Ruby Developer
2017 - PRESENTsolarisBank- Developed the digital banking solutions on a micro-services architecture.
- Interviewed potential hires.
- Aided in the transformation towards agile development.
Technologies: Ruby, RESTful API, Git, GoCDSenior Developer
2016 - 2017Tesco (via ThoughtWorks)- Built a robust solution that integrated with many other services as part of a client onboarding flow.
- Developed and maintained a flexible deployment platform built on AWS.
Technologies: Node.js, JavaScript, React, Redux, AWS, JenkinsSenior Software Engineer
2015 - 2016Skyscanner- Migrated a Rails app from Heroku to AWS.
- Took responsibility of the application's security and data privacy.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Angular, PostgreSQL, Redis, Heroku, AWSSoftware Engineer
2013 - 2015XING- Developed a recruiting tool with the back-end code written in Ruby and Rails and the front-end code in JavaScript and Backbone and later rewrote it in CoffeeScript and Marionette.
- Migrated one of the most traffic-intensive parts of the platform to Rails and its data to a new schema with zero downtime.
Technologies: Rails, Backbone, AMQP, Riak, MySQLWeb Developer
2008 - 2012Skroutz- Rewrote a gaming news website from PHP to Rails.
- Developed a simple bug-tracking tool (Bugja).
- Took responsibility of the back-office application.
- Developed a simple visual programming language for the moderators to automate part of their tasks.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Sass, MySQL, MongoDB, Memcached, Varnish, Sphinx, Elasticsearch
Konstantinos Karachalios
Software Developer in Berlin, Germany
Member since January 26, 2017
Konstantinos is a programmer, and he doesn't just work as one—he's been coding since he was 12 (on BASIC). He sort of accidentally went to a filmmaking university but dropped out to get back to programming. He's never stopped exploring different ways to code and for stuff to code since then. He's lived around Europe and worked on building many web services—most often with Ruby on Rails—which has allowed him to develop with great adaptability.
Konstantinos is now available for hire
Portfolio
- solarisBankRuby, RESTful API, Git, GoCD
- Tesco (via ThoughtWorks)Node.js, JavaScript, React, Redux, AWS, Jenkins
- SkyscannerRuby on Rails, Angular, PostgreSQL, Redis, Heroku, AWS
Experience
- Ruby, 7 years
- Ruby on Rails (RoR), 7 years
- Behavior-driven Development (BDD), 6 years
- Agile, 5 years
- Docker, 3 years
- Node.js, 1 year
- Rust, 1 year
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
macOS, Atom, Git
The most amazing...
...work I've done was to rewrite a part of a Perl monolith in Rails and deployed it with zero downtime regardless of the millions of requests it served each day.
Employment
Experience
- Racer Maker (Working Title) (Development)https://github.com/vrinek/racermaker
A video game where the player is teaching a bot to race. It is still in very early stages of development and has served as a test bed for experimenting with machine learning.
Skills
Languages
Ruby, Rust, JavaScriptFrameworks
Ruby on Rails (RoR), ReduxLibraries/APIs
Node.js, React, AMQP, REST APIsTools
Git, AWS ECR, AWS CloudFormation, AWS SESParadigms
Test-driven Development (TDD), Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Agile, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)Platforms
Docker, Blockchain, LinuxStorage
MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, AWS S3Other
Machine Learning, Code Reviews
Education
- Course Certificate in Machine Learning2015 - 2015Stanford University | Coursera - Online
- Statement of Accomplishment in Introduction to AI2011 - 2011Stanford University | Coursera - Onlnine
