Vladimir Kotikov
Software Engineer at Exness
Limassol, Cyprus
Summary
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Top SchoolVladimir Kotikov is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience, currently building reliable systems at Exness and serving as an Apache Cordova contributor and PMC member. He blends mobile and full-stack expertise—contributing to widely-used projects like Cordova, VSCode React Native tooling, and Cmder—while also leading teams at BestDoctor and Reddit. Known for pragmatic leadership, he designs efficient team processes and mentors engineers to improve productivity and satisfaction. Vladimir’s hands-on open source work includes platform-specific fixes for Windows and iOS, BLE and barcode plugin implementations, and performance-oriented refactors that reveal a strong attention to cross-platform stability. Trained originally in polymer engineering, he brings an unusual combination of rigorous engineering discipline and continuous-learning curiosity to software problems.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Polymer/Plastics Engineering, Master's degree, Polymer/Plastics Engineering at Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology (ISUCT)
English
Github Skills (44)
camera-api10
javascript10
ios10
mobile-development10
react-native10
cordova10
windows10
bar-code10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
bluetooth-le10
barcode-scanner10
batchfile10
cordova-plugin10
script10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
apache/cordova-windows
Jun 2014 - Jan 2017
Apache Cordova Windows
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:48 commits, 38 PRs, 121 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Vladimir primarily contributed to the Apache Cordova Windows project by addressing build and deployment issues. Their work involved fixing deployment problems related to target types, parsing and validating build arguments, and implementing the Platform API for Windows. They also updated the JS snapshot and addressed code related to adding BOM signatures and manifest file handling.
objective-cwindowscordovaapache-cordovajavascript
phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner
Apr 2015 - Jan 2017
cross-platform BarcodeScanner for Cordova / PhoneGap
Role in this project:Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:29 PRs, 19 pushes, 68 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Vladimir primarily contributed to the Windows platform implementation of the barcode scanner plugin. Their work involved improving the native look and feel of the UI, adding hardware back button support, and incorporating an AppBar with a close button. They also addressed orientation changes and refactored the implementation to a promise-based approach. Furthermore, the user focused on optimizing the application by reducing memory consumption and resolving platform-specific issues, such as a crash on the Surface3 device.
cordovaandroidcross-platformbarcodescannerphonegap
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