Zalim Bashorov
Team Lead at Wazm News
Netherlands
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Top SchoolZalim Bashorov is a seasoned compiler engineer and team lead with 14 years at JetBrains, currently driving Kotlin/Wasm and Kotlin/JS backend work from the Netherlands. He combines hands-on contributions to the official Kotlin repository—improving IR, JS backend sourcemaps and DCE optimization—with leadership responsibilities in design, planning, hiring and process optimization. Comfortable across VMs, compilers and interpreters, he has led the creation of a new Kotlin compiler backend and advocated for WebAssembly as a compilation target. Colleagues rely on him for both deep technical refactors and pragmatic team coordination, having stepped in repeatedly as de facto manager and recruiter. His academic background in applied mathematics and physics underpins a methodical approach to incremental compilation and complex compiler infrastructure. Outside of JetBrains he’s involved in emerging wasm-focused efforts, signaling continued focus on cross-platform language tooling.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Applied Mathematics and Physics (Software Engineering Program), Master of Applied Mathematics and Physics (Software Engineering Program) at St. Petersburg Academic University of the Russian Academy of SciencesEngineer of Automated Systems of Processing and Control Informations (Инженер АСОИУ), Engineer of Automated Systems of Processing and Control Informations (Инженер АСОИУ) at Kabardino Balkarian State University
Russian, kabardian, English
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Github Skills (21)
kotlin10
javascript10
sourcemaps10
intermediate-code10
compiler-compiler10
compiler10
irr10
switch-statement9
java9
arraylist9
rust-wasm7
wasm-pack7
gradle-plugin7
webassembly7
dataclass6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
JetBrains/kotlin
Mar 2013 - Jan 2023
The Kotlin Programming Language.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Compiler Engineer
Back-end Developer & Compiler EngineerContributions:53 reviews, 1860 commits, 25 PRs in 10 years
Contributions summary:Zalim contributed significantly to the Kotlin compiler, focusing on enhancements related to the Intermediate Representation (IR) and JavaScript (JS) backend. Their work involved implementing features such as separate directories for IR dumps, supporting returnable blocks in the IR renderer, and adding sourcemap generation for JS IR compilation outputs. The user also refactored code to improve the overall compilation process, including renaming classes and members.
maven-plugincompilerkotlinintellij-pluginprogramming-language
bashor/bashor.github.io
Feb 2012 - Oct 2022
Contributions:43 commits, 109 pushes in 10 years 9 months
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