Brian Vella
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at Fyorin
Malta
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Vella is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder currently serving as CTO at Fyorin, bringing over 20 years of software engineering and architecture experience with deep specialization in payments. He progressed from hands-on development roles to Chief Architect at Ixaris, where he led solution and technical architecture for mission-critical payment platforms. Brian balances pragmatic problem-solving with creative designs, translating complex payments requirements into scalable, maintainable systems. He also consults and lectures part-time, demonstrating a commitment to mentoring and knowledge sharing across startups and larger organisations. Based in Malta, he combines entrepreneurial drive with a strong academic foundation (B.Sc. IT Hons) and a track record of shipping production-grade systems under regulatory and operational constraints. An understated strength is his ability to bridge business needs and engineering trade-offs, often simplifying complexity into practical, auditable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. IT (Hons) Computer Science, B.Sc. IT (Hons) Computer Science at University of Malta
Github Skills (117)
coverage10
declarative10
serverless10
microservices10
jsx10
javascript10
micronaut10
api10
groovy10
typescript10
jeromq10
java10
dom10
preact10
kotlin10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ixaris/ixaris-oss
Feb 2018 - Apr 2021
Ixaris open source common libraries
Contributions:7 releases, 1 PR, 117 pushes in 3 years 2 months
java
bvella/jacoco
Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
:microscope: JaCoCo - Java Code Coverage Library
Contributions:4 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
microscopejacocojava-agentjava11coverage
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