Gurgen Davtyan
Verified Expert in Engineering
Back-end Developer
Yerevan, Armenia
Toptal member since March 25, 2022
Gurgen is a C# and .NET software engineer with 8+ years of experience. Over the last few years, he has worked on cryptocurrencies, payments, and trading projects. In addition to having confident knowledge of software security, Gurgen is a great team player focused on achieving project objectives with speed and accuracy.
Portfolio
Experience
- Azure - 10 years
- Engineering - 10 years
- .NET - 10 years
- C# - 10 years
- ASP.NET - 4 years
- Entity Framework - 4 years
- Web Security - 4 years
- Blockchain - 3 years
Preferred Environment
JetBrains Rider, Jira, Slack, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
The most amazing...
...project I've developed is a cryptocurrency exchange platform, considered #1 on the local market and serves many users daily.
Work Experience
Senior Full-stack Developer
Arnata
- Built and evolved an AI agent orchestration platform for logistics that coordinates modular “skills,” maintains long-lived load and session states in PostgreSQL, and drives real-time operations via FastAPI and WebSockets.
- Developed UI automation and provider functionality (Axoneta) to extract operational data (e.g., recent loads) and export artifacts (CSV), enabling automation even where native APIs were limited or absent.
- Reduced cloud infrastructure spend by around 40% by profiling production workloads and optimizing compute, autoscaling, and resource allocation for agent/skill execution.
Senior Software Engineer
EQS Group
- Architected and implemented a solution to migrate 1,000+ clients from a legacy application to a new version.
- Collaborated with the team to rewrite the application's legacy version to .NET 6 and the latest web technologies.
- Identified performance bottlenecks and carried out optimizations.
Co-founder and CTO
Scrypton
- Co-founded and led the technical vision of a crypto exchange platform targeting the Armenian market, serving 2,000+ daily active users.
- Architected and built the core trading infrastructure, including transaction processing, wallet management, and secure authentication/authorization flows.
- Led and mentored a cross-functional engineering team of five, overseeing system design, development, and production deployment.
- Designed scalable back-end architecture to handle concurrent trading activity while ensuring high availability and low-latency execution.
- Implemented security best practices for financial systems, including encryption, access controls, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Established CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring systems to ensure reliability and operational stability.
- Collected and analyzed user feedback to iterate on UX and product roadmap, aligning technical strategy with business growth objectives.
Senior Software Engineer
EPAM Systems
- Architected the entire front-end piece of four different projects.
- Handled the development of a cross-platform mobile app from scratch to reach iOS and Android stores.
- Migrated legacy code to .NET Core and up-to-date web technologies.
Senior Software Engineer
ZERØ
- Collaborated with designers to develop solutions, enhancing user satisfaction by 30%.
- Ensured accessibility standards with an average score of 95% across projects.
- Created custom npm modules that were later used in all company projects.
- Developed the Zero Desktop Companion, consisting of forward-thinking systems that meet user needs and improve productivity.
Software Engineer
Macadamian Technologies
- Worked as a software developer on various projects, making them market-ready.
- Developed a hotline Twilio service with voice recognition.
- Built Azure deployment architecture for multiple projects.
Experience
ArmBitcoin
As a back-end developer, I integrated the platform with popular payment systems and created anti-fraud and fast-functioning crypto transaction processing systems.
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I was involved as a full-stack developer working on the UI of mobile and web apps on the front end as well as building the back end, integrating it with external services, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Arnata
https://app.arnata.com/Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
National Polytechnical University of Armenia - Yerevan, Armenia
Certifications
Exam 532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
Microsoft
Machine Learning
Coursera
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Entity Framework, React, Telegram Bot API, REST APIs, LINQ, Twilio API, Node.js, API Development, Socket.IO, Stripe, jQuery, Vue, Facebook API, Jira REST API, TensorFlow, Keras, Outlook MAPI, Outlook Redemption, NetDocuments API, Stripe API, SQLAlchemy
Tools
Azure App Service, iManage Worksite, GitHub, Git, Dapper, VMware, NuGet, Visual Studio, RestSharp, RabbitMQ, Confluence, Cron, Terraform, Advertising Tools & Platforms, ChatGPT, Claude, Jupyter, JetBrains Rider, Jira, Slack
Languages
Python, C#, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#.NET, GraphQL, HTML, CSS, Transact-SQL (T-SQL), HTML5, Solidity, C++, Java, PHP, VB.NET
Frameworks
.NET, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, Angular, ASP.NET Web API, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, Razor, MVC Razor, Next.js, .NET 6, Redux, Flux, React Native, Material UI, Razor Pages, Bootstrap, AngularJS, Swagger, Windows PowerShell, Knockout (Knockout.js), Express.js, Blazor, Tailwind CSS, NestJS, MUI CSS, ASP.NET Web Forms, LangGraph, Agentic Frameworks, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Paradigms
Azure DevOps, REST, DevOps, Agile, Object-relational Mapping (ORM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), ETL Implementation & Design, Penetration Testing, HIPAA Compliance, Unit Testing, Automated Testing, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Serverless Architecture, Microservices, Test-driven Development (TDD)
Platforms
Azure, Azure PaaS, Blockchain, Twilio, Azure Functions, Mobile, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure IaaS, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Heroku, Firebase, Amazon EC2, Vercel, Azure Event Hubs, DigitalOcean, MacOS, Apache Kafka, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
Azure SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Active Directory, JSON, Azure SQL Databases, Azure Cloud Services, SQL Server 7, Azure Queue Storage, Azure Blobs, Azure Tables, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, NoSQL, SQL Server 2017, Database Architecture, MongoDB, PL/SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Google Cloud, SQLite
Other
Networking, Programming, Architecture, Web Security, Algorithms, APIs, Software Engineering, Virtual Machines, Chatbots, Full-stack, Software Design, SaaS, MERN Stack, User Interface (UI), Front-end, User Experience (UX), Full-stack Development, Smart Contracts, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Servers, WCF Web Services, API Integration, Payment Gateways, Software Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), AI Tools, Cursor AI, AI Agents, Back-end, Data Architecture, Agentic AI, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Microsoft Azure, Integration, Cloud, Engineering, CI/CD Pipelines, Content Management Systems (CMS), Monitoring, Amazon RDS, Cloudflare, Leadership, Security, Data Structures, Discord, SEO Tools, Internet of Things (IoT), Transport Layer Security (TLS), Large Language Models (LLMs), OpenAI, LangChain, Data Science, Active Directory (AD), Financials, Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG), AI Architecture, Trading, Finance, Financing, Fintech, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Machine Learning, Outlook Add-ons, Integration Testing, Serverless, AWS Cloud Architecture, Community Management, FastAPI
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