Preslav Rachev
Lead Software Engineer at Murmel
Bansko, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
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Top SchoolPreslav Rachev is a lead software engineer with 11 years of experience building data-intensive, scalable backend systems and guiding full application lifecycles from design to deployment. He specializes in Java/JEE stacks (Spring, Play, Hibernate, Guice) and search technologies (Lucene/Solr), and has a strong track record of bringing emerging tech into content indexing and publishing platforms. As a founder and technical co-founder he blends product-minded engineering with consultancy, shipping reliable systems for clients and running Murmel, a curated Twitter-to-email product. He also teaches Go and authored a book on generative art in Go, reflecting both deep technical craft and a creative streak. Based in Bulgaria, Preslav pairs R&D collaboration with industry and academia to keep solutions innovative and maintainable. Colleagues rely on him for mentoring, architecture, and pragmatic choices that scale.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Computer Science, Exchange Computer Science at Otto-von-Guericke University MagdeburgMaster of Science (MSc) Digital Media, Master of Science (MSc) Digital Media at University of BremenMaster of Science (MSc) Digital Media, Master of Science (MSc) Digital Media at Bremerhaven University of Applied SciencesBachelor Business Administration Computer Science, Bachelor Business Administration Computer Science at American University in Bulgaria
Bulgarian, English, German
Stackoverflow
3,993reputation
230kreached
13answers
160questions
Github Skills (200)
web-application10
google-analytics10
echo10
plausible-analytics10
vim10
fuzzy-finder10
command-line-tool10
couchdb10
middleware10
unix10
micro-framework10
ghost10
nodejs10
svelte10
mongodb10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
preslavrachev/devnotes
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:77 commits, 120 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
preslavrachev/hugoblog.github.io
Apr 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:251 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
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