Viktor Kirilov
Technical Lead & Engineering Manager at Enhancv
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
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Top SchoolViktor Kirilov is a Technical Lead and Engineering Manager with 11 years of experience who helped grow Enhancv from a first hire into a $3M ARR product used by 2.5M people. He blends hands-on engineering—architecting serverless, CI/CD and microservices for AI, PDF rendering and resume analysis—with people leadership, having run end-to-end hiring and developer growth programs. Viktor is an active open-source contributor, improving Ethereum Nimbus validator tooling and modern C++ test suites, and his Raspberry Pi home automation project once trended on GitHub and HackerNews with 3.3k stars. A national programming Olympiad winner and recipient of Bulgaria’s John Atanasov diploma, he pairs competitive problem-solving roots with product-focused execution. Based in Sofia, he’s equally comfortable shipping low-latency backend features and coaching teams to build reliable, scalable systems.
11 years of coding experience
PMG "Sv. Kliment Ohridski" MontanaBachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Bulgarian, English
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Github Skills (24)
nim-lang10
beacon10
maintenance10
c-language10
apidoc10
chain10
api10
ethereum10
doctest10
test-suite10
cprogramming-language10
json-serialization10
back-end-development9
cmake9
staking8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
status-im/nimbus-eth2
Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
Nim implementation of the Ethereum Beacon Chain
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 42 commits, 40 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Viktor contributed to the Nimbus Ethereum 2.0 client by fixing bugs related to logging and JSON serialization of data structures. They implemented changes to the network layer by adding attestation bitfields to bootstrap ENRs, and also refactored code related to the VC/BN split for better key management and remote validator setup. The user also focused on the validator API, implementing several endpoints and contributing to the ongoing development of the validator client, demonstrating a strong understanding of the project's core functionality.
nimbusnimbus-eth2nimserenityethereum
nlohmann/json
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
JSON for Modern C++
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 16 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Viktor's contributions primarily involve updating the testing framework from Catch to doctest. This includes modifying test files and adapting the testing infrastructure to the new framework. The changes focus on ensuring compatibility and proper functionality with doctest, as demonstrated by refactoring existing tests. Additionally, the user addresses build issues and warning messages within the testing environment, highlighting a focus on maintaining the integrity and stability of the test suite.
clangc-plus-plusmessagepackrfc-7159json-patch
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