Elena Keranova
Director Of Engineering at Payhawk — Spend and Scale. Globally.
Bulgaria
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Top SchoolElena Keranova is a Director of Engineering with 11 years of experience building and leading cross-functional software teams, currently accountable for architecture, reliability, and delivery at Payhawk. She blends deep hands-on expertise in .NET/C# and full-stack web technologies (Angular, TypeScript, Node.js) with strong product collaboration and Agile leadership, frequently acting as the bridge between PMs and engineering. Elena has a track record of reducing technical debt and improving team efficiency while mentoring engineers and driving compensation and promotion decisions. Her background includes shaping reporting and internal services at Progress and leading teams at OfficeRnD, bringing both product-minded and operational perspectives. Trained in Business Informatics (MSc), she combines technical rigor with business context—an advantage when translating complex requirements into pragmatic, scalable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Primary school, Primary school at Russian School 133 A.S.PushkinComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Telerik Software AcademyMaster's degree Business Informatics, Master's degree Business Informatics at University of National and World EconomySecondary School and High School Mathematics and Computer Science, Secondary School and High School Mathematics and Computer Science at Sofia High School of Mathematics
English, Bulgarian, RussianGithub contributions (5)
epitsin/Foodsy
Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:82 commits in 15 days
NodeJS-Team-Anemoi/TeamworkProject
Oct 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:36 commits in 6 days
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