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The SmartSNG.Dev Association has set the dates for the first SmartSNG.Dev Award season: submissions run July 10 – October 5, 2026, and the ceremony is on October 10, 2026.

The **SmartSNG.Dev Association** has prepared a consolidated review of the CIS IT job market for late 2025 — H1 2026: an aggregation of open data from hh.ru, Habr Career, Djinni, Antal Kazakhstan and dev.by, complemented by our own community survey.

The **SmartSng.Dev Association** has published its annual analytical report *“State of the IT Job Market 2025: Russia and CIS”*, based on data from more than **850,000 IT job postings** collected on hh.ru throughout 2025.

SmartSng.Dev Association held an online meetup on Discord dedicated to the use of artificial intelligence in modern software development.

The SmartSng.Dev Association has launched a new certification track for DevOps professionals. We are pleased to announce that we now have a sufficient number of experts in this field. The program includes an assessment of skills in automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure management. Participants who successfully complete the certification receive an association-issued certificate confirming their professional qualification.

The SmartSNG.Dev Association website is now available in English. This expands access to our materials, initiatives, and opportunities for a larger number of professionals around the world.

We are announcing the launch of an internal online hackathon, available exclusively to association members. The goal of the event is to test professional skills, exchange experience, and propose practical solutions in key areas of modern software development.

SmartSng Association was founded in September 2022 by a group of proactive developers seeking to create a platform to unite software development professionals. Since its inception, the association has been actively working to create an online resource that would become a hub for interaction and collaboration for industry professionals.