Ivo Blajev

Versatile software engineer and technical lead skilled in designing and developing distributed and data-centric applications with high quality, on time and on target.

Vast experience with multiple programming languages, frameworks, SQL and NoSQL databases as well as deployment models (on-premises, public or hybrid cloud) spanning across various domains.

Energized by tough challenges.

 

  TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Languages: Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, Scala, SQL

Frameworks: Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate

Security/Identity: OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, Entra ID, Azure AD B2C

Public Cloud: Azure, AWS

NoSQL: Cosmos DB, DynamoDB, MongoDB

RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL

Data: Azure Data Explorer, Databricks, NiFi, Event Hubs, Kafka

Platform/CI/CD: Kubernetes, Terraform, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins

AWS Certified Security - Specialty AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified Developer - Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

  EXPERIENCE    
       
    August 2021 - Present    General Motors
Staff Software Engineer   

Design and develop OnStar Fleet Intelligence, GM Fleet's newly launched platform consolidating vehicle, telematics, and subscription services for commercial fleet customers.

       
    February 2019 - August 2021    Nike
Senior Software Engineer   

Design and develop software solutions powering Nike's fulfillment and logistics operations and the product data behind Nike's mobile apps, nike.com, and global e-commerce stores.

       
    September 2012 - January 2019    Thomson Reuters
Principal Software Engineer   

Design, develop and support Thomson Reuters' industry-leading, highly available ONESOURCE Indirect Tax SaaS and on-premise applications.

       
    May 2001 - September 2012    IBM
Advisory Software Engineer

Led application development for IBM Electronic Service Agent for System x and IBM Service and Support Manager - distributed monitoring tools that automatically detect serviceable hardware problems and route them to IBM support. Served as the team's Application Security focal point.

       
    April 1999 - May 2001    Various Web Services startups 
Web Software Developer

Designed and developed custom e-commerce web applications (Java, ColdFusion, JSP, EJB, Servlets, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, webMethods, Cybercash).

    October 1998 - March 1999   Strategy Object Ltd
Java Programmer

Design and develop software solutions for building secure e-Government applications. The SOClass™ product modeled business processes as electronic documents, encapsulating the data, states and logic each process required, and was distributed to clients in more than 80 countries.

    January 1998 - October 1998    Bulgarian Armed Forces
Serviceman

Educated and trained in Artillery and Air-Defense at the Higher Military School for Reserve Officers (now a faculty of the National Military University) in Shumen, Bulgaria. Served as Cadet Sergeant and was honorably discharged.

    June 1996 - December 1997    Institute of Computer and Communication Systems at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Programmer

Applied web technologies to scientific and commercial projects using Java, JavaScript, HTML, CGI programming and Perl. Solaris UNIX and Windows NT system administration and technical support.

  EDUCATION

    

  Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

Master of Science, Computer Systems and Technologies
Faculty of Computer Systems and Technologies

  

 
  CERTIFICATIONS

    

 

AWS Certified Security - Specialty AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified Developer - Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

  

 
  PERSONAL PROJECTS

   

 
  • Chess Warrior 1.0. Designed and implemented the UI front end and ported an open source chess engine to the J2ME platform, resulting in a 36 KB implementation of the popular game. March 2007