Available for Systems Architecture & C/C++ Engineering

Architecting High-Performance Software & Systems

Boris Barbulovski (bokic) — Systems Engineer & Cybersecurity Researcher specializing in C/C++ low-level development, Linux kernel drivers, and embedded systems.

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C / C++ & Embedded

Primary Stack

Linux Kernel

Modules & Drivers

Open Source

Active Open Source Committer

bokic@archlinux:~ (zsh)

bokic@system:~$ whoami

Boris Barbulovski | C/C++ Software Architect

bokic@system:~$ cat focus.txt

[✓] Cybersecurity
[✓] Low-Level C/C++
[✓] Bare-Metal Firmware
[✓] Linux Kernel modules
[✓] C++ Qt Development
[✓] Low-Level Cross-Platform (Windows, Linux, macOS) C Libraries

bokic@system:~$ echo "Type 'help' for interactive terminal commands."

bokic@system:~$

// 01. Background & Competencies

Systems Programming & Hardware Interfaces

Engineering Mindset

Deep passion for understanding how software interacts with hardware down to memory layouts and CPU instructions. Experienced in cybersecurity research, low-level Android subsystems, bare-metal ARM firmware, C++ Qt applications, and Linux kernel modules.

Recognized as an active open-source committer in North Macedonia, focused on Linux system patches, DKMS kernel modules, and high-performance C/C++ libraries.

C (C99/C11) C++17/20 Linux Kernel AST & Parsers DKMS Git Internals CMake GDB & Valgrind

Technical Proficiency

C / C++ Software Architecture 95%

Cybersecurity & Android Subsystems 92%

Bare-Metal & Embedded Firmware 90%

Linux System & Kernel Modules 88%

// 02. Career Track

Professional Experience

Senior Cybersecurity Researcher

Mastermind

Jan 2020 – Aug 2025 • Dec 2017 – May 2019

Global Threat Mitigation: Contributed to the research and development of a cybersecurity platform solution focused on counteracting and combating cybercriminal activities worldwide.
Android Security Platform: Contributed to the research and development of a low-level security platform built on top of Android designed to significantly enhance the application security posture of popular Android apps.

C Assembly Android Android Subsystems Reverse Engineering ARM64

Senior C++ Developer

Inscale

May 2019 – Nov 2019

High-Performance Backends: Engineered server backend technologies on Linux platforms designed for high throughput (see open-source prototype/proof-of-concept cpp_ws_backend).
Infrastructure & Storage: Integrated and managed NGINX web servers with Oracle DB database infrastructure.
API Protocols: Built RESTful web services and custom JSON protocol handlers.

C++ Linux NGINX Oracle DB REST / JSON

Project Lead

INform

Nov 2010 – Nov 2017

Medical Hardware & Firmware: Designed portable vital monitors (ECG, CO2, SPO2, Blood Pressure) based on custom embedded hardware with Bluetooth streaming.
Android Board Porting: Ported Android to custom iMX6 hardware, customizing u-boot, kernel drivers, HAL, and VNC server.
Ultra-Low Power Systems: Developed bare-metal STM32L ARM firmware for low-power Holter ECG monitor.
ECG Analysis Software: Built desktop Qt/C++ Holter viewer to parse, classify heartbeats, and render reports.
Cross-Platform Apps: Developed iOS and PC applications for real-time Holter ECG monitor data streaming and cloud synchronization.

C/C++ Qt Framework Linux Kernel / HAL iOS Android Bluetooth Hardware Design ARM

// 02. Featured Engineering

Open Source Projects & Utilities

TextParser

High-performance C library engineered for parsing structured code grammars and markup streams into Abstract Syntax Trees (AST). Built for compiler frontends, language servers, and linter engines.

vscode_cfml_debugger

ColdFusion / CFML debugger extension for Visual Studio Code, providing step debugging, breakpoint inspection, and variable evaluation.

gitmaster

Fast, native C++ Git GUI Desktop Client built with Qt6 and libgit2. Features interactive commit graph visualizations, branch management, and zero-bloat repository workflows.

usbdpfp-dkms

Linux DKMS driver module enabling seamless kernel support and automatic builds across modern kernel updates for Digital Persona U.are.U 4000 fingerprint readers.

ezp2019 Utility

Linux driver and command-line utility for the EZP2019 High-Speed SPI Flash Programmer, providing low-level hardware access and EEPROM/Flash chip flashing capabilities.

lpcprog

Cross-platform Qt/C++ desktop programmer utility for NXP LPC microcontrollers (LPC214x series), enabling firmware flashing, hex loading, and chip diagnostics.

WebStrada

High-performance CFML runtime engine and FastCGI application server. Compiles templates on-the-fly into native machine code via LLVM JIT compilation.

cfrds Client Library

Command-line utility and C++ library implementing the ColdFusion Remote Development Services (RDS) wire protocol for remote server diagnostics and inspection.

tracing

Automatic, zero-boilerplate function-level tracing library for C/C++ applications using the Perfetto SDK and compiler instrumentation hooks.

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// 03. Kernel & Upstream Contributions

Open Source Ecosystem Activity

Upstream Patching

Linux Kernel (xconfig & Drivers)

Modernized the kernel's native Qt configuration utility (make xconfig Qt3/4 → Qt4/5 upgrade), alongside upstream patches across hardware drivers, architecture trees (PowerPC/RaptorCS, Siemens, Toradex platforms), and USB/HID input fixes.

Firmware & OS

Chromium OS & Coreboot

Engineered low-level hardware initializations and bugfixes for Coreboot firmware tree and Chromium OS system components.

Community Recognition

Active Open Source Committer - North Macedonia

Consistently listed among the top active GitHub committers in North Macedonia for open-source project maintenance and public contributions.