Zahari Dichev

Zahari Dichev has a strong background in software engineering and development. Zahari has worked at various companies, starting with their most recent role at Buoyant, Inc as a Software Engineer. Prior to that, they worked as a Scala Developer contractor at bullet.io, a Scala Systems Engineer contractor at Rally Health, and a Scala Expert contractor at Scalac.

Zahari also has experience as a Lead Backend Developer at SpeediFly, where they were responsible for the overall technical direction of the backend infrastructure, as well as the design and implementation of a microservice platform-agnostic software architecture.

Before that, Zahari worked at Millennium Europe Ltd as a Trading Systems Developer/Trader. In this role, they were part of a small, highly technical trading team and worked on a distributed, low-latency market making system for trading Credit in the EU markets.

Additionally, they held positions at BP, where they served as a Quantitative Developer in the Gas Trading Europe division, specifically in LNG Portfolio Optimization and as a GTEL Analytics Developer. In these roles, they worked closely with traders and analysts to provide analytical and technical assistance, implemented various streaming and data analysis algorithms, and developed tools for monitoring trading activity and data quality.

Zahari also gained experience as a Software Engineering Intern at AetherWorks LLC, a System Developer/Administrator at Savannah College of Art and Design, and a Technical Intern at Psyop.

Overall, Zahari Dichev's work experience demonstrates their expertise in software engineering, Scala development, backend infrastructure, trading systems, and data analysis in the energy and finance industries.

Zahari Dichev completed their Bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics at SCAD from 2008 to 2012. In 2012, they also obtained a Pre MFE Certificate in C++ for Financial Engineering from Baruch College. Later that same year, Zahari pursued an advanced degree in Advanced Computer Science, earning a Master of Science (MSc) from the University of St Andrews from 2012 to 2013. Zahari also holds additional certifications, including Machine Learning from Stanford University, and completed courses like Functional Program Design in Scala and Functional Programming Principles in Scala at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne). Additionally, they are a Lightbend Certified Professional. The obtained month and year for some of the certifications are not provided.