Nedyalko Dyakov
Senior Software Engineer at Redis
Bulgaria
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Top SchoolNedyalko Dyakov is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building reliable, high-performance backend systems, currently contributing to the widely used go-redis client at Redis. He specializes in Golang, distributed systems, and scaling infrastructure—having managed thousands of VMs, implemented NATS-based messaging at Rhyme.com, and optimized REST APIs for low-latency experiences. A pragmatic craftsman by philosophy, he pairs meticulous testing and observability with a relentless drive to learn from and assist other skilled engineers. His open-source contributions include meaningful fixes and feature work to keep go-redis compatible with evolving Redis versions, reflecting a commitment to production-grade interoperability. Based in Bulgaria, he also has teaching experience as a Golang assistant lecturer, underscoring his ability to both craft and communicate complex technical solutions.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
High School of Mathematics "Academician Kiril Popov"MOOC platform., MOOC platform. at CourseraBachelor's degree, Information Systems, Bachelor's degree, Information Systems at Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiTelerik Academy
Bulgarian, English
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Github Skills (9)
golang10
go10
redis-client10
redis10
testing10
cicd9
redis-cluster9
merge6
php6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
redis/go-redis
Jan 2025 - Jul 2026
Redis Go client
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 310 reviews, 247 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Nedyalko contributed significantly to the `go-redis` client, primarily focusing on enhancing the client's functionality and compatibility with Redis. Their work involved adding features like parsing new keys for client info, enabling testing with Redis CE 8.0-M4 in CI, and fixing several bugs related to Redis commands such as `FT.AGGREGATE`. The user also improved the test suite, adding and modifying tests to ensure the client works correctly with different Redis versions.
goredisgolangredis-clientredis-cluster
ndyakov/dotfiles
Nov 2018 - Oct 2025
Contributions:34 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years
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