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MariaDB
Senior Software Engineer
04/2022 - Present
  • I built a complete test framework from scratch with Python. My framework consisted of multiple modular object-oriented integration libraries, which I developed one by one, enabling easy construction of complex tests, integrating with databases, Kubernetes clusters, cloud environments, APIs, logging tools and more.
  • I was working with testers, helping build automation with different tools, such as Robot framework and Selenium.
  • I worked closely with containers, Docker and Kubernetes, as well as tools such as Helm.
  • I worked closely with clouds, namely GCP and AWS, and additional tools such as Terraform.
  • I worked with a wide range of CI/CD tools, building complex pipleines with with elaborate UI, on Jenkins, ArgoCD, Github Actions and Ansible.
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Compliance Solutions Strategies
Head Developer
04/2020 - 03/2022
  • Pure management role
  • I managed 2 worldwide distributed dev teams, spanning from USA, throughout Europe to India.
  • Personally and technically managed and drived projects, made technical and architectural decisions and designs.
  • Worked on stabilization and enhancement of projects, migration to Azure cloud, and of operations to Azure DevOps.
  • Worked with all related divisions in the company (analysts, managers, client officers, marketers, deployment teams, tech support, and others) and C-level managers.
  • The products are complex, RegTech, financial transaction reporting automation tools. Customer companies are big-scale financial institutes and national banks.
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Emakina NL
Tech Lead
04/2019 - 04/2020
  • My work of a technical lead at Emakina was comprised of architecture, consulting, stakeholder management and mentoring fellow team members.
  • End-to-end implementing large-scale, web-based, commerce solutions for big customers (HEMA, Royal Friesland Campina, Bugaboo, Ecco, Omron and others), working on multiple projects.
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KPMG IT Service
Tech Lead & Manager of Architecture
02/2016 - 02/2019
  • Technical lead, working with all development and test teams of KPMG IT Services in Sofia.
  • Evaluating and establishing architecture, technologies, standards for quality and coding, automation, processes and platforms.
  • A member of the global KPMG enterprise architecture team in Berlin, establishing global infrastructure, software development standards for all the company's projects.
  • Leading the company's architecture team in Bulgaria, a team of highly skilled solution, platform, infrastructure and cloud architects.
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Telerik Acedemy
Lecturer, Software Engineering
09/2011 - 11/2012
  • Lectured software engineering courses (C# .NET) at the Telerik Academy, a professional course academy operated by Telerik.
  • This was done along with my work as a senior developer.
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Telerik
Manager, Software Engineering
08/2009 - 02/2016
  • Worked as a solutions consultant for Telerik’s Sitefinity CMS professional services team.
  • Consulted and built deep code customizations, analysis, solutions and modules for enterprise customers and partners (e.g. Shell, WizzAir, ABB etc).
  • Single-handedly produced the Sitefinity developer certification programme.
  • Constructed an entire learning system and all its content (on NetDimensions Talent Suite LMS) of developer courses for Progress's enterprise partners.
  • Lead the Sitefinity SDK team of developers and technical writers.
  • Took active part in the entire development process and lifecycle and documentation.
  • Built and maintained the related open source projects on GitHub
  • A leading senior member of the company’s biggest product development team - Sitefinity, a world leading CMS systems.
  • Thorough high and low level design of the product’s modules architecture.
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Oblicore
Software & Application Engineer
05/2006 - 06/2009
  • Microsoft .NET development- designed, developed, tutored & implemented customer solutions.
  • International work as an application engineer & consultant with UK and Belgium branches.
  • .NET webform applications with C#. Working with .NET framework.
  • Designing & building a product’s web-service-based open API from scratch.
  • Developing C++ COM objects, and interoperability with .NET framework.
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WebCollage
Software Engineer
08/2004 - 11/2005
  • Deep website frontend content analysis
  • Web JSP applications in Java
  • Functional and object programming in JavaScript
  • Complex transformations of XML files using XSLT
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Vinet Global
Software Engineer
11/2001 - 03/2004
  • ASP web programming, complex applications, end-to-end design and implementation.
  • Interfacing with large databases, XML objects, and external COM objects.
  • MS-SQL programming (stored procedures, design of DB structure, tables and relationships).
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Aladdin Knowledge Systems
C++ Software Engineer
09/1998 - 07/2001
  • Object Oriented Design and Programming in C++ on the Windows NT platform.
  • Worked with Checkpoint's Firewall-1 SDK.
  • Developed network applications with TCP/IP protocols.
  • Built complex multithreaded applications Windows desktop applications
  • Developed web applications with Delphi CGI backend
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Ashrot Educational Centres
Educational Manager & Lecturer
08/1997 - 09/1998
  • Lectured software development and other related courses.
  • Managed the team of lecturers in the academy.
  • Wrote educational programmes and courses outlines and contents
  • Worked with the Israeli ministry of labour, for constructing and running courses for career trainings for academics.
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Elementrix Security Technologies
QA Engineer
02/1997 - 08/1997
  • Manual QA work - built test plans and performed tests, reported bugs.
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Netvision
2nd Tier Tech Support Engineer
12/1996 - 02/1997
  • Technical support of individual and business Internet users.
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Hever Group
Helpdesk Administrator & Superfisor
12/1995 - 12/1996
  • During those years, Hever won a tender, to supply typing services for legal courts, over the entire northern region of Israel.
  • I was assigned to be the sole provider of technical support and assistance to all the computers (+200 systems)
  • Did maintenance, backup checks and verifications, as well as day-to-day technical support upon need, on all locations.
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