Michael Valasanyan

Yerevan, Armenia

Member since July 7, 2015

Michael loves designing complex solutions that require a creative and analytical approach combined with the adoption of new technologies and methodologies. He enjoys traveling and working in a culturally diverse and global environment, communicating with international teams and creating real value for customers.

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Portfolio

CortexMCP
Android, iOS, Java, PHP, CodeIgniter, C++, CppCMS, Cassandra, Elasticsearch...
RiderLevel (via Toptal)
Codeigniter, AngularJS, Java, MySQL
Tidy App (via Toptal)
iOS, Android, PHP

Experience

C++, 11 years
Objective-C, 7 years
PHP, 6 years
JavaScript, 5 years
Java, 3 years
AngularJS, 2 years
MongoDB, 2 years
Swift, 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Win, Mac, Linux, MVS, Xcode, IntelliJ, SVN, Git

The most amazing...

...thing I've implemented is the AI behind the games that we were working on.

Employment

Software Developer and Team Lead
CortexMCP
2013 - PRESENT
- Implemented a REST API for a mobile payment system in C++ using CppCMS.
- Developed an iOS demo client and corresponding FE library using Swift and Objective-C.
- Utilized a Java-based FE library for Android.
- Contributed to the implementation of a demo POS and mobile wallet application for Android.
- Collaborated on a PHP-based layer implementation on BE for admin interface and reporting system.
Technologies: Android, iOS, Java, PHP, CodeIgniter, C++, CppCMS, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, MySQL
CodeIgniter Developer
RiderLevel (via Toptal)
2016 - 2017
- Created a PHP based multi-process task running mechanism with corresponding synchronization capabilities to be able to run huge amount background tasks.
- Migrated ra eally complicated RL calculation algorithm from Java to PHP.
- Added different chart based reporting capabilities.
- Implemented Authorize.Net based payment support.
- Integrated effectively with Strava with their API.
Technologies: Codeigniter, AngularJS, Java, MySQL
iOS + Android + BE Developer
Tidy App (via Toptal)
2016 - 2017
- Collaborated extensively with the Indian outsourced team.
- Implemented Drupal-based back-end features.
- Integrated a payment gateway working locally in Dubai.
Technologies: iOS, Android, PHP
Software Developer and Technical Lead
Crossroad.com, LLC
2010 - 2013
- Developed process organization.
- Communicated with product management and marketing teams.
- Automated CM processes.
- Researched and implemented an advanced rating engine.
- Managed and synchronized a database between Elasticsearch and MySQL servers.
Technologies: Flex, PHP, CodeIgniter, Elasticsearch, MySQL
Software Development Consultant
Questrade, Inc.
2011 - 2011
- Defined architecture for a mobile client.
- Implemented a core networking module in Objective-C.
- Integrated and implemented PhoneGap.
- Ported a C++ library to use with the native iOS portion of the app.
- Contributed to the implementation of the Android version.
Technologies: iOS, Android, PhoneGap, C++
Software Developer & Technical Lead
IconApps, LLC
2008 - 2010
- Implemented a customized UI for iOS.
- Implemented a REST API for Java-based BE communication.
- Added a complex push notification-based engine for different calendar events.
- Utilized a Java-based engine for importing events from different calendars and notifying the user.
- Implemented a complex ad serving engine for in-house and third-party ads.
Technologies: ObjectiveC, Java, Jersey, Spring Framework, FlyDb, Hibernet
Senior Software Developer
Mentor Graphics
2008 - 2008
- Supported command language for CAA Engine integration with Calibre.
- Implemented a Tk-based UI for different parts of Calibre.
- Passed Calibre training.
- Supervised junior engineers.
- Worked in a distributed and international team.
Technologies: C++, TCL, TK
Software Engineer
Ponte Solutions CJSC
2004 - 2008
- Architected TCL-based command language.
- Defined and implemented software.
- Implemented and supported FlexLM-based licensing.
- Provided object model support for a TCL-based command language.
- Implemented the middle layer for DB - GUI communication.
- Contributed to the development of a distributed engine for cluster-based testing.
Technologies: C++, TCL, TK, STL, Boost

Experience

DotOX (Development)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dotox-challenge-your-brain/id945406184?mt=8
Helped on implementing the UI and implemented the bot AI based on a modified Nim algorithm.
VarWar (Development)
Architected this site. It's a C++ based high performance BE implementation with universal in-memory chat engine implementation.
Standard Cell Generator (Development)
Implemented a routing algorithm based on a given net-list information. Helped in the implementation of placing algorithm.
RiderLevel (Development)
Implemented FE and BE from the scratch. BE was implemented based on Codeigniter web framework. FE was AngularJS based. There was a huge algorithmic component in Java which was translated to PHP.

Skills

Languages
Objective-C, C++, C, Tcl, Swift, PHP, Java, SQL, JavaScript, C Shell, Python, ActionScript, Lua, C#, XML, UML, Bash
Frameworks
AngularJS, CodeIgniter, Cocoa Touch, Boost C++, iOS SDK, Spring, Corona SDK, Hibernate, Jersey, Hadoop, Flex, Bootstrap, JSON Framework for Objective-C, iOS Frameworks
Libraries/APIs
Standard Template Library (STL), JSON REST API, Log4cpp, Tk, CocoaPods, jQuery, jQuery UI, Node.js
Tools
Xcode, Microsoft Visual Studio, CVS, SVN, Git, GitHub, Apache, GCC, GDB, Eclipse, PHPEdit, Valgrind, Gcov, CppCMS, IntelliJ, Shell, Cron
Paradigms
REST, MapReduce
Storage
MySQL, Cassandra, SQL Server, HBase, Titan Graph, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, JSON
Platforms
Windows 7, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, Ubuntu, Pig, Windows 8, Ubuntu Linux, Android, Java EE
Misc
Crontab, Elasticsearch, Multithreading, Clustering, HTTP, HTTPS, AJAX

Education

Partially completed PhD degree in Random sequence generation
Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems - Yerevan, Armenia
2004 - 2007
Master's degree in Computer Science
Yerevan State University, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics - Yerevan, Armenia
2002 - 2004
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Yerevan State University, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics - Yerevan, Armenia
1998 - 2002

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