Alexei Kondratiev is a highly experienced software engineer and manager with over 20 years of expertise in the field. He has a Master's Degree in Radiophysics and Electronics from Belarusian State University and has worked in various positions, ranging from a Lead Software, Embedded and Medical Development Engineer to Director of Systems Engineering. Alexei has an exceptional background in network programming, system programming, Linux and RTOS/Bare Metal MCU embedded systems, distributed systems, troubleshooting, integration with open-source projects, and performance analysis and optimization. He is skilled in languages including C/C++, Python, Java, C#, and JavaScript, and has proficiency in Embedded Linux C++, Qt 5 C++/QML/Qt3D, and Unreal Engine 4 C++/Blueprints Software R&D. Alexei is a KISS principle advocate ('Keep it simple, stupid'), and is constantly striving to improve development productivity through automation and best practices application.