Traiko Dinev
Senior Software Engineer (Curriculum - Python ML GenAI) at Skiller Whale
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTraiko Dinev is a senior software engineer and PhD researcher in robotics based in Edinburgh, with 11 years of experience building ML-driven systems and curriculum for Python, ML, and GenAI. He blends academic depth in reinforcement learning and control with hands-on product experience—from teaching and curriculum design at the University of Edinburgh to shipping production code at Skiller Whale and prior roles spanning front-end, back-end, and systems administration. His work uniquely bridges applied research and developer-facing education, making complex robotics and RL concepts accessible to learners and practitioners. Comfortable across the stack, Traiko brings a practical focus on learning-for-control problems with a track record of mentoring students and contributing to interdisciplinary robotics initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at The University of EdinburghSofia High School of Mathematics
English, Bulgarian, German
Stackoverflow
96reputation
7kreached
4answers
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Github Skills (76)
extensible10
ros10
optimization10
robotics10
astar10
autonomous-robots10
dynamics10
trajectory-optimization10
motion-planning10
ddp8
php-extension8
typescript8
vscode8
vscode-extension8
visual-studio7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
traikodinev/website
Sep 2016 - Mar 2021
Website repository.
Contributions:2 PRs, 61 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
traikodinev/topic_summaries
Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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