Umar Bolatov
Frontend Developer
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolUmar Bolatov is a Frontend Developer with 12 years of experience blending pixel-perfect design sensibilities with practical engineering. Based in Burnaby, BC, he has shipped front-end and full-stack features for companies like realtor.com and IBM and contributed to notable open-source Bitcoin projects such as BTCPayServer and Zap Desktop. His work spans UI/UX improvements, accessibility and usability features, plus backend fixes for payment and Lightning Network integrations—demonstrating comfort across the stack. A Bitcoin enthusiast, he brings domain knowledge in crypto payments and Lightning tooling that informs pragmatic product decisions. Colleagues know him for turning subtle UI issues into smoother user journeys while also addressing validation and network error handling behind the scenes.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems at Simon Fraser University
English, Russian, Turkish
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Github Skills (25)
lightning10
javascript10
back-end-development10
bitcoin10
user-interface10
bitcoins10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
uid10
front-end-development10
react10
lightning-network9
css9
html9
payment-gateway8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
btcpayserver/btcpayserver
Jan 2019 - Dec 2022
Accept Bitcoin payments. Free, open-source & self-hosted, Bitcoin payment processor.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Front-end Developer
Back-end & Front-end DeveloperContributions:330 reviews, 272 commits, 207 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Umar made multiple contributions to the BTCPayServer repository, including fixing bugs, implementing new features, and improving user interface elements. They addressed issues related to payment request validation, ensuring proper input for price and discount, and updating invoice display. Their work involved modifying both front-end components like the POS application and back-end aspects of the payment request views.
point-of-salepaymentsselfhostedcrowdfundingbitcoin-payments
LN-Zap/zap-desktop
Dec 2018 - Jun 2020
Zap Wallet - Cross platform Lightning Network wallet focused on user experience and ease of use ⚡️
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:63 commits, 49 PRs, 349 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Umar primarily contributed to the user interface (UI) of the Zap Desktop wallet. Their work focused on improving the visual presentation and user experience, with commits addressing UI alignment issues, grammar, and component functionality. They implemented features such as autofocus for input fields, password visibility toggles, and contextual help components to enhance usability. Additionally, they made adjustments to the seed recovery process, demonstrating proficiency in React and related UI development tasks.
lightninglightning-network-walletuser-experiencewalletfocused
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