Iliyan Tatarov, Developer in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Iliyan Tatarov

Bio

Iliyan is a highly trained and professional team lead and programmer located in Sofia, Bulgaria. His expertise leads him to produce user-focused software by bringing specific know-how to each of his projects. Determined to create systems that elegantly combine simplicity and functionality and are easy to maintain, Iliyan has mastered the ability to finish every project he takes on.

Portfolio

The Dcode Group, Inc.
JavaScript, Django, Vanilla JS, HTML, CSS, React, Jest, REST APIs, Alpine, HTMX...
Next Matter
Python, Django, React, JavaScript, Celery, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL...
PepsiCo
Python, Django, Django REST Framework, NGINX, PostgreSQL, Sass...

Experience

  • Python 3 - 10 years
  • Django - 10 years
  • Django REST Framework - 10 years
  • JavaScript - 10 years
  • Scraping - 10 years
  • PostgreSQL - 6 years
  • React - 4 years
  • Vue - 3 years

Preferred Environment

Python 3, Django, Django REST Framework, Vue, NGINX, Amazon Web Services (AWS), PostgreSQL, JavaScript, MongoDB, React

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed is the first Bulgarian system for prepaid and credit gas station cards, where you could control daily and weekly limits of your employees.

Work Experience

Full-stack Developer

2025 - PRESENT
The Dcode Group, Inc.
  • Integrated external systems (e.g., HubSpot, Slack, and internal APIs) to deliver AI-generated guides and automated status reports, reducing manual reporting time by 60% across 5+ projects.
  • Refactored a legacy Django codebase, replacing django-components with HTMX and templates, reducing JavaScript by 70%, improving load times by 35%, and doubling feature delivery speed.
  • Implemented AI-powered workflow automation using LLM-based services to analyze contract data and generate actionable checklists, increasing task completion rates by 40% and reducing onboarding time for new users by 50%.
Technologies: JavaScript, Django, Vanilla JS, HTML, CSS, React, Jest, REST APIs, Alpine, HTMX, Redux, AI Automation, OpenAI

Senior Software Engineer

2023 - PRESENT
Next Matter
  • Enhanced the efficiency and reliability of complex asynchronous and synchronous operations.
  • Established and ensured secure and streamlined access control.
  • Developed key features that have attracted new clients, significantly contributing to the company's growth and success.
Technologies: Python, Django, React, JavaScript, Celery, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, Docker, Nomad, YAML Pipelines, Datadog, Django REST Framework, Automation, AI Automation

Full-stack Developer

2021 - 2022
PepsiCo
  • Worked with the development team and product managers to ideate scalable software solutions and design client-side and server-side architecture.
  • Oversaw a project from conception to the finished product. Developed the front-end website architecture and designed user interactions on web pages. Designed and developed APIs.
  • Created and maintained database designs for data storage and processing. Maintained legacy code written by other developers, including bug fixes.
  • Wrote clean, functional code on the front and back end. Tested and fixed bugs or other coding issues.
Technologies: Python, Django, Django REST Framework, NGINX, PostgreSQL, Sass, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Django ORM, REST APIs, APIs, React Redux, React, Redis, Docker, API Design, API Development, Auth, Celery, REST, SQL, Web Frameworks, Data Engineering, Data Integration, Data Pipelines, Agile, Back-end

Technical Team Lead

2019 - 2021
Staykeepers
  • Determined project requirements and developed work schedules for the team. Delegated tasks and achieved daily, weekly, and monthly goals as the technical team lead of a small, talented group of engineers in a property technology company.
  • Identified risks and swiftly formed contingency plans, analyzing existing operations and scheduling training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements. Kept up-to-date with industry trends and developments.
  • Motivated staff and created a space to ask questions and voice concerns, being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.
Technologies: Django, Django ORM, Django CMS, Ajax, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Auth, API Development, API Design, APIs, BigQuery, Bootstrap, Celery, Database Architecture, Data Scraping, Django REST Framework, Docker, Front-end, Full-stack, Vue, Vue 2, Nuxt.js, PostgreSQL, Python 3, Python, RabbitMQ, Selenium, CSS, HTML, Jira, SQL, Microservices, Authentication, Web Frameworks, API Integration, Postman, Data Engineering, Data Integration, Stitch Data, Data Pipelines, Hospitality, Swagger, Agile, Back-end

Technical Team Lead | Co-founder

2017 - 2019
Pactii LTD
  • Developed an application for the digital signing of contracts, verified by the Danish government. All documents were under a legally binding agreement. Encrypted and secured following all the best practices.
  • Developed the app's foundations. Managed and coached a team of Python developers.
  • Contributed to system security, file encryption, and contract certification.
Technologies: Python, Django, Cryptography, jQuery, Sass, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), PostgreSQL, NGINX, Encryption, Security, Ajax, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Django ORM, REST APIs, SFTP, REST, Microservices, Docker, SQL, Web Frameworks, Postman, Swagger, Back-end

Full-stack Django Developer | Co-owner

2012 - 2018
Procesret
  • Served as the lead full-stack developer for an app that scrapes, parses, and connects laws, court rulings, and many other legal documents.
  • Coached and led a small team of talented developers.
  • Made important business decisions, changing the pivot of the project.
  • Oversaw SEO processes and the digital marketing department.
  • Integrated a search engine for instant searches through thousands of documents with more than a million characters documents.
  • Built an API for external companies used to print e-books.
Technologies: Python, Django, Sass, jQuery, Django REST Framework, Apache Solr, NGINX, PostgreSQL, Scrapy, Parsers, Web Architecture, User Experience (UX), Jira, GitHub, Off-page SEO, On-page SEO, Django ORM, REST APIs, SFTP, SQL, Web Frameworks, Data Pipelines, Swagger, Data Engineering, Back-end

Full-stack Django Developer

2016 - 2017
Motobul EAD
  • Developed an app that controlled prepaid and credit cards used to pay at gas stations. The app had an administration panel for companies to manage their users, daily and weekly limits, invoices, and payment methods.
  • Built the core of the application. Made all connections to payment processors and external systems through rest APIs.
  • Secured and encrypted all the different layers of the application.
  • Created a dynamic user interface to display a detailed overview per user, showing their usage and purchases.
Technologies: Python, Django, jQuery, Bootstrap, NGINX, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, SQL, Django ORM, REST APIs, SFTP, Web Frameworks, Swagger, Data Engineering, Data Integration, Back-end

Django Front-end Developer

2011 - 2012
Payner
  • Developed the front-end part of a video streaming platform. Responsible for the pixel-perfect implementation. Used Django templates, Sass, HTML, and jQuery.
  • Developed a cross-browser and cross-platform compatible solution.
  • Integrated server-side code to produce dynamic pages.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, Sass, Django, Python, Django ORM

Experience

Intelligent Law Collection

https://www.elov.dk/
An application that helps you dig deeper and understand Danish laws. Includes all provisions of each line and paragraph of law as it directly references every other law cited. The project includes an advanced search for thousands of court rulings, calculators, historical law versions, and more. As a co-owner, I led almost every technical part of the projects, including SEO.

Digital Contracts

https://www.epact.eu/
An application that makes it easy, fast, and secure to send contracts for digital signature. All contracts are legally binding in the court. As a co-founder of the project, I was responsible for developing the core of the project while making all the technical decisions. I also managed and coached the technical team.

Gas Station Card Manager

A platform for managing prepaid or credit cards for use in gas stations. It provides a user dashboard where a company could supervise its employees' cards, limits, and transactions made through the card. As a lead developer of the project, I was responsible for the application's core, connections to payment processors and external systems, security, and data encryption.

Booking Engine

A software application used for securing online reservations through B2C and B2B clients. As a team lead of this project, I oversaw the team that built it while helping develop the back end and connecting the external data providers.

Education

2010 - 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Communicational Technology

Technical University Varna - Varna, Bulgaria

2004 - 2009

High School Diploma in Mathematics and Computer Science

High School of Mathematics Dr. Petar Beron - Varna, Bulgaria

Skills

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, Django ORM, REST APIs, React, React Redux, Vue, API Development, Auth, Vue 2, Stripe, HTMX

Tools

NGINX, Celery, RabbitMQ, Apache Solr, Jira, GitHub, BigQuery, Stitch Data, Postman, Git, Zapier

Languages

Python 3, JavaScript, Python, Sass, SQL, CSS, HTML, Less

Frameworks

Django, Django REST Framework, Scrapy, Selenium, Bootstrap, Nuxt.js, Web Frameworks, Swagger, Vanilla JS, Jest, Alpine, Redux

Paradigms

Microservices, REST, Web Architecture, Off-page SEO, On-page SEO, Agile, Automation

Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), PDF.js, Docker, Django CMS, HubSpot, Salesforce

Storage

PostgreSQL, Redis, Database Architecture, Data Integration, Data Pipelines, MongoDB, Datadog

Other

Scraping, Mathematics, Web Scraping, Data Scraping, Front-end, Full-stack, SFTP, APIs, Back-end, Programming, Physics, Electronics, Parsers, User Experience (UX), Cryptography, User Interface (UI), Encryption, Security, PDF/A, API Design, Ajax, Authentication, API Integration, Data Engineering, Hospitality, Nomad, YAML Pipelines, AI Automation, PayPal, OpenAI

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