Stefan Kanev is a seasoned software leader with 17 years of experience, currently serving as Chief Technology Officer at Dext and based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He combines hands-on web development expertise in Ruby, Java, and Python with a strong practice in Test-Driven Development to deliver reliable, maintainable systems. His career blends startup agility and product-focused engineering from roles as CTO and developer across European technology companies. Stefan is comfortable moving between hands-on coding and strategic technical leadership, shaping architecture while mentoring teams. A pragmatic engineer with a developer's curiosity—summed up by his Github motto "Codito ergo sum"—he values craftsmanship and measurable quality in shipping software.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Informatics, Informatics at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
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