Summary
Ivan Kalinin is a Rust developer with 11 years of software experience, currently building bridges between TON and Ethereum and expanding tonlib at Broxus. He specializes in TVM-based blockchain tooling, including light nodes, alternative VMs, networking libraries, and SDKs for Python and TypeScript. His background spans C++ work on satellite onboard test systems and VR/streaming software from his time as a lab assistant, giving him a hardware-aware systems perspective. Ivan brings game-engine instincts to low-level protocol and performance problems, favoring pragmatic, systems-level solutions. Based in Belgrade but with roots in Russian tech education (MIREA), he blends academic rigor with production-grade blockchain engineering. Off the clock he jokes he’s "Living in 1984," hinting at a taste for retro thinking and unconventional approaches.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at MIREA - Russian Technological University