Ivan Penchev is a seasoned full-stack software engineer and founder with 14 years of experience building scalable web services and cloud infrastructure, primarily from a remote-first perspective. He has led HelpCenter.io as founder and served as DevOps engineer at Wicked Reports, bringing hands-on expertise in PHP/Laravel, Node.js, Python, SQL, and AWS. At Imagga he helped scale image-recognition REST APIs to process thousands of images per second and shaped CI/CD practices with Jenkins and cloud automation. Comfortable wearing both developer and operations hats, he repeatedly turns prototypes into production-ready, maintainable systems for startups and clients. A fast learner who values continual skill sharpening, he also has a background in technical blogging and community-building that informs his pragmatic product focus. Based in Bulgaria, he blends entrepreneurial drive with deep practical experience in scalable API design and cloud operations.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
PMG "Akademik Nikola Obreshkov"
Dropout Computer Science, Dropout Computer Science at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
CUbRIK Summer School
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA Finance General, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA Finance General at Burgas Free University
A multi-engine ORM / ODM for the PHP Fat-Free Framework
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