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Yury Selivanov

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Director of Engineering at Vercel
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Yury Selivanov is a Co-founder and CEO at Gel D, known for his leadership in developing EdgeDB. As a Python core developer and PSF Fellow, he significantly contributed to asynchronous IO infrastructure, including the async/await syntax.

Outside of his professional work, Yury enjoys collaborative projects, often incorporating humor and memes. He has participated in playful events, such as delivering a PyCon US talk dressed as a banana.

Yury is credited with bringing async/await, uvloop, and asyncpg to the Python ecosystem.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Priorities

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Asynchronous Programming
Authored and implemented key Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) for async/await syntax and asynchronous generators, demonstrating deep expertise and ongoing commitment.
Database Technologies
Co-founded Gel D and MagicStack Inc. to develop EdgeDB, an open-source object-relational database built on PostgreSQL, highlighting a focus on efficient data solutions.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
Director of Engineering
Vercel
12-2025
Entrepreneur in Residence
Nava Ventures
8-2019 - 12-2025
Co-founder and CEO
Gel Data
1-2013
Core Developer and a PSF Fellow
Python Software Foundation
7-2008 - 12-2025
Co-founder and CEO
MagicStack Inc.
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Investing in the Python ecosystem. Featured in Vercel Blog
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