Viktor Karakashev
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Burgas, Bulgaria
Toptal member since November 27, 2016
Viktor has over 15 years of experience as a software architect and developer. During this time, he has gathered solid fundamental knowledge about some of the most popular software ecosystems including Java, .NET, JavaScript, and PHP.
Portfolio
Experience
- Object-oriented Programming (OOP) - 15 years
- C# - 12 years
- Java - 10 years
- JavaScript - 10 years
- Unity3D - 4 years
- Xamarin - 3 years
- Functional Programming - 3 years
- AngularJS - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, Visual Studio, Windows
The most amazing...
...achievement as a competitive programmer is a bot for a CodinGame competition; ranked as the best F# entry.
Work Experience
Full-Stack Developer (MEAN)
MPB IP Company (via Toptal)
- Converted office document files to PDFs.
- Implemented push notifications (server to client) with Socket.io.
- Developed real-time detection and notification for expired entities of the system.
- Developed various custom UI components.
- Fixed internationalization issues in the UI.
Software Development Consultant
Technologica (Bulgaria)
- Designed and developed a mobile application for marine traffic control with JavaScript and PhoneGap.
- Developed e-government software with .NET and C#.
- Designed and developed military training software with Java.
- Designed and developed e-signing utility with Java.
- Designed and developed a custom black box testing environment with Java.
CTO
Alfa Telecom (Albania)
- Managed the networking and IT departments of the LAN provider.
- Integrated the day-to-day activities with JIRA.
- Designed and installed the company data center with server virtualization.
- Implemented some basic network monitoring.
- Developed the internal company portal (documentation exchange, collaboration, and knowledge base) with Drupal CMS.
Software Developer
Moneybookers/Skrill
- Developed the user front-end of the payment system with Java and HTML.
- Built the back office front-end of the payment system with Java and HTML.
- Developed the back-end with Java and Perl.
- Created server administration tools with Perl.
- Developed DB layer functions with PL/SQL.
Software Developer
Fredhopper/SDL (the Netherlands)
- Developed a search engine for e-shops.
- Optimized several functionalities of the search engine.
- Developed a .NET interface for the search engine.
- Integrated information exchange with SOAP.
- Developed verification test cases.
Software Developer
Telbi Engineering Ltd (Bulgaria)
- Developed an IPTV system for hotels.
- Designed the general UI of the system: client and administration parts.
- Developed the front-end with ASP and HTML.
- Developed the back-end with .NET and Microsoft SQL.
- Programmed some basic parts of the middleware for the set-top boxes.
Experience
Happy Land Defender
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Informatics
Technische Universität Ilmenau - Ilmenau, Germany
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Node.js
Tools
Subversion (SVN), Eclipse IDE, Git, Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio, Jira
Languages
Java, C#, JavaScript, F#, Perl
Frameworks
Unity3D, .NET, AngularJS, ASP.NET
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Functional Programming
Platforms
Windows, Web, Xamarin, Android, NetBeans, Drupal, iOS
Storage
Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle PL/SQL, MongoDB
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