Valentin Cholakov
AI R&D Lead at myPOS
Bulgaria
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Top SchoolValentin Cholakov is an experienced software engineer and security-focused technology leader with a decade of hands-on experience building and protecting payment and fintech systems from Bulgaria. He has progressed through engineering and leadership roles at myPOS—from lead iOS developer and R&D manager to Deputy CTO, CISO, Head of Security Operations, and now AI R&D Lead—demonstrating rare full-stack product and security ownership. Valentin blends mobile and backend engineering roots with strategic security stewardship, bringing practical incident-response and governance experience to AI research and productization. Known for driving cross-functional teams to production-grade, compliant systems, he excels at turning security requirements into developer-friendly, auditable solutions. A pragmatic innovator, he’s equally comfortable shipping iOS features as he is architecting defenses and exploring AI-driven capabilities for payments.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar"
English, Bulgarian
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Github Skills (15)
implant8
adversarial-attacks7
symfony6
emulation5
dns5
messaging5
golang5
ios4
http4
messenger4
viewcontroller4
jsqmessagesviewcontroller1
sql1
mssql1
database1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
developermypos/mypos-js
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
valy0/Python
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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