Maxim Levkov
Director of Engineering at Self
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorMaxim Levkov is a Director of Engineering based in Los Angeles with 11 years of systems-focused experience building video engineering and infrastructure at scale. He blends hands-on architecture and engineering leadership to deliver reliable, high-throughput media systems and operational platforms. Known for thinking in systems rather than single components, he drives cross-functional teams to solve performance, latency, and deployment challenges inherent to video workloads. Maxim pairs a practical, infrastructure-first mindset with a track record of translating complex media requirements into production-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
English, Russian
Github Skills (111)
drm10
mss10
streaming10
stream10
aac10
video-streaming10
vod10
mp410
video-quality10
tcp10
codec10
nginx10
audio9
rust9
messaging9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mlevkov/vector
Oct 2021 - Oct 2025
A lightweight and ultra-fast binary for building observability pipelines
Contributions:37 PRs, 55 pushes, 53 branches in 4 years
observability
mlevkov/WebFundamentals
Oct 2021 - Feb 2026
Contributions:16 PRs, 27 pushes, 25 branches in 4 years 5 months
reactcssjavascriptweb-applicationnodejs
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