Petar Stoyanov — Software Engineer
I design, build, deploy and maintain software from scratch to production. AI makes me faster. · Sofia, Bulgaria
7+ years in software · App used by 10M+ people · Azure and AWS in production · Full app built solo
Open to part-time or contract work (B2B) · remote · can start within a week
Experience
Full Stack .NET Developer, Coherent Solutions (Jun 2021 – present)
Software engineering company headquartered in Minneapolis, USA: 2,000+ engineers in 10+ countries.
Smart access & IoT (Dec 2021 – present)
Global leader in garage door openers and smart access systems; its app is used by 10M+ people.
- Back-end system design and implementation; system architecture.
- Performance and scalability optimisation.
- Integration of third-party services and APIs.
- System health monitoring (Grafana) and resolving production issues.
- Deployment and release management support; security and compliance.
- Code reviews, best practices and mentoring junior developers.
- Unit, component and integration tests; technical documentation.
- New-feature decisions; technical expertise on issues and blockers.
- Working with QA and other teams, and with the iOS/Android developers on the mobile app.
C# · .NET · Azure · AWS · Cosmos DB · SQL · Kubernetes · RabbitMQ · Grafana · Datadog · Entity Framework
Electronics recycling & IT asset disposition
Recycling and secure IT asset disposition company operating across the US and Latin America.
- Sole developer (one-man show): designed and built a .NET application end to end.
- Heavy OCR scanning to digitise the intake of devices and documents.
C# · .NET · OCR
Construction & BIM (Aug – Oct 2021)
Leading US construction company with 100+ years in the market.
- Revit plugin built from scratch with the Revit API and Windows Forms.
- Kanban, a branching strategy, and every change merged through a pull request approved by the lead.
C# · Revit API · Windows Forms
Internal platform (Jun – Aug 2021)
Web app that automates group management for the company's employees.
- New back-end modules and Angular components; bug fixing in existing modules.
C# · ASP.NET Core · Angular · Entity Framework
Full Stack Developer, Bizlink Solutions (Aug 2020 – Jun 2021)
CRM integration company.
- Integrations of CRM platforms with other software, in several languages: Resco Mobile CRM (offline/online access to Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce and Oracle CX), SuiteCRM, SugarCRM and SpiceCRM.
- Made sure the integrations worked reliably across the different platforms.
Product Manager, Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria (Aug 2018 – Jan 2020)
- Digital transformation: moving banking products and services to digital channels.
- Think Tank on banking solutions built on IoT.
- Policies, procedures, contracts and general terms: the business and compliance rules that banking software has to enforce.
- Trained 100+ new employees from across the country.
Skills
- Back end: C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core (Web API, MVC, Razor Pages), Entity Framework
- Cloud: Azure (Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, DevOps), AWS (DynamoDB), Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Redis
- Data: MS SQL Server, MySQL, NoSQL
- Front end: TypeScript, Angular, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS
- Testing: xUnit, NUnit, MSTest: unit, component and integration tests
- Monitoring: Grafana, Datadog
- Also: PHP, Bash, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Revit API, Unity 3D, Jira
AI-assisted development
- Tools: Claude (Claude Code), GitHub Copilot, Cursor, OpenAI Codex
- Use: Refactoring and boilerplate, test generation, reading legacy code, docs, multi-step agent tasks
- Rules: Every change reviewed by me and covered by tests; no confidential client code in unapproved tools
Education
- PhD, Information Systems and Technologies, Informatics and Computer Science, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (2024 – 2027 (in progress))
- Master's, Information Systems and Technologies, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (2018 – 2019)
- Bachelor's, International Economic Relations, University of Veliko Tarnovo (2010 – 2014)
- Alpha .NET Track: C#, OOP, design patterns, data structures and algorithms, ASP.NET Core MVC, EF Core, unit testing, Telerik Academy (2020)
Talks & mentoring
- Speaker, RoboTalks, Technical University of Sofia (2023): apps for smart home devices
- Internal seminars on .NET and programming at Coherent Solutions
- Mentor at Telerik Academy: 20+ people prepared for the entrance exam
- Trainer at Raiffeisenbank: 100+ new employees from across the country
Certificates
- Programming Basics with C# — SoftUni
Languages
Bulgarian ●●●●● · English ●●●●○
Build with me
I build SaaS and web products from idea to production. Got an idea or a project you want built together? Email me.
Contact
petestoyanov@outlook.com · linkedin.com/in/petestoyanov · pstoyanov.net · CV (PDF)