Simon Skorokhodov

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Software developer with more than ten years of experience. I focus on the backend but don’t hesitate to work with UI or low-level projects.

Skills

Programming Languages

Clojure, Erlang, Java, and C++.

I also have some experience with ClojureScript, Rust, Go, Python, SQL, Bash, Prolog, Swift.

Technologies and Frameworks

Clojure: core.async, Datomic, ring/http-kit, re-frame.

Erlang: rebar, relx, cowboy, gproc, lager, RabbitMQ, Erlang ports, mnesia.

Java: Akka, Google Guice, OSGi (Apache Felix), JMX, Maven, RabbitMQ, ZooKeeper.

C++: STL, WinAPI, MFC, Boost (some bits), ICU.

Rust: async-std, rustls.

Other: Linux, Docker, Earthly, OIDC, KeyCloak, ESP-32, Protocol Buffers, Zipkin, Nginx, React Native.

Soft Skills

For the first seven years, I worked in teams of 5-9 people. Most recently I worked alone or in teams of 2-3.

I use agile tools like short iterations and regular meetings when appropriate.

While working at SUPREMATIC I supervised a bachelor thesis “Web application as a homogeneous component of a distributed system” and a master’s degree work “Implementation and evaluation of a message-oriented middleware for distributed applications.”

Professional Experience

2016 - present

Software developer, SUPREMATIC Technology Arts GmbH

• CDN on-premise for internal software updates distribution (~70k users, Rust, Earthly, tests in Babashka)
• portable LED-scoreboard
  • ESP-32 software (C++, RTOS, HUB75)
  • iOS apps for tennis match tracking and updating the scoreboard’s software (React Native, ClojureScript)
• rewriting the legacy Tennis Math server (~10k users, Clojure, tests in Erlang, simple analytics with Graylog)
• automatic deployment platform
  • deployment server (Clojure, Datomic)
  • repository server (Clojure, PostgreSQL)
  • custom query language for system configuration (Clojure - instaparse)
  • command-line interface (Go)
  • web-UI (ClojureScript/re-frame, PatternFly)
• distributed DNS filtering system
  • master and worker servers (Erlang - mnesia)
  • command-line management interface (Erlang)
  • command-line tool for custom eclipse repository validation (Clojure)

2013 - 2016

Software developer/Team lead/Head of development, Smilart

Supervised the development of:

• extensible UI-box based on Raspberry PI (ClojureScript, Java)
• JS console for Smilart platform management and configuration
• Smilart platform Java API
• support for GenICam standard for camera configuration

Developed myself:

• simplified usage of industrial cameras for face detection and person recognition with Nvidia Tegra 
(Erlang, C++)
• integration tests for Smilart Platform API (Erlang common test)
• Wiegand signal interceptor based on Raspberry Pi (Erlang, C++)
• tracing framework for a distributed face recognition platform, tools for the collected data analysis (Java, Clojure)
• redesign of request balancing system (Java)
• person identification and verification management system (Java)
• JSON-API for a face recognition platform (Java)
• performance analysis and memory leaks detection (Java)
• JMX-based system management (Java)
• rewriting photos selection algorithm from C++ to Java

2009 - 2013

Software engineer, Severny Standart

• design and development of a taxi service backend
• desktop applications for economics department and project management
• system operation and automation

2008 - 2009

System administrator, Vologda State Technical University

• switching a computer class from Windows XP to Gentoo Linux
• participation in deployment of diskless computer cluster
• installation and configuration of cluster software for the physics department research

Education

Vologda State Technical University, Vologda, Electrical Engineering (Power Supply), 2010.

Personal

I try keeping a close eye on the latest IT news, follow blogs and podcasts. I also enjoy learning new programming languages and development approaches. I’m a happy father since 2020.