CAREER PROFILE

Senior Backend Engineer with experience building scalable payment, fraud prevention, and risk decisioning systems for global travel platforms. Specialized in distributed systems, payment orchestration, PSP integrations, and configurable rule engines supporting real-time business decisions at scale.

EXPERIENCES

Senior Backend Engineer

May 2021 - Present

Senior Backend Engineer in the Fintech Department, building scalable payment and fraud-prevention solutions for global markets.

Precision Solution / Rule Engine Team (2024 – Present)

  • Designed and developed a configurable business rule engine for fraud prevention and risk decisioning.
  • Enabled business users to define and manage fraud detection rules without code deployments.
  • Built services supporting real-time risk evaluation and automated decision-making workflows.

Customer Payments Team (2021 – 2024)

  • Developed and maintained payment orchestration services integrating multiple PSPs including Adyen, Checkout.com, Klarna, Google Pay and Apple Pay.
  • Supported localized payment methods across international markets.
  • Built scalable backend services handling high-volume payment transactions.

Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Docker, Jenkins CI/CD, C#, ASP.NET Core

Software Engineer

September 2019 - April 2021

Casino platform engineer working on the Game Development Module (GDM), a game server providing end-to-end game development and deployment capabilities, integration with the Open Gaming System (OGS), and a comprehensive suite of game development tools.

Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Docker, Jenkins CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana, PostgreSQL

Software Engineer

August 2017 - August 2019

Developed and enhanced large-scale telecom charging and billing platforms using Java and Spring, including Vodafone's Metranet billing solution and prepaid systems serving operators such as Cosmote and Vivacom.

Technologies: Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Microservices, Hibernate, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, SOAP & REST APIs

Teaching & Graduate Teaching Assistant

September 2016 - May 2019
Assisted undergraduate students in Operating Systems, System Programming, and OOP. Provided guidance on project design and implementation, and graded student solutions.

EDUCATION

BSc in Informatics and Telecommunications

Oct 2014 - Sept 2018
GPA: 8.97/10 (Ranked 3rd out of 79 graduates, Top 4%)

Specializations: Software, Networking