Vyacheslav Yurkov
Software Architect at OSS Keepers
Greater Karlsruhe Area Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolVyacheslav Yurkov is a Software Architect with over a decade of experience delivering embedded Linux systems, kernel drivers, board bring-up, and Yocto-based build infrastructures for industrial and scientific products. He blends hands-on C/C++ development with Python and Go automation, leading architecture and technical teams to production-grade firmware and update workflows. An active contributor to major open-source projects such as the Yocto/OpenEmbedded ecosystem and Trusted Firmware A, he has improved overlayfs handling and modernized builds for newer Python and licensing workflows. His background includes kernel DMA/FPGA driver work for NMR spectrometers and designing controllers for laser cutting, demonstrating deep hardware-software integration expertise. Based in the Greater Karlsruhe area, he excels at translating complex hardware constraints into maintainable software processes and champions best practices across teams.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Process Control Automation, Master's Process Control Automation at Норильский Индустриальный Институт (НИИ) / Norilsk Industrial Institute (NII)
English, Russian, German, Chinese
Github Skills (14)
systemd10
embedded10
build-system10
overlayfs10
sys10
openembedded10
build-automation10
yocto10
protobuffer9
protobuf9
linux9
cmake9
configuration-management9
python8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
openembedded/meta-openembedded
Dec 2018 - Oct 2022
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation Engineer
Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation EngineerContributions:18 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Vyacheslav primarily contributes to the OpenEmbedded project, focused on integrating various software components and tools within the build system. Their work involves adding and modifying recipes, including for file system tools (overlayfs-progs, overlayfs-tools, xfstests) and other packages (protobuf, polkit, sdbus-c++). They also implement patch files and configure packages, showcasing an expertise in build system customization.
openembedded/openembedded-core
Apr 2020 - Oct 2022
The official Git repository is at https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Embedded Systems Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:43 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Vyacheslav's contributions center around enhancing the build system and integrating features related to embedded systems development within the OpenEmbedded environment. They focused on improving the handling of overlay file systems, including creating systemd units for managing writable directories and generating a systemd service for overlayfs. Furthermore, they modified build scripts and classes to ensure compatibility with newer Python versions and to handle license file naming correctly within the image creation process.
openembedded
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