimir Izmalkov
Technical Author III at Canonical
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolVladimir Izmalkov is a seasoned technical author and documentation leader with over 15 years crafting clear, accurate documentation and 6 years focused in senior technical writing roles across cloud, DBMS, and emergency systems domains. Currently Technical Author III at Canonical, he has a strong track record building documentation teams, style guides, and docs-as-code workflows, having founded teams and eliminated years of technical debt at multiple companies. He led documentation and certification efforts for complex products like Tarantool and enterprise cloud platforms, and was the first technical writer at TypeDB, owning docs for the DBMS, cloud offering, query language, and multi-language samples. Vladimir pairs deep technical roots—Master’s in Aerospace Engineering, a Computer Science bachelor, and a PhD in IT—with hands-on skills in AsciiDoc/Antora, Git, Kubernetes, Terraform, and developer tooling. He’s known for turning messy knowledge into teachable, release-ready content and for influencing product design and release processes through documentation-driven feedback. Based in London, he brings a rare mix of systems engineering background and people leadership that accelerates product maturity and developer adoption.
6 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information Technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information Technology at VNII GOChSMaster's degree Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Master's degree Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Russian, English, German
Github Skills (81)
agda10
graph-database10
type-system10
graph-theory10
polymorphism10
relational10
knowledge-graph10
sql10
tarantool10
reasoning10
relational-algebra10
database10
logic10
graph10
typescript10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
typedb/typedb-docs
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
TypeDB Documentation
Contributions:185 reviews, 66 commits, 309 PRs in 1 month
typescriptdocumentation-sitetypedb
izmalk/iam-sample-app
Feb 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 PRs, 41 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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