CV
I like computers, art, and bringing ideas to life — a full-stack web developer, experienced also in UX, design, project management and technical writing.
Personal Info
- name: Boris Marinov
- phone number: +359 883 420029
- e-mail - marinovboris@protonmail.com
- Github - abuseofnotation
Skills
Technical
- Deep knowledge of the web platform.
- Huge experience with front-end JavaScript development - coding single page applications with React, Angular and other frameworks, designing interfaces with HTML and CSS. Some experience with D3, Canvas API.
- Experience with back-end web development with express.js and Ruby on Rails. * Experience with SQL database development.
- Experience with writing unit and integration tests with Moca, Jest, Pupeteer and other frameworks.
- Excellend command of JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Some experience with Ruby, Java, Perl, PureScript.
- Ability to construct technical solutions that span across multiple technologies.
- Experience with designing user interfaces and user experience.
- Experience with handling server administration, deployments etc. Good Unix skills, some AWS experience.
- Experience with handling payments with Stripe.
- Experience with OAuth single-sign-on solutions.
Project management
- Experience in leading small to medium software projects - facilitating daily and other meetings performing code reviews, making architecture decisions, solving tech and people issues, distributing the work between the team members.
- Experience in mentoring junior developers and other team members - performing induction trainings, conducting one-on-one meetings and reviews.
- Good understanding of Scrum and Kanban project methodologies.
Product design
- Experience in working with business analysts - gaining domain knowledge, understanding requirements, solving user problems.
- Experience in creating software specifications designing solutions to customers’ problems.
Domain knowledge
- Experience with implementing ERP solutions.
- Experience with implementing finance and trading platforms.
- Experience with implementing accounting/bookkeeping software.
- Experience with implementing software for handling reservations and event registration.
Misc
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Experience with graphic design and illustration, designing icons, logos, fonts (Figma, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Inkscape, Glyphs)
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Experience with creating and maintaining software documentation, both developer-oriented (API docs, product overviews and tutorials) and user-oriented (integrated tips, video tutorials).
Open-source projects
- I design typefaces, experience with Fontlab and Glyps.
- I study CS and mathematics, I wrote an open-source book about maths and programming called Category Theory Illustrated
- I also maintain a technical blog where I write about programming, which is very popular, has been featured on HackerNews and other similar sites.
- I have done various other small projects, and contributed to some. Check my Github
Work Experience
Freelance
from Jul 2023 to: Present
I worked on various software development and design projects.
Lead JS Developer - Growyze
from: Apr 2022 to Jul 2023
I was involved at a very early-stage startup, where I did everything, from product design to software development.
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Front-end development with React.js and TypeScript.
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Designed new features, prepared wireframes with Figma
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Supervised and mentored junior developers
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Helped with the establishment of Scrum processes in the organization.
Fullstack Ruby on Rails Developer- Dext
from: February 2021 to: July 2021
Worked on a cutting-edge solution for accounting and bookkeeping with Ruby on Rails.
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Contributed to an internal UI framework based on React.
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Collaborated with a big team of product owners, UI designers, and business analysts.
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Full-stack development with Ruby on Rails with React front-end.
Fullstack JS Developer/Project manager - US Squash
from: January 2017 to: February 2021
I lead a small team of JS and SQL developers, working on the Club Locker - a web-based platform for everything related to squash.
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Reimagined and refactored the Club Locker platform turning it from a US Squash-centered platform to one which serves the needs of various organizations around the world.
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Facilitated a complete rewrite the platform’s front-end, using Angular and TypeScript, and following the principles of component-based design.
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Implemented Scrum in the team, improved the process of planning, task estimation, testing etc.
Senior JavaScript Developer - Royal Bank of Scotland (via epam).
from: November 2015 to: January 2017
Developed the front-end layer of a large currency-trading system, working closely with a team of product owners, designers, and business analysts, in improving every aspect of the product.
Lead front-end Developer - Interop (formerly Tick 42)
from: September 2013 to: November 2015
I worked on multiple projects and products created for the needs of the largest investment banks of the world, such as JP Morgan.
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Designed and implemented Tick42 Glue - a WebSocket-based RPC and connectivity library, which later became an integral part of the company’s core product.
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Designed and implemented Config Manager Workbench - A user interface for a MongoDB-based configuration storage service which generates UI-s for editing entries with arbitrary schema and supports several modes of data representation.
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Led several client projects for major European financial institutions and supervised the work of several junior JavaScript Developers.
Senior Technical Writer - Bosch (formerly Prosyst Labs)
from: November 2011 to: September 2013
Worked on a developer-facing documentation portal for Bosch’s solutions for the Internet of Things.
- Documented API-s of Bosch software development libraries.
- Wrote tutorials and code examples
- Developed a web-based information portal.
Education
I have a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations in the Sofia University.