- Name: Alibek Omarov
- E-mail: a1ba.omarov@gmail.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/a1batross
- Languages: fluent in Russian and English
- 8+ years of experience in commercial software development as an Embedded Linux systems engineer.
- Currently residing in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Ready for office work in Almaty, remote work, business trips, not ready for relocation.
- Telegram: @a1ba_tross
- Phone number (WhatsApp): +7 XXX XX XX XX (Kazakhstan)
- Embedded systems:
- Linux device drivers, U-Boot, Yocto, Android HAL, Buildroot
- Optimizing boot time of an embedded system based on Linux
- Porting software from little-endian to big-endian systems, writing software for a wide variety of platforms: x86, ARM, RISC-V, PowerPC, SPARC, Elbrus.
- Programming languages and tech:
- Fluent in C.
- Experienced in C++, Python, BitBake, Bash, Java, Kotlin, CMake.
- Learning Rust, Prometheus/Grafana.
- Long-time contributor to free and open source software, experienced with Git, both pull request & email workflows. Notable open-source contributions:
- Linux: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ccd8d753f0fe8f16745fa2b6be5946349731d901, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dafebd0f9a4f56b10d7fbda0bff1f540d16a2ea4
- GNU binutils: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=0b7ca8278cd4caba66172622551f0840f82e905f
- shadow: shadow-maint/shadow#1595
- gl4es: ptitSeb/gl4es#509
- SDL: libsdl-org/SDL#7772
- Qt Creator IDE: https://github.com/qt-creator/qt-creator/commits?author=a1batross
- Maintaining C/C++ Predefined Macros Wiki alongside cURL author: https://github.com/orgs/cpredef/people
- Sysadmin/DevOps skills:
- Set up CI/CD for personal projects using GitHub Actions.
- Linux, Nginx, PostgreSQL. Set up WireGuard VPN for accessing machines behind NAT from public Internet.
- Able to reverse-engineer file formats, algorithms and small-to-medium-sized binaries using Ghidra.
- Able to dive into unfamiliar projects, making improvements and fixing bugs along the way.
- 2025 - Aug 2026: working at Arlo Technologies Inc. on developing Linux-based firmware for outdoor cameras and doorbells.
- 2018 - 2025: working at Autogramma on developing a Linux-based distribution for embedded automotive systems
- 2014 - present: maintaining Xash3D FWGS, an open-source reimplementation of Half-Life 1 game engine
- 2020 - present: self-hosting services for personal use: Mastodon/Akkoma, Gitea, PeerTube, llama.cpp, ...
- 2020 - 2022: working on Husky, client for Pleroma social network, for Android OS.
- 2020: reverse-engineering Elbrus instruction set architecture and co-development of Elbrus userspace emulator on top of QEMU, porting Gentoo Linux to Elbrus.
- 2020 - 2022: Master of Biology @ Pushchino State Institute of Natural Sciences
- 2015 - 2019: Bachelor of Computer Science @ Moscow Tech University of Communications and Informations