Sava Nikolov
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Sofia, Bulgaria
Toptal member since September 26, 2022
Sava is an energetic CTO with 15+ years of experience and proven leadership and business skills. With a strong software and product development background, he is fascinated by identifying, training, promoting, and coaching talents while establishing proper and modern delivery processes. Sava gathers knowledge in almost every position the IT field offers: web, back-end, desktop, and database developer, team and group leader, director of engineering, CTO, and entrepreneur.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- .NET Core
- C++
- Certified Trainer
- Databases
- Jira
- Office 365
- Scrum
- Visual Studio 2019
Work Experience
CTO
Alaric Securities
- Joined the company when there was no R&D department and managed to build an international multicultural team.
- Delivered a couple of products related to high-frequency trading.
- Established the product successfully and built development teams.
R&D Director
Nexo Capital Inc.
- Established the first development teams for the company.
- Introduced delivery processes and KPIs, Jira, and Scrum.
- Optimized product performance and introduced Docker and CI/CD.
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Online Freelance Agency
- Build successful teams for lift and shift, CI/CD under the engineering build team.
- Managed a couple of acquired products and teams like Artemis Accept and GFI.
- Spearheaded a team for back-end development in reverse engineering mode, recreating product features for acquired products on modern technologies.
CTO
ActivTrades
- Build R&D teams for the company, including developers, quality assurance, project managers, and DevOps.
- Delivered an entirely web-based proprietary trading platform, ActivTrader, and its core support services.
- Introduced scalable teams, CI/CD, and promoted senior developers and team leaders.
Development Group Leader
DraftKings
- Established the first production office that included different teams.
- Handled legacy products, making them stable and predictable.
- Headed the first internal academy for training and acquiring talents.
Project History
Professional Trading Platform
https://alaricsecurities.com/hammer/Created the platform by managing internal teams and external vendors.
ActivTrader
https://activtrader.activtrades.com/platformLaunched the ActivTrader platform and its supporting services.
Nexo Platform
https://nexo.io/Launched and managed several versions of nexo.io and related services, including the back-office proprietary CRM.
In this project, I managed over ten developers, introduced KPIs, Jira, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD, and created different architectural and engineering departments.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Technical University - Sofia, Bulgaria
Certifications
C++ Certified Programmer
C++ Institute
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
MCT
Microsoft
Skills
Tools
Slack, Zoom, Jira, Office 365, TFS
Paradigms
Scrum, Proptech, Continuous Delivery (CD)
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Blockchain
Other
C++, Databases, .NET Core, CTO, Technical Training, Visual Studio 2019, Engineering, Certified Trainer, Java 8, PHP, Product Management, Fintech, Gaming Platforms, Project Design, .NET, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server DBA, Project Management, Technical Product Management, Technical Project Management
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