Summary
Ivo Vachkov is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building networking, embedded and cloud systems from the kernel to the application layer. Based in Sofia, he has led and shaped development and DevOps practices for startups and enterprise projects, architecting secure, high-availability solutions including firmware for OpenWRT-based mesh networks, proprietary protocol implementations, IPTV integrations, and PCI-compliant infrastructures. He blends low-level FreeBSD/OpenWRT kernel and networking expertise with cloud-native operations (deep AWS experience) and a track record of establishing CI/CD, operational processes and coding standards across teams. As a lecturer in network security and secure coding, he pairs practical engineering with formal teaching, and his background in law and IT project management gives him a rare cross-disciplinary perspective on security, compliance and project delivery.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master Program in IT Project Management, IT Project Management, Master Program in IT Project Management, IT Project Management at New Bulgarian University
MA, Law, MA, Law at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
English, Bulgarian, Russian, c, c++, shell scripting, python