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My Experience
Feb 2023 - Present
Casumo
Engineering Team Lead - Payments team
(from Jan 2024)
- Led a high-performing team of 5-6 engineers, driving significant improvements in key engineering metrics.
- Collaborated with Product Managers and Designers to develop strategic roadmaps, ensuring alignment with the company's vision.
- Provided strong technical leadership and guidance, particularly in complex discussions and key initiatives.
- Played an active role in the recruitment process, interviewing and selecting top-tier candidates for frontend engineering roles.
- Mentored and onboarded new frontend engineers, fostering a supportive and growth-oriented team environment.
- Integrated with multiple payment methods, ensuring compliance with various regulations and market-specific rules.
- Highly contributed to the migration of the Cashier from an old KnockoutJS codebase to React using micro-frontends, resulting in a modern and performant interface.
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
The Chat Shop
Software Engineer
- Full stack development using Node.JS, ReactJS/Redux and GraphQL.
- Developed and published an In-Chat Payment system with a major European Payments Platform.
- Delivered chat plugins that greatly improved customer engagement and increased leads.
- Integrated a major eCommerce platform into chat which drastically improved KPIs.
- Wrote a significant portion of code foundation, allowing the team to reuse and rapidly iterate features.
Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
Intelligent Systems & Software Engineering Labgroup
Research Associate
- Took part in plenty of research projects that focused on open government data, mobile technology, public services provision, sustainable energy assets and others.
- Developed a hybrid mobile app that provides online health services.
- Delivered a platform and interactive guidebook which aids co-creation processes.
- Engineered a mobile application for the needs of an electric energy Residential Information System.
Jan 2016 - Jan 2021
Self-employed
Freelance Software Developer
- Delivered numerous full-stack projects using Node, React and MongoDB.
- Development of various cross-platform desktop applications using Electron.
- Developed “useReq” platform that aids in project requirements elicitation and is actively used by hundreds of engineering students in the university.
Education
My Qualification
2012 - 2018
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Diploma/MEng Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Degree programme equivalent to Master's degree (ECTS 308.0)
- Diploma Thesis: "Continuous User Authentication in Web Applications through Behavioral Biometrics"
- Core Courses: Algorithms, Data Structures, Databases, Machine Learning, Parallel/Distributed Systems, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Pattern Recognition, Digital Image Processing, Computer Graphics
2009 - 2012
6th General Unified Lyceum of Heraklion
High School Diploma