Zdravko Donev
Software Engineering Team Lead at Redis
Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
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Top SchoolZdravko Donev is a pragmatic software engineering team lead with 11 years of experience building and scaling robotic, web and backend systems across C++, Go, Java and Python stacks. He has led cross-functional teams of up to 15 engineers at Ocado and Quantive, shipping production robotic pick-and-pack solutions and enterprise web applications while improving developer workflows, automated testing and local dev setups. Currently at Redis, he combines hands-on coding with people-first leadership—setting team OKRs, mentoring, and designing processes tailored to product and team needs. Comfortable across low-level robotics and high-level web services, he has a track record of turning research prototypes into production systems and automating repetitive work to boost team velocity. Based in Sofia, he pairs a technical master’s in IT project management with a practical knack for improving deliverability and team health.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Information Technology Project Management, Master's degree Information Technology Project Management at New Bulgarian UniversitySecondary education Physics, Secondary education Physics at National Gymnasium of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
English, Russian
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Github Skills (17)
alice10
camera6
initialization6
iso6
android6
delphi6
dm6
wsdl6
screen-size6
abstract-interpretation4
user-interface3
static-analysis3
game-engine1
sdl1
cpp1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ZdravkoD/MyProjects
Sep 2015 - Jul 2021
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
ZdravkoD/psa-online-backend
Apr 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:7 PRs, 93 pushes, 3 branches in 6 months
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