Martin Taleski

Skopje, Macedonia

Member since March 20, 2014

Martin has ten years of experience as a software engineer and system administrator. He specializes in data integration and system automation. He is also a solid back-end web developer. Since 2015, he has been leading and managing a small team of talented freelancers.

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Portfolio

Eyetea Solutions
Python, SQL, JavaScript, Django, AngularJS, Linux, Human Resources...
Freelance
Python, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ScraPy, Django, AngularJS
Annalect
Python, Redshift, Django

Experience

Data Integration, 10 years
Data Analysis, 10 years
SQL, 10 years
JavaScript, 10 years
Linux, 10 years
Python, 7 years
Project Management, 2 years
RedShift, 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Linux, Sublime, Vim

The most amazing...

...thing I've created is a YouTube caching system for caching popular videos based on a Squid proxy server.

Employment

Lead Developer, Founder
2015 - PRESENT
Eyetea Solutions
- Hired, trained, and provided continuous support to a growing team of developers.
- Designed and oversaw the development of a language learning platform.
- Designed and oversaw the development of applications for newspaper scraping and online radio.
- Supported the development of an online movie database, similar to IMDB.
Technologies: Python, SQL, JavaScript, Django, AngularJS, Linux, Human Resources, Project Management
Software Developer, System Administrator
2011 - PRESENT
Freelance
- Created a fuzzy matching system for matching scraped products from different e-stores.
- Developed an OCR web service for scraping prices of e-stores and displaying them as images.
- Wrote a dozen web crawlers for monitoring product prices in e-stores.
- Worked as a data analyst for a large real estate database. Created reports and scoring systems for the real estate market in New York.
- Wrote a script for automatic video uploading to YouTube as part of a large campaign including around 60k short videos.
- Created a web application for sending out alert messages via SMS, voice, or email.
Technologies: Python, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ScraPy, Django, AngularJS
Data Engineer
2014 - 2016
Annalect
- Wrote ETL processes for data ingestion.
- Built a data warehouse for Nielsen ratings.
- Built small-scale web admin consoles.
Technologies: Python, Redshift, Django
Software Engineer, System Administrator
2012 - 2014
Nexuspoint
- Created a website solution targeted at UK auto traders. Built the site with ExpressionEngine. Included custom-built Python scripts synchronizing with the customer's internal system along with various APIs.
- Administered the company's Linux web servers.
- Created a car parts database out of scraped data.
- Created a WiFi hotspot with a captive portal based on Coova firmware for Linksys WRT54GL.
- Developed various small scale websites in PHP, ExpressionEngine, and Yii.
Technologies: PHP, Python, MySQL, ExpressionEngine, Yii, Linux, Varnish, Nginx
Software Engineer, System Administrator
2008 - 2012
Neotel
- Created a data integration system by writing a collection of ETL scripts integrating data from all internal systems (Billing, AAA, VoIP, and Web Servers).
- Built a provisioning system for automated configuration of customer equipment.
- Developed a YouTube caching system based on a Squid proxy server adapted with Python plugins for caching popular videos.
- Programmed a number portability application required by the state regulator. Synchronized the porting of phone numbers into different operators. Developed in PHP and MySQL and used SOAP web services.
- Implemented Virtualmin as a hosting panel solution for web hosting clients.
Technologies: PHP, MySQL, Bash, Linux, Python

Experience

Data Warehouse for Nielsen Ratings (Development)
A data warehouse for Nielsen Rating data. It includes both the ETL process for ingesting the data into a Redshift database and a variety of custom reporting modules.
Mass Comunication Alert System (Development)
https://alertcascade.co.uk/
A system that sends out automated voice calls, SMS, and email messages to users en masse. Designed as a automated implementation of the traditional call tree.
YouTube Caching System (Development)
A Squid proxy server adapted with Python plugins for caching YouTube videos. We implemented this at Neotel in 2010 in response to a dramatic increase in YouTube traffic, to the point where our customers were unable to normally watch a video. It was an exciting project because we did reverse engineering on YouTube. After two months of work, we had a solution that saved 35% of the bandwidth we bought from our upstream providers.

The solution ended up being a temporary one, as eventually we were approved by Google to host their CDN servers, but it was interesting to see that Google's CDN system worked very similarly to what we had designed.
Brutus Chrome Extension (Development)
a Chrome browser extension that analyzes the HTML content that the user is viewing and shows relevant actions and ads. Uses NLP processing modules in Python
Automotive Web Solutions (Development)
http://www.nexuspoint.co.uk/services/automotive
At Nexuspoint, we created a web solution based in ExpressionEngine that was targeted at used car dealers in the UK. I integrated the website with the car dealer's internal systems and pulled data from various third-party APIs in order to make it easier for customers to choose their next car.

Skills

Languages
Python, SQL, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, AWK, CSS, Bash, Perl
Frameworks
Django, Django REST Framework, AngularJS, Scrapy, Bootstrap, Flask, Laravel
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, REST API, Twilio API, React, Twitter API
Paradigms
ETL, REST, Agile, Model View Controller (MVC), Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
Storage
Data Integration, MySQL, RedShift, PostgreSQL
Other
Data Analysis, HTTP, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Software Architecture, DNS, Squid Proxy Server, SOAP, Project Management, Chrome Extensions, Human Resources (HR)
Tools
Git, Nginx, Varnish, Gimp
Platforms
Apache Server, Linux, Expression Engine

Education

Master's degree in Bussiness Infomatics
2012 - 2013
University of Ljubljana - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
2004 - 2008
American College of Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki, Greece
Certified Technician in RedHat Linux
2007 - 2007
RedHat, Inc. - INET Skopje, Macedonia
Cisco Certified Network Technician in Computer Networks
2005 - 2006
Cisco Networking Academy - Thessaloniki, Greece