Philip Yankov
Consultant at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski
Sofia-City, Bulgaria
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Yankov is a seasoned software engineer and consultant with a decade of experience delivering across startups, academia, and enterprise technology. Based in Sofia, Bulgaria, he currently consults for a stealth-mode startup and serves as Adjunct Professor at Sofia University, while founding and mentoring at x8academy. His leadership track spans CTO, product management, and principal engineering roles at Ablera, Toptal, Chobolabs, VMware, and SAP Labs, with earlier stints at Microsoft. He is pursuing a PhD as a candidate at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, reflecting a rare blend of research rigor with hands-on product delivery. In addition to building systems, he mentors teams and shapes engineering education, translating ambitious ideas into practical, scalable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Candidate, Ph.D. Candidate at Rijksuniversiteit GroningenBSc, BSc at Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiPMG "N.Obreshkov"
Github Skills (6)
hamcrest10
jsonp10
java89
java8
phonetics4
python2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HackBulgaria/Programming101-Java
Nov 2015 - Apr 2016
Course materials & problems for HackBulgaria's Programming 101 with Java. Starting November 2015.
Contributions:89 commits, 65 pushes, 1 comment in 4 months
novemberproblemshamcrestjava8jsonp
HackBulgaria/Core-Java-2
Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 3 months
bulgariajava-coresecondsecond-editionjava
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