Nikola V.

Nikola V.

Senior Software Engineer

Bulgaria
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About Me

I am a keen Web Developer with over 10 years of experience working on online games and stores, content management systems, corporate websites, and custom business applications for clients using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React.js, Flux architecture patterns, and Python databases. I am open to learning new technologies and work on challenging projects to provide innovative software solutions/app for my clients.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
JavaScript Developer
2018 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Kin Wellness
Kin Wellness
JavaScript Developer
2017 - 2017
Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Produced accurate project designs and deployment processes for the company's web and mobile applications.

  • Implemented a dynamic web interface for the company's wellness challenges using the same API as the Kiqplan App written in JavaScript.

  • Designed, developed and deployed the company's dynamic hybrid (Android and iOS) Kiqplan App for the client.

Delivery Hero
Delivery Hero
JavaScript Developer
2013 - 2016 (3 years)
Berlin, Germany
  • Successfully designed and deployed the Lieferheld webapp, a hybrid application which served as a mobile version of DeliveryHero's German and Australian websites.

  • Provided technical support as part of the backend team in optimizing the backend APIs of the websites for the client.

  • Worked effectively as part of a team responsible for the development of the frontend for the client's new customer care tool.

Gameloft
Gameloft
Senior E-Commerce Systems Developer
2012 - 2012
Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Improved the front-end of an administrative tool for editing sales data; rewrote old and almost unusable code and improved user experiences by developing and designing a new layout for the tool.

  • Implemented a dynamic logger library to track and easily detect slow code, and other performance issues, which improved reaction time when errors occurred within the framework.

  • Successfully worked on a web based sales platform written in PHP with a custom HMVC framework, refactored the old code on the framework and implemented an autoloader for the classes, and increased readability for the developers to use the framework.

Droxic
Droxic
Senior Web Developer
2012 - 2016 (4 years)
Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Played an integral role in building a CMS to provide customers with a significantly better and faster UI experience and new code base using React.js

  • Actively collaborated with project managers and other developers to deliver numerous web and mobile applications for the client.

  • Successfully optimized the Python/Django code and database queries leading to a significant increase in load time for the client.

MondoGames
MondoGames
PHP Developer
2010 - 2012 (2 years)
Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Worked in a team of two developers to develop a web-based football manager simulator game (MondoFoot), using large algorithms based on random or select data for player profiles which enrichs the game with realistic experiences for the user.

  • Optimized the database interface and code of MondoFoot by refactoring some parts of the application resulting in approximately 30% less time needed to generate daily, weekly and monthly data for the game, significantly reducing the load on servers.

  • Participated in the development of a wide variety of web based online games for different clients.

Self-Employed
Self-Employed
Freelance Web Developer
2009 - Present (15 years)
Remote, Bulgaria
  • Provided technical support for different web application projects from design through to production launch and maintaining established standards and best web practices for different clients.

  • Delivered various forms of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms and complexity analysis for clients.

  • Communicated technical issues and implementations to non-technical users for both troubleshooting and product enhancements on behalf of the client.

Avant-X Technologies
Avant-X Technologies
Web Developer
2006 - 2010 (4 years)
Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Provided technical guidance for the development of web applications, web sites, web portals, flash applications and games for different clients.

  • Maintained, expanded and scaled web applications for different clients.

  • Designed, code and debugged applications in various software languages, and successfully integrated data from various back-end services and databases.

Portfolio

Software Developer (Backend and Front-end) - Salzufer 6
Software Developer (Backend and Front-end) - Salzufer 6

Provided project management expertise for the web development activities for Salzufer 6; coordinating all support activities during the branding and website creation process on the project in collaboration with FourPlus (www.fourplus.bg) for website content management.

Software developer (Backend and Frontend) - Bato Group
Software developer (Backend and Frontend) - Bato Group

The Bata Group is an international, full-service asset and fund management company. Worked on Bato's corporate website with a client system for sharing documents within one of the largest real estate companies in Berlin, Germany.

PHP Developer - Mondofoot
PHP Developer - Mondofoot

MondoFoot is a FREE football manager browser game that allows users to create a football team, finds the right strategy and participate in many cups and leagues on the platform. It works as a web-based football management simulator and is part of the MondoGames catalog of online games.

Software developer (Backend and Frontend) - Rock a Joint
Software developer (Backend and Frontend) - Rock a Joint

Rock a Joint is part of the global collaboration movement; working with parallel environments both online and offline to further facilitate the communication of ideas and networking between individuals who are willing to push boundaries. It provides a social platform for people with ideas to search for and liaise with other creatives in the implementation of their projects.

JavaScript Developer -Lieferheld
JavaScript Developer -Lieferheld

Lieferheld is one of the largest food ordering platforms in the world, with connections to ± 13,000 delivery services processing more than half a million orders per month. Worked on the team which developed the hybrid app and a web app used as a mobile version of the website before it was made responsive and produced solutions for implementation on the frontend of Lieferheld's website.

Education

Education
BSC. Computer Science and Technology
Technical University of Varna
2002 - 2006 (4 years)