Milko Krastev
Lead Software Engineer at IBM
Sofia-City, Bulgaria
Summary
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Top SchoolMilko Krastev is a Lead Software Engineer with about 12–15 years of experience building high-performance, concurrent Java back-end systems for startups and large enterprises. He has deep domain expertise in enterprise messaging—contributing to Universal Messaging at Software AG and now at IBM—plus proven leadership delivering mission-critical platforms for clients like Deutsche Bank. Comfortable toggling between hands-on engineering, team leadership and product-facing responsibilities, he thrives in collaborative, creative environments where learning and impact matter. An organizer of Bulgaria PHP Conference 2019 and a shareholder-developer in a regulated pharmacy business, he brings both community engagement and real-world product compliance experience to technical decisions.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computational Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computational Science at Jacobs University BremenMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Software Engineering at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Github Skills (34)
mysql9
cordova9
postgresql9
javascript9
sqlite9
php9
database9
oracle9
orm8
sql-server8
ascii8
typeorm8
sap8
browser8
typescript8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mkosturkov/tanks
Jun 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:34 commits in 2 months
mkosturkov/naive-async-php-priciples
Dec 2020 - Apr 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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