Povilas Balciunas
Software Engineer at Argyle
Lithuania
Summary
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Top SchoolPovilas Balciunas is a quality-driven software engineer with 12 years of experience building networking and distributed systems, currently helping gig economy workers manage their data at Argyle. He has deep hands-on expertise in Rust and C/C++ networking—maintaining uTP, NAT traversal and p2p libraries at MaidSafe and contributing significant refactors to the crust Rust library used in server-less projects. Previously he built Python-based distributed proxies, analytics prototypes, and embedded/DevOps tooling, and has implemented a round-robin DB and cross-platform build systems earlier in his career. An active open-source contributor and technical writer, he improves both code and documentation across projects like cpp-netlib and several QUIC research tools. Based in Lithuania, he combines pragmatic engineering with a curiosity for protocols (notably QUIC) and low-level networking details that often sit behind user-facing products. Colleagues rely on him for clear design decisions, steady maintenance of critical infrastructure, and thoughtful community-facing contributions.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Young Programmers School (Jaunųjų programuotojų mokykla)Kedainiai sviesioji gymnasiumKedainiai Language SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering at Vilniaus Universitetas
English, Lithuanian, Russian
Github Skills (10)
net10
network10
rust10
networking10
sphinx10
documentation10
p2p10
cprogramming-language5
c-language5
http4
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
maidsafe-archive/crust
Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
Reliable p2p network connections in Rust with NAT traversal. One of the most needed libraries for any server-less / decentralised projects
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:367 commits, 146 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Povilas primarily focused on refactoring and updating the `crust` library, a Rust-based project for reliable p2p network connections. They updated deprecated code, particularly within the `mio` crate, replacing older functionalities with newer versions. The user also removed hole-punching related code and integrated socket-collection. This indicates significant contributions to the underlying networking logic and performance improvements within the project.
nat-traversalp2prustserverless
glynos/cpp-netlib
Jul 2014 - Apr 2015
The C++ Network Library Project -- header-only, cross-platform, standards compliant networking library.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:20 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Povilas primarily focused on improving the documentation within the `cpp-netlib` repository. Their contributions include fixing formatting issues in existing documentation files, updating examples, and correcting references. They also made changes to the HTML documentation, ensuring it was up-to-date. The user's work improved the readability and accuracy of the project's documentation.
cppnetworking
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