About Me

I have 10+ years as a front-end and back-end engineer but I've spent most of my time writing JS and working on the UI/UX as I've always had passion about user experience and finding the best user flow. Being a front-end engineer for a long time also taught me the importance of code reusability and consistency and that having a long term vision about the product is of the essence.

With over 5+ years working remotely for companies in Mountain View and L.A. and a great feedback from my past seniors, I am highly confident that I can deliver anything that's needed on the JavaScript & UI side.

Now I'm mostly interested in React, Redux, Node.js and Bitcoin. Open for C2C contracting.

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Skills

JS, ES6, React, React Native, Redux, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, SPA, CSS in JS,
HTML, SASS, Responsive design, Templating engines, SEO, jQuery, REST APIs, AJAX,
Unit/UA testing (Selenium, Mocha, Tape, Expect, Jest, react-testing-library),
NPM/yarn, Grunt/Gulp/Babel/Webpack, PHP, MySQL
Git, Github, Wordpress, Scrum, Agile, JIRA.

  • Javascript & UI/UX
  • React/Redux & SPA
  • Node.js, Express, MongoDB
  • Test Automation

Work

Ivinity LLC

Self Employed • May 2018 - Present

Worked on personal projects with React, Redux, Node.js, MongoDB, BTCPayServer, Google APIs, WordPress.

SpankChain

Front-end Engineer (remote) • Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

I was contracted full time to help build the UI for an admin panel used by merchants receiving cryptocurrency payments. Worked with React, Redux, TypeScript, CSS in JSS, MaterialUI.

Bracket Computing, Mountain View (CA)

Front-end Engineer (remote) • Oct 2014 - May 2018

I started as a remote contractor but ended up being an integral part of everything UI related. I helped define the style and UX for future compatibility and consistency, mentored new team members, talked with PM on a daily basis to meet requirements and coded everything that needed coding. Also handled most of the automation and unit tests.

Mercury (React-like), ES6, JSS, Babel, Browserify, LoDash, NPM, Selenium, Tape, Git + Gerrit

Xentio Ltd.

Front-end Developer • Aug 2011 - May 2016

I developed 100% of the UI for the in-house product MammothDB which was later acquired by MariaDB.

Another product that I've built was a multi-language multi-platform app built with PhoneGap for Android and iOS. In the meantime I also communicated directly with clients to gather requirements and clarify the the UI.

JS, jQuery, AJAX, HTML/Handlebars, SASS, Grunt, NPM, PhoneGap, Git, Jira

WebPresence Ltd.

Lead Developer, PM • Aug 2010 - Aug 2011

I was building modern and search engine friendly websites (both front and back-end - HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, AJAX, PHP, MySQL), using and integrating social media and APIs, communicating with potential clients, writing specifications, giving deadlines and setting prices.

Makstar Ltd.

PHP/MySQL Developer • Mar 2009 - Apr 2010

My part was developing a rich web-based system on PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML & CSS for the company's clients from the medical sphere. With the system medical representatives were recording a large amount of information into multiple categories for their on-site visits and later it enabled complex queries and searches so the management could keep track of the representatives' performance.

Some of the biggest pharmaceutical representatives and distributors in Bulgaria were using the software and later I was implementing it for their foreign offices in the area.

Testimonials

  • Ivaylo was an absolute pleasure to work with. He's a strong front-end application developer, who I could trust to quickly and correctly implement complex front-end application logic. He also brought a great, positive, energy to the team: calls with Ivaylo were never dull, and folks consistently left feeling happy and energized.

    I cannot recommend Ivaylo enough, and would work together with him again in a heartbeat.

    David Wolever

  • Ivaylo worked with Bracket for 5 years, and grew from a contracting engineer to a leader in our UI development. He fulfilled so many roles in his position.
    He was a mentor to other engineers, he helped define and maintain the style of our UI, he interfaced with PM and provided reasonable solutions to meet customer needs, he was a prolific coder who could take on the hardest problems and deliver the solutions on time and in high quality. One of the better engineers I've worked with in UI.

    Benjamin Hartwell

  • I worked closely with Ivaylo at Bracket as the Product Manager for our front end control plane. Not only is Ivaylo a great developer, but he also has a keen sense for end user UX and workflow consistency. As a small startup, we actively didn't seek outside UX help because of Ivaylo's expertise.
    It was a pleasure to work with Ivaylo, as he always had an eye for future compatibility and extensibility for our platform, a major key for any project, but especially for a rapidly evolving product like ours.

    Nolan Karpinski

  • Ivaylo was able to understand long term vision for the product and a take pragmatic approach for the short term deliverables, as a product owner I really liked that. Ivaylo is good at adapting to changes, this is was useful for a startup like us. Working in an iterative fashion is was a good approach since we could review his changes and suggests modifications and they would be ready the next day which worked out well. I would recommend Ivaylo for anyone looking to augment their teams with talented remote front-end engineers.

    Vinay Wagh