Vladimir Kazanov
Engineering Manager at Sonar
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolVladimir Kazanov is an engineering manager based in London with 11 years of experience building data platforms, backend systems, and the people processes that enable them. He progressed from hands-on C++/Java and Python development on search and streaming systems to leading data engineering at Bumble and now managing engineering at Sonar, blending deep technical ownership with team leadership. Vladimir has shipped large-scale search and indexing work, CDN and deployment tooling, and platform-level data infrastructure, demonstrating an ability to move between low-level performance engineering and high-level platform strategy. He contributes to open-source tooling as a full‑stack developer (notably improving an Emacs org-mode journaling tool), reflecting a habit of refining developer-facing UX as well as backend features. Colleagues describe him as a manager who codifies engineering and people systems—turning ad hoc practices into repeatable, scalable operations.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Specialist (unfinished) Computer Software Engineering, Specialist (unfinished) Computer Software Engineering at Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
English, Russian, Lithuanian
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Github Skills (12)
searchbox10
searchbar10
calendar-view10
calendarkit10
org-mode10
calendars10
emacs-lisp10
user-interface9
customisation9
keybindings9
custom-ui9
ui-customization9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bastibe/org-journal
Dec 2014 - Feb 2017
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 4 PRs, 44 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Vladimir primarily contributed to the development and enhancement of features related to an Emacs org-mode based journaling mode. They focused on improving the calendar integration, introducing search functionality, and refining the overall user experience. Key changes involved modifying the `org-journal.el` file to include new keybindings, search functions, and adjustments to the journal entry creation process. These changes demonstrate a focus on expanding the functionality and usability of the journaling tool.
emacsorg-modejournaling
vkazanov/elfuse
Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:112 commits, 1 PR, 59 pushes in 2 months
fuseemacsfilesystemslispemacs-lisp
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