Vladimir Vassilev
Back End Developer at init Lab
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolVladimir Vassilev is a back-end developer with 12 years of experience, currently focused on WordPress development, security, and performance while based in London. He transitioned from Java and C# early in his career to become a dedicated WordPress advocate, teacher and community builder, blending enterprise-grade engineering with practical site-level optimizations. His background includes senior backend roles and running his own development company, giving him hands-on experience in architecture, team leadership and client-facing delivery. He co-founded and continues to run init Lab, Bulgaria’s first hackerspace, reflecting a long-standing commitment to grassroots tech communities and peer learning. Known for translating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, he combines tutoring and evangelism with deep implementation skills.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Informatics, Informatics at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Github Skills (43)
wordpress-api10
wordpress9
wordpress-plugin9
gettext8
wizard8
api8
earth8
java8
genesis8
translation8
internationalization7
rest7
localization7
php7
trac7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vlood/modify-attachments-meta
Jan 2014 - Aug 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 1 push in 2 years 7 months
initLab/initlanesis
Jul 2014 - Dec 2016
A Genesis child-theme for the WordPress based website of init Lab (Sofia's hackerspace)
Contributions:8 commits, 3 pushes, 9 comments in 2 years 5 months
genesis-child-themewordpresswordpress-themegenesischild-theme
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