Facebook

Staff Software Engineer & Tech lead for Service Discovery @Meta (in Core Infrastructure)

Apache Zookeeper.

Software Engineer

Microsoft

Shipped Windows 10 Photos app ( C++ )
- Designed and implemented image analysis pipeline. This pipeline brings together various imaging algorithms together and also supports versioning.
- Performance improvements of as much as 4x across various components of the analysis pipeline.
- Solely architected the app to support multiple windows in the Photos app.
- Integrated edit pipeline from windows 8.1 Photo editor into the viewer to show users enhanced version of their photos.
- Created an internal first party API to allow other apps to use the crop control in the Photos app.
- Worked with multiple teams in windows platform to get new features added to improve Photos app. 
- Mentored junior developers.
- Connected OneDrive album experience with Photos app album experience allowing users to manage or publish albums to OneDrive.
- Added album share so that users can share their favorite albums with friends and family.
- Working on getting more features in for the Photos app.

Software Development Engineer II

Shipped windows raw codec as part of windows update on windows 8.
- Performance improvements on arm 
- Deployment schema for windows update.

Photo Editor - Windows 8.1 Photos app. ( C++ 11, Direct2D, SIMD, XAML, PPL)
- Core member for the design of image editing effect pipeline, rending engine and a variety of edit features.
- Added the direct2d rendering engine in the photo editor.
- Performance improvements for edit features using vectorization and multi core programming.
- Ensured 30FPS on most devices.
- Added image straighten, blemish removal + local area pixel fix engine, revamped crop & selective focus and other contributions

Video Trim - Windows 8.1 Photos app. ( C++ 11, XAML, PPL)
- Implemented the complete video trim feature for the photos app.

Camera - Windows 8.1 Camera App ( C++ 11, PPL, XAML)
- Improved startup performance by more than 50%
- Improved performance of other core scenarios by significant amount.
- Feature contributions.

Stood up a TFS + git based build system for the team.

Software Development Engineer

Georgia Institute of Technology

Worked on web applications for marketing studies. (Php, MySQL)

Web Developer

Added Auto Collage in Windows Photo gallery. (C++, COM)

Software Development Intern

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ST6.io

By being part of MacStadium's external team: 
- Migrated the Customer Portal from Angular to React (react-query, msw, jest, react-bootstrap, emotion)
- Developing and migrating the Customer Portal's backend from CakePHP to Node, Express, TypeScript, and GraphQL by developing a BFF architecture;
- Implementing the new look and feel of the Customer Portal;
- Migrating the Customer Portal from Bootstrap to Tailwind CSS;
- Integrating Database/Schema Migrations in the project;
- Creating a Design Language System and UI component library;
- Working with GitHub Actions;
- Gathering requirements and communicating between different stakeholders (Dev, Finance, Product);
- Taking ownership of big functionalities & user features;
- Taking part in UI/UX discussions and decisions;

By being part of ST6's team:
- Taking part in the interview process - screenings, technical and cultural interviews;
- Being part of different diversity and inclusion initiatives;

Software Craftsman

Software University (SoftUni)

Courses:
* JavaScript Advanced '23

Seminars:
* Migrating from Bootstrap to Tailwind CSS with JavaScript & React

Technical Trainer

ClaimCompass.eu

• Lead Developer of the Claim Management System (CMS) - web application & dashboard, which is our internal software for processing and tracking the lifecycle of a claim.
- Used technologies: Docker, Python, Django, Celery, PostgreSQL, jQuery, Bootstrap, RabbitMQ, Microsoft Service Bus and more.

• Brainstorming, estimating and organizing tasks related to Project development.

• Interviewing clients and gathering requirements to better understand our client's needs and processes.

• Participated in the design and implementation of our domain-driven and event-based software architecture.

• Gave speeches about different kinds of technical and non-technical related topics.

• Participated in the Web development of our main application for making leads.
- Online: www.claimcompass.eu.
- Used technologies: Django CMS, React, NodeJS, Docker, MongoDB, Unleash and more.

Parknshare

• Developed the idea to initial paying customers, including team buildup, 
product ownership and management and strategical decisions.

• Performed strategic research and analysis for the parking industry, i.e. market size and opportunities, growth projection, trends and key market players identification.

• Built partnerships with other businesses, including negotiations, public speaking, closing deals and company management.

• Fundraising and Business Development.

• Participated in the Web app development, both Client-side and Backend-side. 
  - Online at www.parknshare.bg.
  - Used technologies: VueJS, Vuex, Webpack, Docker, PostgreSQL, Ruby On Rails (API), JWT, Nginx, Ruby, PayPal checkout and more.

• Designed, executed, and implemented hybrid iOS and Android apps. 
  - Available at App Store and Google Play Market.
  - Used technologies: React Native, React, Redux, React-Navigation and more.

Founder & CEO

MB Consulting

• Product Owner and Lead Developer of BellaNails - www.bellanails.bg - mobile applications for iOS and Android and web-based admin dashboard. 
  - Available at App Store and Google Play Market.
  - Designed innovative UX and software architecture, both mobile and web.
  - Mobile app technologies: React Native, React, Firebase DB, Firebase Functions, Redux, React- Navigation, Push Notifications and more.
  - Web app technologies: NodeJS, ExpressJS, Docker and more.

• Participated in the Recruitment and Interviewing process for new employees. Participated in the Carrier Fair 2018 at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics as presenting the company and talking with interested students.

• Developer of a Real-time Crypto Dashboard (fetching cryptocurrencies prices in real-time from stock exchanges such as Binance, Okex and etc.)
  - Used technologies: NodeJS, Typescript, ExpressJS, React, Socket.io and more.

Software Consultant

Local 186

Summer Work & Travel program

Strypes

• Investigated issues and implemented new features of an existing framework used by ASML.
• Wrote and executed formal tests based on specifications. 
• Participated in Scrum meetings and standups.

Used technologies: Python, RedHat, Git.

Junior Python Software Developer

Iteco Ltd.

• Participated in designing and implementing a mobile application.
• Worked in a small team under a team leader guidance.

Used technologies: Java, Eclipse, Android SDK.

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