Yuriy Kashnikov
Tech Lead at Ubik Group
Kazakhstan
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Top SchoolYuriy Kashnikov is a seasoned tech lead and blockchain architect with 14 years of experience building high-performance, cryptography-driven systems and leading teams across startups and enterprise projects. He combines deep academic roots—a PhD in computer science and published research on performance optimization and ML-for-compilers—with hands-on engineering in Solidity, full-stack development, and cloud-native deployments. Currently steering SocialFi initiatives and shaping crypto product strategy at Bering Waters Tech and The Arena, he has shipped smart contracts, staking and token systems across Ethereum, Solana, Arweave, and NEAR. A pragmatic performance optimizer, he has applied machine learning to compiler and runtime tuning (yielding measurable gains) and contributed to notable open-source projects like the Macaw Swift SVG library. Comfortable managing teams of up to 30 people, Yuriy blends low-level systems insight with product-minded delivery and a habit of “messing up with data” to uncover practical improvements. Based in Kazakhstan, he thrives at the intersection of research, security, and fast-moving blockchain product development.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at UVSQ Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
English, French
Stackoverflow
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functional-programming
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haskell
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Github Skills (19)
ios10
graphic10
svg10
swift10
animation9
unit-testing9
functional-programming9
nodejs9
haskell9
drawing8
ui-design8
monads6
lazy-evaluation6
ghc6
hindley-milner6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
exyte/Macaw
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Powerful and easy-to-use vector graphics Swift library with SVG support
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:54 commits, 71 PRs, 88 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Yuriy primarily contributed to the `Macaw` Swift library, focusing on enhancing SVG support. Their work included implementing tests for SVG parsing and serialization, fixing issues related to text baselines and namespaces within the SVG serializer. They also added support for more SVG attributes, such as text anchor and font weight, along with style class implementation, and made various code improvements.
animationsvgswift-librarytransitionvector-graphics
f3dm76/Macaw
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Powerful and easy-to-use vector graphics Swift library with SVG support
Contributions:24 commits in 3 days
animationsvgswift-libraryvector-graphicssvg-files
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