Andres Kovalev
Lead Software Engineer at VK.com
Russia
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Top SchoolAndres Kovalev is a Lead Software Engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in front-end development, particularly within the React and TypeScript ecosystems. He blends pragmatic functional programming, object-oriented design, and test-driven development to build maintainable, high-quality user interfaces. Andres has progressed through roles at Gazprom, EPAM, Revolut, Guidewire, Google and VK, bringing production experience from both fast-moving startups and large tech organizations. Based in Russia, he pairs hands-on coding with technical leadership, often advocating for rigorous design and testing practices that improve team velocity. A former implementer of static analysis tooling early in his career, he brings an unusual appreciation for tooling and code quality to front-end engineering.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at Ukhta State Technical University
English, Russian
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Github Skills (58)
javascript10
mobx10
typescript10
postcss10
mobile-web10
state-management10
uikit10
reactive-programming10
react10
ios9
react-component9
android9
editable9
vscode9
class-components6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
andres-kovalev/pragmatic-streams
Mar 2020 - Aug 2022
Pragmatic operations on iterables
Contributions:19 PRs, 29 pushes, 22 branches in 2 years 5 months
iterablespragmatic
andres-kovalev/angular-mentoring
Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
Home tasks for EPAMs Angular global mentoring program
Contributions:2 PRs, 30 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 1 month
mentoringangular
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