Nikolai Merinov
Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Summary
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SeniorNikolai Merinov is a seasoned embedded Linux and systems engineering leader with 11 years of experience, now serving as VP R&D at Inango in Tbilisi. He progressed through roles from hands-on software developer to department head and architect, driving complex projects like MoCA 2.5 DPU, DOCSIS gateways, and easyMesh agents. Deep expertise in build systems and toolchains (OpenEmbedded/Yocto, Buildroot, Autotools, GNU Make) complements low-level C and shell proficiency, evidenced by successful ports and tooling that modularized legacy builds. He has experience optimizing compiler toolchains at scale, including work to build entire OS images with Clang at Samsung. Nikolai combines strong academic grounding in system programming with practical leadership that turns embedded build and integration challenges into repeatable engineering practices. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture decisions that bridge device constraints and maintainable development workflows.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (49)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mnd/guix-mnd-pkgs
Dec 2015 - Oct 2022
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 6 years 10 months
mnd/www.mndet.net
Jan 2015 - Jan 2025
Contributions:20 pushes in 10 years 1 month
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