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Emil Stoev, Back-end Developer in Lima, Callao Region, Peru
Emil Stoev

Back-end Developer in Lima, Callao Region, Peru

Member since October 15, 2014
As a veteran full-stack developer, Emil has considerable relevant experience, including IoT, machine learning, and mobile projects. His foundation is in C# and .NET, with many years of experience in back-end development. He's currently finishing up a brief hiatus to study machine learning and AI development and catching up on exciting languages like Go and Rust.
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Portfolio

  • Freelance
    Azure SQL, Jenkins, Twitter API, ASP.NET Core 2, Entity Framework Core...
  • eStreamDesk
    AWS S3, AWS EC2, Facebook API, Software Architecture, Entity Framework...
  • Make-a-Store
    T-SQL, ASP.NET, PostgreSQL, MySQL, C#, PHP, Perl

Experience

Location

Lima, Callao Region, Peru

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio, .NET, Azure

The most amazing...

...thing I've coded is a phonetic sorting in Japanese for a global data science company.

Employment

  • Senior Software Engineer

    2017 - PRESENT
    Freelance
    • Migrated a legacy monolith ASP.NET application to a microservices architecture on Azure.
    • Developed an eCommerce software solution in ASP.NET MVC.
    • Created a tweet sentiment analyzer in Python and TensorFlow to provide signals for a stock trading bot.
    • Created a mobile application for Android in Xamarin.
    • Developed a REST API back end for the above application with ASP.NET Core 2.
    • Finished at the Diamond Tier (top 1%) at the Halite AI Programming Competition by Two Sigma, competing against more than 4,000 developers from 460 organizations, including but not limited to Google, Ubisoft, NASA, Goldman Sachs, Citi, and Facebook.
    Technologies: Azure SQL, Jenkins, Twitter API, ASP.NET Core 2, Entity Framework Core, Continuous Integration (CI), Software Architecture, Entity Framework, ASP.NET MVC, T-SQL, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon, AWS, Machine Learning, TensorFlow, Python, Microsoft SQL Server, AngularJS, Xamarin, Test-driven Development (TDD), SOLID Principles, C#, RESTful Services, .NET

  • Software Architect | Co-founder

    2004 - 2017
    eStreamDesk
    • Designed and developed a content management system for dating and social networking sites.
    • Developed an image server for the content management system that is still in use and well regarded.
    • Designed and developed an online chat system with support for chat rooms, group chats, audio and video chat, and instant messaging.
    • Designed and developed an online helpdesk SaaS that was featured and selected as Editor's Choice in Google Apps for Your Domain Marketplace.
    • Wrote a custom DNS server to scale the helpdesk service.
    • Implemented peer-to-peer SQL server replication to scale the helpdesk service.
    • Managed a team of three developers, one designer, and one QA.
    • Developed commercial ASP.NET component that won MSD2D People's Choice Award.
    • Presented the company's software at CeBIT in Hanover.
    Technologies: AWS S3, AWS EC2, Facebook API, Software Architecture, Entity Framework, ASP.NET MVC, T-SQL, ASP.NET, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon, AWS, WebSockets, Microsoft SQL Server, Knockout.js, jQuery, Test-driven Development (TDD), SOLID Principles, RESTful Services, C#, .NET

  • Lead Developer

    2000 - 2006
    Make-a-Store
    • Opened an office for the company in Bulgaria, hired developers and designers, and trained the developers.
    • Oversaw the rewriting of the company's legacy software from Perl to PHP.
    • Developed software in C# that automatically synchronizes the client's store inventory with Amazon and eBay.
    • Developed payment integrations with various payment processing companies.
    • Developed an eCommerce affiliate module in ASP.NET.
    • Developed an automatic scraping tool that downloads product information and images from various eCommerce sites.
    Technologies: T-SQL, ASP.NET, PostgreSQL, MySQL, C#, PHP, Perl

  • Web Developer

    2000 - 2002
    Intermedia, Ltd.
    • Created a PERL script that automatically slices PSD files to HTML.
    • Created software to automatically scrape and store book information and images based on the ISBN code retrieved from a portable scanner.
    Technologies: T-SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Perl

Experience

Skills

  • Languages

    C#, T-SQL, C#.NET, Python, JavaScript, Perl, PHP

  • Frameworks

    ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core 2, Entity Framework Core, .NET, AngularJS, Knockout.js

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Entity Framework, Facebook API, Twitter API, TensorFlow, Theano, Keras

  • Tools

    Visual Studio, Postman, Docker Hub, Jenkins

  • Platforms

    Azure, Azure PaaS, AWS EC2, Docker, Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Xamarin

  • Storage

    Azure SQL, Azure Queue, AWS S3, SQL Server 2014, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server

  • Other

    Software Architecture, Sentiment Analysis, RESTful Services, SOLID Principles, WebSockets, AWS, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

  • Paradigms

    Test-driven Development (TDD), Azure DevOps, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI)

Education

  • Coursework in Industrial Engineering
    2000 - 2002
    University of Ruse - Ruse, Bulgaria
  • Diploma in Mathematics, English, Informatics
    1995 - 2000
    Baba Tonka High School of Mathematics - Ruse, Bulgaria

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
    AUGUST 2019 - AUGUST 2022
    Microsoft
  • MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional
    SEPTEMBER 2003 - PRESENT
    Microsoft

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