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Hi, I'm Mikhail Belenko, a Lead Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience in mobile application development and smart device platforms. I've delivered five mobile apps on Google Play, including the Yandex Launcher and Alice AI, accumulating millions of installs and broad user impact. I designed YaOS architecture running on phones, TVs, set-top boxes, and smart displays, and led teams to bring AI-driven features to production. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving AI tooling adoption, and building robust cross-platform experiences.…Hi, I'm Mikhail Belenko, a Lead Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience in mobile application development and smart device platforms. I've delivered five mobile apps on Google Play, including the Yandex Launcher and Alice AI, accumulating millions of installs and broad user impact. I designed YaOS architecture running on phones, TVs, set-top boxes, and smart displays, and led teams to bring AI-driven features to production. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving AI tooling adoption, and building robust cross-platform experiences.

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Hi, I'm Mikhail Belenko, a Lead Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience in mobile application development and smart device platforms. I've delivered five mobile apps on Google Play, including the Yandex Launcher and Alice AI, accumulating millions of installs and broad user impact. I designed YaOS architecture running on phones, TVs, set-top boxes, and smart displays, and led teams to bring AI-driven features to production. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving AI tooling adoption, and building robust cross-platform experiences.…Hi, I'm Mikhail Belenko, a Lead Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience in mobile application development and smart device platforms. I've delivered five mobile apps on Google Play, including the Yandex Launcher and Alice AI, accumulating millions of installs and broad user impact. I designed YaOS architecture running on phones, TVs, set-top boxes, and smart displays, and led teams to bring AI-driven features to production. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving AI tooling adoption, and building robust cross-platform experiences.

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Hi, I’m Mikhail Belenko, a Lead Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience in mobile application development and smart device platforms. I’ve delivered five mobile apps on Google Play, including the Yandex Launcher and Alice AI, accumulating millions of installs and broad user impact.

I designed YaOS architecture running on phones, TVs, set-top boxes, and smart displays, and led teams to bring AI-driven features to production. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving AI tooling adoption, and building robust cross-platform experiences.

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Lead Mobile Engineer at Snoonu

January 1, 2025 - Present

Architects and ensures the stability of core modules for a multiplatform city-services app. Leads technical evaluation and integration of new technologies to enhance platform capabilities and developer experience through AI tooling.

Lead Developer / Development Team Lead at Yandex

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2025

Designed the core architecture for YaOS, a distributed platform running on millions of devices (TVs, smart speakers), ensuring high availability and scalability. Developed client-server APIs and protocols for the Alice AI voice assistant, and led the Yandex TV platform development with a metrics subsystem for large-scale data ingestion and analysis. Established CI/CD pipelines for OTA updates and application updates; designed a rule engine to enforce loan compliance and implemented secure OTA updates for critical components.

Senior Software Engineer at Crypto Bank (Project)

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Engineered secure OTA update services for financial applications and contributed to low-level components in C/C++ for embedded systems and cryptographic functions.

Junior Software Engineer at LG Electronics

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017

Implemented low-level system components in C/C++ for embedded Linux, including parts of the HDCP protocol and elliptic curve cryptography functions.

Senior Software Engineer at Yandex

January 1, 2024 - Present

Led multi-platform (iOS and Android) mobile engineering for the core city-services super app.

Development Team Lead at Yandex

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023

Led development of the Yandex TV platform, including Android apps (launcher, video player, setup wizard, voice assistant) and services; this platform also supports STB devices.

Android Developer at Yandex

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020

Developed Yandex Launcher for Android (Java) and a voice-activation subsystem for the Yandex Phone project (Java, Kotlin); updated system apps (Dialer, Contacts, System UI) from Android Oreo to Pie.

Lead Mobile Engineer at Snoonu

January 1, 2024 - Present

Responsible for maintaining stability of multi-platform application modules; led technical experimentation and integration of new technologies (e.g., Compose Multiplatform for UI); focused on improving developer experience and AI tooling for mobile devices.