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Alexander Timin

Software Engineer @ Headlands Tech, ex-Google
Headlands Technologies LLC · London, United Kingdom · engineer
LinkedIn · GitHub · altimin.ru
IOI 2011 Gold Medal For Russia (5th Overall)Staff Software Engineer At Google, London (2015-2025); Perfetto Tracing ContributorSoftware Developer At Headlands Technologies LLC, A Quantitative Proprietary Trading Firm (from May 2025)
Details
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Company siteheadlandstech.com
UniversityMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
AlgorithmsData StructuresC++PythonJavaGitMachine LearningBashUnixTeXSoftware EngineeringComputer ScienceProgrammingcompetitive programmingsystems and performance engineeringtracing and profiling tooling
Notes
  • Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. The LinkedIn index shows an actual present role as Software Developer at Headlands Technologies LLC (London, from May 2025), and Headlands is independently classified as a quantitative proprietary trading firm (headlandstech.com; Wikipedia). Identity is supported by the altimin/altimin.ru/perfetto cross-links; the role itself rests on index data rather than an independent primary-source post about him.May 1, 2025
  • LinkedIn (index-only enrichment, not independent primary-source confirmation) shows Software Developer at Headlands Technologies LLC, London, May 2025-present; prior role Staff Software Engineer at Google, London, 2015-2025 (10 yrs).May 1, 2025
  • Headlands Technologies LLC is a global quantitative proprietary trading company (founded July 2009, HQ Chicago; offices London and elsewhere) focused on automated electronic market making and algorithmic trading, so the 2025 role is at a genuine quantitative trading firm.May 1, 2025
  • A Perfetto OWNERS file lists [contact omitted] for 'UI, Chromium-related metrics and simpler trace processor changes', indicating sustained maintainership of Google's Perfetto tracing project; a Nov 2025 GitHub issue was still opened by the @altimin collaborator account.Nov 24, 2025
  • LinkedIn (index-only) lists earlier roles: Software Engineer Intern at Yandex (Moscow, 2014-2015), Software Engineer Intern at Facebook (Menlo Park, 2014, Mobile Performance Tools team), and a further Software Engineer Intern role at Yandex.Jan 1, 2014
  • GitHub account altimin (github.com/altimin, name 'Alexander Timin', blog altimin.ru, location London, United Kingdom) corroborates identity through the personal-site link and a London location matching the LinkedIn profile.Jan 1, 2012
  • LinkedIn (index-only) education: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT), 2011-2015 (4 yrs).Sep 1, 2011
  • IOI 2011 (Thailand, 29 Jul 2011): Alexander Timin represented Russia and won a gold medal with a score of 567/600, placing 5th overall. This is a competition result, not employment.Jul 29, 2011
  • Competitive-programming aggregator cphof.org lists his Codeforces handle 'AlTimin' and Topcoder handle 'AlTimin', tying the IOI competitor identity to the same 'AlTimin' handle used across judges.Jul 29, 2011
  • Codeforces summary (zksh-2011-individuals) lists 'Alexander Timin (Moscow, Russia)', corroborating the Moscow origin of the IOI competitor.Jan 1, 2011

Competition record

Russia · IOI

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