Summary
Fotios Tzellos is a Senior Software Engineer with 11+ years building large-scale, event-driven distributed systems and globally scaled, high-performance services across adtech and media. He has led re-architecture efforts and tech migrations—designing Golang-based services that handle millions of QPS, adopting Kubernetes for minute-scale CI/CD, and orchestrating multi-POP deployments while managing stakeholder expectations. His stack spans C++, Python, JavaScript/Node, Java, NoSQL/graph/relational databases, AWS, Terraform and Kubernetes, and he has deep experience in API design, auth/identity systems and edge authorization. Earlier roles at the BBC and Digital Vision underscore a solid background in high-throughput media delivery and performance-driven C++ engineering. Based in Denver, he combines hands-on implementation with cross-functional design thinking and a knack for turning legacy architectures into resilient, testable platforms.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science, Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science at 2003 - 2007 University College London
Greek