Ilia Chalumov
Senior Development Manager
Sofia
Summary
As an experienced Head of Development / Development Manager, I have a proven track record of leading and managing high-performing teams to deliver top-quality software products and solutions. With 15 years of experience in the field, I have gained deep expertise in all aspects of software development, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Information Technology from Technical University of Sofia.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Development Manager
Acronis
12.2019 - Current
- Planning the release windows and cycles across a portfolio
- Recruiting, engaging, motivating and coaching software engineers
- Driving cross-team alignment between architecture, engineering and infrastructure departments
- Communicating all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
- Managing a team of full stack developers and QAs
- Managed development and integration of tools and best practices for release, environment, and configuration management to improve build success rates
- Supervising build and release processes.
Development Manager
bet365
11.2016 - 11.2019
- Recruit and mentor software engineering team members
- Managing a team of fullstack developers and QAs
- Leading the refactoring of core systems to support microservices architecture and migration to Docker
- Conducting regular performance reviews
- Removing impediments, facilitating teams for higher performance.
Senior Software Developer / Team Lead
Tyche Technologies AG
08.2012 - 05.2016
- Recruit and mentor software engineering team members
- Working closely with the C-level management in order to support the technical needs of the business
- Writing unit and integration tests for new functionalities
- Writing extensive technical documentation snippets for new developed functionalities I took part in
- Leading the refactoring of core systems to support microservices architecture and migration to Docker
- Conducting regular code reviews.
Software Developer
Nokia Communications Ltd.
02.2010 - 06.2012
- Performing gap analysis of customer requirements and project documentation
- Creating a high level design of the business logic architecture
- Involved in creating Functional specifications of different modules and writing of task/effort estimations during different stages of a Project
- Close collaboration with support teams, handover and knowledge transfer to support teams of the delivered items entering in guarantee phase
- Assisting the Client Manager in defining new OSS Integration Solution between IL and WSO2ESB.
Software Developer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2008 - 02.2010
- Development of new features with Java
- Maintenance and bug fixing of legacy code
- Application deployment on Oracle WebLogic Application Server
- Web services development
- PL/SQL stored procedures development
- Writing of Unit tests
- Performing gap analysis of customer requirements and project documentation.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Information Technology
Technical University of Sofia
01.2005 - 04.2009
Skills
Reactjs
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Docker Products
Software Architecture
Application Development
API Development
Business Analysis
Software Development
Microservices Architecture
Big Data Analytics
Performance monitoring
Coaching and Mentoring
Cross-Functional Team Development
Analytical mindset
Analytical Skills
Performance Testing/Load Testing
Timeline
Senior Development Manager
Acronis
12.2019 - Current
Development Manager
bet365
11.2016 - 11.2019
Senior Software Developer / Team Lead
Tyche Technologies AG
08.2012 - 05.2016
Software Developer
Nokia Communications Ltd.
02.2010 - 06.2012
Software Developer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2008 - 02.2010
Bachelor's degree - Information Technology
Technical University of Sofia
01.2005 - 04.2009