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Renan Almeida de Miranda Santos, Accomplished Lua Freelancer.

Renan Almeida de Miranda Santos

Verified Expert in Engineering
9 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Renan is a software developer with seven years of business and research experience. He specializes in developing backend systems, programming languages, and formal proofs. He is enthusiastic about backend development and programming languages. Renan's experience is backed by a bachelor's, master's, and PhD degree in computer science.

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Travis Stokes, Lua Engineer.

Travis Stokes

Verified Expert in Engineering
8 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Travis is a creative architect and .NET/MS SQL developer with extensive and varied experience who excels at rapid integration of new technologies. As a consultant, he has worked with every stage of the development process from initial discovery and requirements analysis to development and delivery.

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Vadim Panov, Expert Lua Programmer for Hire.

Vadim Panov

Verified Expert in Engineering
22 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Vadim is a software engineer with 15+ years of experience in embedded systems, Unix, networking, and cryptography. He has owned and brought products to market, combining skills in C++, C, Lua, JavaScript, Python, and more. Vadim acquired an EMBA to gain better equilibrium between tech and business challenges.

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Marius Petcu, Lua Engineer.

Marius Petcu

Verified Expert in Engineering
13 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Marius is a developer who knows the web—both front and back end—and is familiar with the ins and outs of the JavaScript ecosystem, particularly Node.js, TypeScript, and React. Marius is also comfortable with native development, more specifically game technologies like C++, OpenGL, and Lua and with iOS/macOS development. A career highlight is when Marius co-founded his own indie game development studio.

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Eugene Mikhalev, Expert Lua Programmer for Hire.

Eugene Mikhalev

Verified Expert in Engineering
11 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Eugene has over 10 years of experience in software engineering, specializing in Go, microservices, and high-load development. He has worked with enterprise-level companies such as Lazada and Alibaba and leading Russian IT companies Ozon and Mailru. Eugene has also worked for European companies like Westwing, one of the Rocket Internet startup projects.

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Kim Wing Fung, Freelance Lua Programmer for Hire.

Kim Wing Fung

Verified Expert in Engineering
17 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Kim is a software engineer with more than 15 years of experience developing front-end and back-end technologies, user interfaces, and tools for a wide range of applications, including video games, augmented reality, mobile platforms, and web apps. He has worked with various programming languages, including JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Kotlin, Java, Lua, C, and C++. Kim is fluent in software development approaches, including Agile, Waterfall, and XP.

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Nguyen Truong Minh, Freelance Lua Engineer.

Nguyen Truong Minh

Verified Expert in Engineering
10 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Minh is a back-end developer with ten years of experience in various application domains. His solid knowledge of server-side applications proves valuable in the success of products. From scratch, he creates very stable CI/CD pipelines on GitHub, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that have been used in many projects. His simple yet effective approach to problems garners the trust of his clients.

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Denis Dorozhkin, Freelance Lua Developer for Hire.

Denis Dorozhkin

Verified Expert in Engineering
6 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Denis is a back-end developer with experience leading teams of up to six and working for enterprises (like Mail.ru Group)—specializing in high-load web development using Go and Python. Denis also excels at working with multiple systems for the management, consumption, and processing of big pipelines or data or handling a high number of requests. Thanks to a passion for performance optimization, Denis also knows quite a few algorithms. He's also comfortable with all modern web development tools.

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Vache Katsadze, Lua Engineer.

Vache Katsadze

Verified Expert in Engineering
6 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Vache is a software engineer who has developed numerous C and C++ applications for different companies, including Microsoft. He has led efforts to build public transportation payment system software with up to 500,000 daily active users. Vache's diverse working experience and strong academic background make him a significant contributor to any team.

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Levon Hovhannisyan, Senior Lua Programmer and Consultant.

Levon Hovhannisyan

Verified Expert in Engineering
9 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Levon is a back-end developer with over six years of professional experience, mainly using C++. Last year, he delved into TypeScript and AWS and designed and implemented several serverless applications. He has extensive knowledge of algorithms, data structures, design patterns, cloud computing services, and cross-language infrastructure. Thanks to his experience in leading, designing, and implementing various projects, Levon can efficiently solve complex problems.

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Roman Petrov, Lua Freelancer.

Roman Petrov

Verified Expert in Engineering
13 Years of Experience

Lua Developer

Romain is a software developer with 17 years of professional experience. He's worked with many languages and technologies throughout his career—this solid foundation in computer science helps him learn new ones quickly. Roman's current main specialization is mobile application development. As a developer, he likes clean code, good architecture, and challenging tasks.

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