Epameinondas Nikolopoulos

Epameinondas Nikolopoulos has extensive experience in software engineering and development. Epameinondas has worked as a Senior Java Software Engineer at Light & Wonder - iGaming since September 2021, where they are responsible for technical oversight of two casino teams and mainly works on a new Casino Platform configuration service. Epameinondas is involved in designing and reviewing new solutions, providing development effort estimates, conducting technical job interviews, and acting as the main code/solution reviewer. Epameinondas also has experience with various technologies and tools including Java 11, Spring, RESTful Web Services, Microservices, Spring Boot 2, PostgreSQL, React, Cucumber, Selenium, TDD, BDD, Docker, Git, Jenkins, and AWS Stack.

Prior to their current role, Epameinondas worked at OpenBet from October 2017 to September 2021, where they were a Senior Java Software Engineer. Epameinondas worked on the development of the Opensports new product and was involved in creating real-time high-throughput and low latency scalable distributed processing services. Epameinondas also worked with the CQRS pattern and Event Sourcing and automated software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment. Epameinondas also worked as a Full Stack Developer at OpenBet from February 2015 to September 2017, where they were part of a global agile team working on the development of the Promotions Engine and Campaign Manager UI for Casino games and Sportsbook.

Epameinondas also has experience at Navarino, where they worked as a Tier 3 Support and Full Stack Developer from February 2014 to November 2014, and from June 2013 to November 2014, respectively. In these roles, they provided support, maintenance, and monitoring for Navarino's Infinity maritime communications solution and worked on the development of features for the Infinity solution, including a web platform for remote administration and maintenance of virtual machines hosted on vessel units.

Earlier in their career, Epameinondas worked as a Java Developer at the University of Piraeus in 2013 and as a Java/Linux Private Instructor as a freelancer from October 2010 to February 2011.

Overall, Epameinondas Nikolopoulos has a diverse range of experience in software engineering and development, with expertise in Java, Spring, Microservices, and various other technologies and tools.

Epameinondas Nikolopoulos holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Network-Oriented Systems from the University of Piraeus, which they completed in 2012. Prior to this, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Communication Systems and Networks from the same university in 2008. In terms of certifications, Epameinondas obtained the Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 7 Programmer (OCPJP) certification from Oracle in January 2015, as well as the Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer (OCAJP) certification in December 2014. Epameinondas also holds the Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) certification from Red Hat, achieved in April 2008.