May 2025 - Feb 2026 - Limassol, Cyprus
Solutions / Software Architect - R&D, Principal Developer
IronFX - Financial & Insurance
Architected scalable, high-performance distributed systems for the financial sector with a focus on high availability and enterprise-grade stability.
- Resolved MongoDB failure by routing reads to secondary nodes - saved 60,000 EUR vs CQRS migration
- Integrated Claude Code via Anthropic APIs for live bug detection and PR standards enforcement
- Redesigned Git flow with leaner release pipelines, enabling faster UAT deployments
- Upgraded reCAPTCHA to v3 with rate limits, reducing billing by 75%
- Migrated custom Auth server to Azure AD for improved role management and availability
C# .NET 9MongoDBKafka
RabbitMQElasticsearchRedis
PostgreSQLAzure ADGrafana
May 2024 - Apr 2025 - Larnaca, Cyprus
Principal Software Engineer / DevOps Team Lead
Prevention at Sea Ltd. - Maritime
Led architectural design of maritime software services (MORSE, ORB) deployed both cloud and onboard vessels.
- Introduced Git flow and CI/CD hybrid pipelines for distributed cross-team efficiency
- Designed phased refactoring roadmap ensuring quality and business continuity
- Delivered training on Git, unit/integration testing, and safe branching strategies
- Ensured all requirements for ISO 27001 certification
- Deployed Azure DevOps pipelines and SharePoint Online for 15-person team
C# .NET 6MSSQLAzure DevOps
WPFPowerShellSharePoint
Sep 2023 - May 2024 - Nicosia, Cyprus
Software Developer
Odyssey Cybersecurity Ltd. - Cybersecurity
Developed backend for the Clearskies Threat Detection and Response Platform.
- Improved log-read performance by 60% through ElasticSearch and Impala optimization
- Extended Windows Event Viewer ingestion for richer early-attack detection
C# .NET 8ElasticSearchHadoop
ImpalaOracleC++
May 2018 - Jul 2023 - Nicosia, Cyprus
Senior Developer and Team Leader
NETU Consultants Ltd.
Delivered Government and private-sector solutions. Led ERP NetSuite teams and drove pre-sales engagements.
- Architected NIL - a multi-tenant SaaS integration bus with Five-Nines SLA, GDPR-compliant and event-driven
- Designed dedicated/cloud infrastructures and led performance refactoring sprints
- Ran cooperative hackathons and knowledge-transfer sessions for interns
C# .NET CoreRedisRabbitMQ
MongoDBOracle NetSuiteSalesforce
Jun 2016 - Apr 2018 - Kyrenia, Cyprus
Senior Developer and System Analyst
Larsen Solutions - iGaming
- Integrated Betradar Sports Betting feed to 1,000+ white-label customers at 7,000+ objects/sec with 2s end-to-end SLO
- Principal architect for C++ / C# / Redis high-performance betting infrastructure
C# .NETC++RedisPostgreSQLAngular
Nov 2015 - Jun 2016 - Kyrenia, Cyprus
Senior Developer and System Analyst
New Art Solutions - iGaming
- Built a unified wallet system making new payment integrations plug-and-play
- Responsible for all payment gateway integrations and online casino portals
C# .NETMSSQLRedisUnity
Nov 2009 - Feb 2015 - Amman, Jordan
Department Manager
CrownIT - Fintech
- Built all web applications from scratch - FXPulp.com, CGMarkets.com
- Managed full DevOps, SEO/SEM, security, and load balancing responsibilities
C# .NETMSSQLJavaScript
Jan 2008 - Oct 2009 - Amman, Jordan
CTO
Pulse Ltd. - Fintech
- Grew ecpulse.com to 150,000 daily unique visitors with 45% organic traffic via SEO
- Won 2009 Jordan Web Awards: Best Microsoft-Tech Website and Best Fintech Website of the Year
- First Fintech portal to introduce live stock prices on the web via AJAX
- Integrated feed into Bloomberg Financial news portal
- Led team of 12, reduced server budget 30% through virtualization
C# .NETASP.NETAJAXMSSQL