# Alex Korchemniy

> Staff Software Engineer at Google

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexkorchemniy

Strong technical experience:
* Cross platform: C++, STL, Qt, C#, C, Java
* Linux: Qt
* macOS: Cocoa
* Windows: Win32, ATL, COM, shell extensions
* Advanced debugging, crash analysis, windbg, gdb, lldb, dtrace, reverse engineering (IDA/radare2), 
* Web: ASP.net MVC, HTML 5, Angular, Javascript front end, AJAX, REST, JSON, WCF, Node.js, Python, Ruby
* Security, vulnerabilities, penetration testing
* Mobile development: Android, iPhone, Cordova, Windows, Blackberry
* Vim for efficient cross-platform development 

Research:
* Artificial intelligence, machine learning, philosophy of mind/consciousness

Management experience:
* Several years of management experience

Design experience:
* User experience, story-boarding, design principles, art elements

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2023 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
Borg. ML scheduling TL.

### Senior Software Engineer / Manager @ IBM
Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
* Cross platform C++ development: Linux/Mac/Windows
* Applied template metaprogramming to implement C++ reflection, JSON serialization, dependency containers.
* Designed and developed C++ libraries for asynchronous HTTP based on libcurl, promises, futures.
* Designed and developed C++ libraries for heterogeneous file system abstractions.
* Designed and developed C++ and C# libraries for streaming using Aspera endpoints.
* Transitioned large C++ code base to CMake

* Objective-C/C++ Cocoa application development "Aspera Drive"
* ATL/WTL/COM shell extension development "Aspera Drive"
* Cross-platform debugging of memory leaks, corruption, performance issues using: windbg, lldb, gdb, radare2
* Applied advanced debugging technique for OS interoperability bugs: Windows API monitor, dtrace
* Deep analysis of Windows Explorer and Mac Finder for interoperability: IDA pro, objdump, radare2
* FUSE implementation for virtual representation of cloud files
* Systemic diagnostic for level 3 support cases

* Developed C# libraries for processing transfer statistics.
* Implemented Azure virtual machine management in Java.
* Designed and prototyped an AngularJS based administration portal for Azure clusters.
* Designed and implemented a Docker, Ruby, AngularJS based on-demand entitlement system.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Aspera, Inc.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Emeryville, CA
* Android - Developed an app for high-speed data transfers with Aspera. Integration with C libraries using JNI.

Azure cloud:
* C#: Design and developed an autoscaling solution for clusters of virtual machines (where the bottleneck is network capacity rather than CPU or memory)
* C#: Designed and developed a customer facing management web app
* C#: Designed and developed cluster monitoring and control web app
* Integrated the offering with the Azure portal

### Senior Software Engineer (contractor) @ Gravity Jack Software and Web Development
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Custom software development on various projects:
* iOS/Android/Blackberry - Build a new medical reference application
* Android - Design and develop a mobile application for cable company. Integration with prior C++ code base.
* Blackberry - Implement sync application (integrating with customer's existing software)
* Palm webOS - Integrate PDF capabilities utilizing native code
* Flash - New game development for educational company
* Asp.net - Design and develop a new web application for medical company.

### Software engineer / Manager @ PLAYXPERT
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010
* Designed and developed an in-game overlay system. Patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20080167124A1/en
* Involved a kernel driver to hook keyboard, mouse, GDI, and DirectX
* Developed a framework for 3rd parties to contribute plugins

### Project Manager @ PLAYXPERT
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007
* Managed multiple software projects: desktop application development, website development, web services.
* Worked closely with customers to capture custom software requirements
* Wrote technical specifications for custom software
* Hired developers and testers
* Manage projects through completion

### Software engineer / Graphics artist @ Vendisoft
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006
* Developed presentation software (C# 1.0) for churches. It's still used by thousands of churches. It's now open source but has not been maintained since 2008. https://github.com/akorchemniy/epresenter
* Developed Office addin (C#/C++) to help businesses automate creation of documents based on templates (ProductiveAdvantage).
* Developed a reminder utility to reduce eye strain (C#/C++ GDI hooks)


## Education
### BS in Computer Science
Regis University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alex-korchemniy-7b92434

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Last updated: 2026-04-12