Valentin Politov
Founder, CEO at Zero-day
Chișinău, Moldova
Summary
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Top SchoolValentin Politov is a TypeScript-focused full-stack engineer and founder with eight years of experience building scalable web applications using Next.js and NestJS. As CEO of Zero-day and co-founder of WHO MADE WHO, he blends hands-on development with product leadership, emphasizing clean architecture and data consistency. He has led frontend teams, implemented performant backends with PostgreSQL and Prisma, and integrated AI features like OpenAI and vector search for advanced retrieval. An active contributor to open-source React tooling, he improved type safety and migrated a popular UI component to TypeScript, underscoring his attention to developer experience. Based in Chișinău, Moldova, he combines startup grit with formal training in IT and banking, bringing a pragmatic, efficiency-driven approach to complex engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Universitatea Liberă Internațională din MoldovaMaster's degree Banking and Financial Support Services, Master's degree Banking and Financial Support Services at Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation
English, Russian, Romanian
Github Skills (6)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
typography9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
shuding/react-wrap-balancer
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Simple React Component That Makes Titles More Readable
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 2 comments in 13 days
Contributions summary:Valentin primarily focused on enhancing the React-based component library. Their contributions included improving type definitions using TypeScript, refactoring the component's internal logic with human-readable variable names, and renaming the wrapper element. They also updated the component's structure and integrated it into the project's website by migrating the website to TypeScript.
react-componentreacttypographywrapping
valentinpolitov/next.js
Dec 2022 - Oct 2025
The React Framework
Contributions:18 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 9 months
react-framework
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