Product-Minded Software Engineer

15 years of experience in coding, product management, and entrepreneurship.
Passionate about UX design and solving real problems in innovative ways.
Currently focused on blockchain and decentralized applications.

Full-Stack Blockchain Engineer @ HackBG (Nov 2020 - Present)
Blockchain consulting and development

• Main contributor in several smart contract and dApp projects for Chainlink
• Delivered smart contracts for various NFT drops on Ethereum
• Participated in the development of a wallet for the Aeternity blockchain
• Taught EVM smart contract development at HackAcademy
• Spoke at SmartCon 2022 in NYC
• Technologies used: Solidity, TypeScript, React/Vue, Next.js, Hardhat
• Selected open source work:
  • MakerDAO integration
  • DeFi vault harvester
  • Batch NFT reveal

Software Engineer @ Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Nov 2018 - Oct 2020)
Cloud, IT infrastructure, software and technology services

• Led the development of web browser extensions suite for enhancing and automating technical support tasks
• Saved thousands of hours of manual work for the support agents
• Introduced scrum and agile practices to the team
• Technologies used: JavaScript, React, Azure Functions
• Open source work: Web extension starter kit

Software Engineer (Nov 2017 - Oct 2018)
Freelance web and mobile development

• Maintained web platforms for e-commerce and medical labs management
• Facilitated the design process of a mental health mobile app with a team of psychologists
• Designed and implemented a cross-platform mobile app
• Technologies used: JavaScript, React Native, PHP, MySQL

Product Manager Associate @ Foodpanda HQ (Apr 2016 - Sep 2017)
Global online food-delivery service

• Led an automation project for order cancellations and refunds in 10 countries
• Rolled out an in-house VoIP platform for customer and restaurant support in 5 countries
• Gathered requirements from stakeholders, translated them into user stories and tasks, planned sprints and wrote product documentation
• Methodologies used: Scrum, BDD, OKR, User Story Mapping

Product Marketing Specialist @ Telerik (Sep 2014 - Sep 2015)
Software tools for web, mobile and desktop app development

• Delivered competitive, customer and market research reports for the DevTools suite
• Led an initiative for increasing the conversion rate of the DevTools trial users
• Conducted customer interviews with software developers across the globe
• Tools used: Tableau, Google Analytics, SurveyMonkey

Co-Founder @ Volofy (Sep 2013 - Jun 2014)
Connecting people, charity causes and sponsor companies

• Led the MVP design and development
• Raised seed capital from Eleven VC and participated in the accelerator program
• Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, HTML/CSS

Co-Founder @ Walk2Help (Sep 2011 - May 2013)
Mobile app converting steps into funds for charity causes

• Led a team of 5 people
• Owned the roadmap and the development lifecycle
• Got acquihired by DAVID Holding
• Technologies used: ASP.NET, Silverlight, WCF, MSSQL, Azure

Junior Software Engineer @ DAVID Holding (Dec 2007 - Aug 2011)
Part-time student job

• Created web form applications for e-government portals
• Maintained one of the most visited news website in Bulgaria
• Converted static pages into dynamic websites
• Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, ASP.NET

New Bulgarian University (Sep 2009 - May 2013)
BSc in Informatics

• Major in Computer Programming
• Microsoft Student Partner
• Speaker at TEDxNBU

React Web Applications Masterclass @ SoftUni (2019)

ES6 JavaScript @ Udemy (2018)

Human-Centered Design @ Coursera (2018)

Prototyping and Design @ Coursera (2018)

PostcodeFinder (2020)
Postal code discovery web app

Trackwise (2018)
Mentorship platform for electronic music producers

Gridm (2018)
Simple rhythm step sequencer app

Forbes Magazine "30 under 30" in Bulgaria (2014)
Listed in Technology & Innovations category

Worldwide Finalist at Imagine Cup NYC (2010)
Represented Bulgaria at the world's biggest student competition for innovations organized by Microsoft