Hello, I am

Vladimir Valkov.

A full-stack web developer and software engineer.

A tech enthusiast passionate about delivering robust, impactful software

With over 9 years industry experience and vast academic knowledge in web development and computer science I balance between best practices and business constraints.

My passion for the web started in 2012 studying both design and development disciplines, followed by an MSc in computer science. In my career I transitioned from a designer to building front-end interfaces. Followed by a focus on back-end development and found my true passion - software engineering!

Today I specialize in web application development. Working across all stages of the software development process, my primary goal is to deliver reliable, maintainable, and scalable solutions allowing businesses to unlock the full potential of technology.

Providing expertise in every stage of the software development life cycle

I thrive in a fast-paced environment solving software development challenges - from product definition and technical design to build and delivery in the cloud.

📝 Define

Work with product owners to establish the feasibility of the software product idea. Define, refine, and prioritize software requirements based on their business goals and budget.

🎨 Design

Technical design based on software requirements from overall system architecture, database schema and web service integrations to definition of a development stack.

🚧 Develop

Develop software with performance, security and maintainability in mind. Following best practices in software engineering like design patterns and automated testing.

🚀 Deliver

Deliver softwate at scale by provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure including web servers, DNS, and data storage. Integrate software monitoring tools and perform upgrades.

Crafting high-quality software products for the modern web

Projects that I have successfully delivered include platforms, content management systems, ecommerce, web service integrations.

Denny's

Improving the order and recipt processes for a takeaway business in Wrangle, Boston.

Alight

Builing a strong online identity for a professional in the creative industries.

Peer Review System

Transforming the peer review process of university grant applications through automation.

Continiously learning through experimentation

This is where I experiment with different technologies, improve my knowledge and skills, and share my learning with the world!

Search Engine

A proof-of-concept search engine written in Python. It crawls websites, creates an inverted index out of the text content found and allow users to search the crawled pages like a real search engine!

  • Python
  • Docker
  • JSON

Noise Inc

This project I first built during my second year at university. Recently, applying my current knowledge of software engineering best practices I've refactored project to improve maintainability.

  • Ruby
  • Apache
  • Docker
  • XML
  • HTML5
  • CSS3

Ooh... and forgot to mention

I am always excited to connect with new people about web development and software engineering!

Get in touch!