Experience & History

A 25-year software engineering career running in parallel with 14 years on financial markets. Two disciplines, one lens.

25+

Years Software Engineering

14+

Years Trading & Investing

2

Active Ventures Founded

4

Asset Classes Traded

Software / Engineering (5 entries)Trading & Investing (1 entries)Education (1 entries)

Founder & Software Architect

Webwify ↗

Founded and lead a software and web development studio delivering SaaS platforms, bespoke web applications, and API architecture to clients internationally.

  • Architecting and delivering full-stack web platforms (Next.js, Rust, Node.js)
  • Overseeing client strategy, architecture decisions, and technical delivery
  • Building and managing distributed engineering teams
  • Cloudflare Workers, PostgreSQL, Redis — production infrastructure design

Founder & Lead Engineer

NativeCharts

Architecting and building an ultra-low latency trading platform entirely in Rust. Full-stack owner — from the matching engine to the WASM charting renderer.

  • Sub-5ms order execution using io_uring and lock-free data structures
  • FIX Protocol integration and market data feed handling
  • Native WASM charting renderer built with Dioxus
  • Aeron-rs for reliable UDP messaging between engine components

Independent Trader & Investor

Self-managed

14 years of active trading across multiple asset classes. Developed and refined systematic strategies through live capital deployment across multiple market cycles.

  • Equities — Technology focus: FAANG, semiconductors, software (long & short)
  • Index Futures: SPX, NDX, DAX — directional and spread strategies
  • Government Bonds: UST, German Bunds — rates and macro positioning
  • Forex: USD, EUR, GBP majors — systematic trend-following systems

Senior Software Architect

Freelance / Consultancy

Architected and delivered complex software systems across fintech, e-commerce, and media verticals. Led cross-functional engineering teams of 5–15 engineers.

  • Distributed backend systems: event-driven architecture, REST/gRPC APIs
  • Database design and optimisation — PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Redis
  • Technical leadership: architecture reviews, code quality standards, mentoring
  • Fintech: payment systems, reconciliation engines, regulatory reporting

Lead Software Engineer

Enterprise Software (NDA)

Led development of enterprise-grade backend systems and data pipelines. Introduced scalable architecture patterns that delivered measurable performance improvements.

  • 60% latency reduction through query optimisation and caching layer redesign
  • 3× throughput improvement via async processing pipeline migration
  • Led team of 8 engineers in complete platform re-architecture
  • Java/C++ backend systems, Oracle/PostgreSQL, Windows/Linux dual environments

Software Engineer

Various Organisations

Full-stack software engineering across enterprise and web domains. Built everything from database schemas to user-facing applications, developing the foundations of a comprehensive systems engineering approach.

  • Enterprise application development across multiple technology stacks
  • Database design, reporting systems, and ETL pipelines
  • Early web development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, ASP
  • Foundation years — the discipline and craft that drives everything since

Computer Science & Engineering

University of Sofia (Bulgaria)

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with focus on algorithms, data structures, operating systems, and software engineering principles.

  • Core CS: algorithms, data structures, complexity theory
  • Systems: operating systems, networks, compilers
  • Mathematics: linear algebra, statistics, discrete mathematics
  • Early programming: C, Pascal, Assembly — low-level foundations

Interested in Working Together?

Open for consultancy, advisory roles, and select engineering partnerships.