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Vladimir Chebotarev

@excitoon

Staff engineer (20y). ClickHouse core contributor. C++/Go/Python, distributed systems & high-throughput data infrastructure. Remote, worldwide.

Armenia

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What I'm looking for

Systems engineer (C++, Go, Python) seeking a stable, full-time remote role on an English-speaking, internationally distributed team. 15+ years building high-performance backends, databases and infrastructure, including core contributions to ClickHouse. Based in Yerevan (UTC+4), comfortable working across EU and US hours.

Staff Engineer with 20 years building backend and distributed systems in Go, Python, and C++. MIPT-trained. ClickHouse core contributor at Altinity (Object/Tiered Storage, window & aggregate functions in C++); scaled Yandex.Metrica at ~10k RPS; 4+ years at Kaspersky Lab leading a company-wide Bazel migration. I design high-throughput data pipelines, implement distributed algorithms, and ship production infrastructure that runs without drama. Based in Yerevan, available for fully-remote work worldwide.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead Software Engineer

Avanpost

Jul 2024 - May 2026 (1 year 10 months)

Led development for a Privileged Access Management system (SmartPAM), driving horizontal scaling and processing for video/RDP sessions. Automated Helm/Kubernetes deployments and CI/CD hardening, and supported unattended Windows deployments and documentation migrations.

ReStructuredText Privileged Access Management (PAM)SmartPAM horizontal scaling RDP session processing video session processing Helm Kubernetes CI CD MSI MST transforms unattended Windows deployments Sphinx reStructuredText Confluence export

Senior Software Engineer

Terra Quantum Ag

Oct 2023 - Jul 2024 (9 months)

Worked on quantum cryptography and cloud infrastructure across multiple projects, including QKD protocols and quantum-safe SSL. Built and deployed quantum-safe services on GKE using C++.

Cloud Infrastructure Quantum cryptography QKD protocols quantum safe SSL post quantum key distribution C++Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Kubernetes Service deployment

Senior Software Engineer

Altinity, Inc.

Sep 2019 - Jun 2022 (2 years 9 months)

Contributed to ClickHouse core by designing and implementing the Object/Tiered Storage backend and enhancing window/aggregate functions. Implemented column-level encryption and integrated S3/GCS backends to improve reliability at scale.

Reliability Engineering Object Tiered Storage aggregate functions column level encryption C++S3 backend GCS backend Clickhouse Window Functions

Senior Software Engineer

Kaspersky Lab

Jan 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Led the company-wide migration to the Bazel build system with scalable build orchestration and artifact management. Authored build rules and coached teams, unifying C++/Python/Java tooling.

Bazel build rules build orchestration artifact management CI build systems C++Python Java

Senior Software Engineer

Yandex

Dec 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years)

Improved performance and reliability of the Yandex.Metrica analytics pipeline feeding Yandex.Direct. Performed hot-path profiling, reduced contention, optimized IO/CPU, and supported fault tolerance and crash-dump analysis.