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Ilyas Gasanov

@gsnoff

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Backend and embedded Rust engineer focused on performance, memory safety, and zero-copy networking.

Georgia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a performance-first backend/embedded role where I can build Rust systems, profile bottlenecks, and use LLM agents to improve SDLC workflows.

I’m a software engineer who’s deeply into performance-critical code—algorithm tradeoffs, memory safety without automatic garbage collection, parallelism/synchronization pitfalls, cache locality, and zero-copy networking. I pair that mindset with bottleneck profiling and automated static analysis in CI, and I’m actively exploring how to get real value from LLM-augmented SDLC through a custom-tailored agentic setup.

In my recent backend work, I architected interfaces for the main backend process to interact with on-chain smart contracts using tokio-rs, serde, alloy-rs, and rayon. I optimized memory throughput by implementing lock-free caching, which reduced CPU contention in certain scenarios, and I pioneered an AI-agentic workflow with Devin for autonomous bug-hunting plus Cursor/Claude Code for boilerplate generation.

I’ve also built embedded firmware and networking systems end-to-end: custom firmware images on OpenWRT (embedded Linux, Rust for main/updater), on-the-go firmware updates, and device/cloud API endpoints backed by PostgreSQL and ClickHouse. Earlier, I contributed to a Rust real-time high-throughput traffic filter/analyzer with Linux userspace, DPDK, io_uring, and DPI techniques, and I built an ML system (CFR minimization) profiled on AWS EC2 with 64 cores/NUMA—plus years of industrial smart grid software involving embedded GNU/Linux, C/C++ kernelspace, and C#/.NET middleware with SOAP/REST.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Rust Developer

Merge Tech

Jan 2024 - Jan 2026 (2 years)

Architected backend interfaces for interacting with multiple on-chain smart contracts, integrating tokio-rs, serde, alloy-rs, and rayon. Optimized memory throughput with lock-free caching to reduce CPU contention and pioneered an AI-agentic workflow using Devin for bug hunting and Cursor/Claude Code for boilerplate generation.

Rust Tokio Serde Alloy Rs Rayon Performance Profiling

Firmware Developer

Routie

Nov 2022 - Nov 2023 (1 year)

Created custom firmware images for Edge Extender devices based on OpenWRT using Rust for the main and updater processes. Implemented on-the-go firmware updates for PKT Mini and Edge Extender and built Rust-based API endpoints for cloud-backed device interactions using PostgreSQL and ClickHouse.

OpenWRT Embedded Linux Rust Reqwest PostgreSQL Clickhouse

CEX Client Developer

VelvetFormula Lda.

Dec 2021 - Sep 2022 (9 months)

Implemented adapters for multiple centralized crypto exchanges supporting REST/JSON and FIX 4.4 in a Rust backend. Performed performance optimization using flamegraphs and distributed tracing with Jaeger/OpenTelemetry.

Rust JSON FIX 4.4 Adapters Performance Profiling Flame Graphs Traces Jaeger OpenTelemetry

Developer for Core / Networking

MTS Digital LLC

Apr 2021 - Jul 2021 (3 months)

Contributed to a Rust-based real-time traffic filter/analyzer exceeding 10 Gibit/s using C and C++20 components. Worked with Linux userspace, DPDK, io_uring, and ad hoc DPI techniques to improve throughput and latency.

Rust DPDK io_uring C#DPI Techniques

ML Developer

[employer identity under NDA]

Jan 2020 - Mar 2021 (1 year 2 months)

Implemented an in-house counterfactual regret minimization (CFR) machine learning system from the ground up. Built the system using Rust and rayon with C/C++ FFI and ClickHouse for analytics/ELT, and reduced execution time of key code paths to 70% on an AWS EC2 instance with 64 cores and NUMA.

Rust Counterfactual Regret Minimization (CFR)Machine Learning Rayon Rust FFI (To C C++)AWS EC2 NUMA Profiling Clickhouse Performance Optimization

Software Engineer

KIEP Energomera LLC

Sep 2013 - Oct 2019 (6 years 1 month)

Ported bare metal metering data router firmware to an embedded GNU/Linux platform and created the foundation for a PHP-based web interface. Designed and implemented C#/.NET middleware for smart grid administration, exposing SOAP and REST APIs and using ORM plus raw SQL across MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle.

C#Kernelspace Development C# .NET SOAP REST APIs ORM SQL