Summary
Vasil Todorov is a Senior Software Engineer based in Sofia with 12 years of experience building scalable, data-driven systems. He spent seven years at Hopper focusing on Scala, microservices, big data, and distributed hotel system architecture, and recently joined Payhawk to continue delivering production-grade backend solutions. His career spans enterprise and startup environments, including roles at ScaleFocus, IBM, VMware, and early .NET banking systems, giving him a practical mix of Java, Scala and systems engineering experience. Vasil pairs deep backend expertise with an ability to optimize performance in high-throughput services and to translate data insights into product improvements. He also mentors junior engineers and has an academic background in computer science from Sofia University, with a longstanding personal interest in reading evidenced by an active Goodreads profile. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who balances engineering rigor with a curiosity for elegant, maintainable designs.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Informatics, Informatics at Math High School - Varna, Bulgaria
Beachelor Computer Science, Beachelor Computer Science at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
English