Zen Kyprianou
Co-Founder at Balabook
Limassol, Cyprus
Summary
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Top SchoolZen Kyprianou is a seasoned software leader and founder with over a decade of hands-on engineering experience and nearly 20 years in tech, currently co-running Factory 39 and co-founding Balabook to bring AI-driven efficiency to SME accounting. He blends product strategy, design, and engineering to scale digital products and build resilient, cloud-native systems, with a background shipping large-scale features at eBay and early platform work at BT. A pragmatic technical leader, he has led multidisciplinary teams, run agile transformation workshops, and implemented continuous delivery and Kubernetes-based deployments. Zen’s engineering roots span Ruby, Rails, Java, Clojure, and frontend frameworks, and he’s contributed open-source tooling such as a Ruby caching proxy gem. Based in Limassol, Cyprus, he pairs startup grit with enterprise delivery experience and a keen focus on using AI to rethink workflows and decision-making for businesses.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Networking, BSc Computer Networking at London Metropolitan UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Advanced Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Advanced Software Engineering at King's College LondonApolyterion, Apolyterion at Lanition Lyceum A
English, Greek
Github Skills (21)
spina-cms9
rails8
development-machine8
ruby8
cms8
ruby-module7
snmp4
architecture4
php4
adam3
jruby3
serve3
java3
rake2
proxy1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zenonas/endpointer
Aug 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:84 commits, 8 PRs, 34 pushes in 9 months
service-oriented-architecturerubygemdevelopment-machinearchitecture
zenonas/traffic-simulator
Feb 2013 - Mar 2013
Contributions:123 commits in 1 month
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