Summary
Nicolai Stoianov is a Senior Software Engineer based in Krakow with 10 years of experience building backend systems across fintech, insurtech, and property management. He specializes in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Kafka and distributed systems, and pairs that backend expertise with practical front-end experience in React and Vue.js. Nicolai has hands-on experience splitting monoliths into domain-focused services, managing large-scale data migrations, and designing resilient APIs for digital insurance and open banking platforms. He has worked across startups and consulting environments, bringing production-grade practices like Sidekiq, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes and CI-driven workflows to bear. Currently self-employed after contributing to product and architecture at Smily/BookingSync and Getsafe, he combines deep implementation skills with a knack for integrating business operations into legacy codebases. A pragmatic engineer, he often focuses on making complex migrations and integrations feel seamless to both developers and product teams.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Universitatea Liberă Internațională din Moldova
English, Russian, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Polish