Martin Vano

Head of Engineering · Coinify

Own the engineering function end to end, from architecture and infrastructure through delivery and security, and the company's IT. Driving the migration from a legacy tech stack to a distributed microservice architecture, and the replacement of the legacy admin UI. Own monitoring, observability and incident response for the platform, and improved its deployment and infrastructure pipelines. Guided Coinify's engineering through its MiCA licensing, the Travel Rule rollout and DAC8 tax reporting, and drove operational efficiency work across automation, reporting visibility and banking integrations. Introduced the company-wide policy for AI tool use and evaluation, and started the effort to contextualize a twelve-year-old codebase, spanning dozens of contributors and hundreds of thousands of lines, so it can be worked on effectively with AI assistance. Hands-on in system design and technical decisions while leading the team.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, RabbitMQ, ClickHouse, Amazon ECS, CloudFormation, Blockchain, Fireblocks, Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices, AI-Assisted Development, Regulatory Delivery, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure Management, Technical Documentation, Card Processing, Bank Integrations, Requirements Analysis, Project Planning, Project Management, Critical Thinking, Team Management, Hiring / Interviews, One On One, Quality Assurance

Lead Software Engineer · Coinify

Designed and built a ClickHouse analytical layer that made reporting possible across independently owned microservices, closing a years-long gap in cross-service querying. Built the unified financial closing system the business now relies on for its monthly close. Formed and led the team owning the internal back office systems, covering fraud detection, payouts, reconciliation and accounting, with a focus on system integrity and operational security.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: TypeScript, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, RabbitMQ, ClickHouse, Blockchain, Fireblocks, Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Business Intelligence, Process Automation, Card Processing, Bank Integrations, Requirements Analysis, Project Planning, Project Management, Critical Thinking, Team Management

Head of Technology · Vita Media Group

Architected and led the implementation of the second version of the award-winning OMG Affiliates system. Co-developed the internal SMTP platform and launched an event-driven bounce processing system handling tens of millions of email messages a month, which sharply reduced bounce rates. In 2023, designed and implemented a mail pooling system that stabilized and increased baseline email revenue by 80.000€. Co-drove the 2022 redesign of EkstraPoint.com with the CTO. Owned solution and system architecture and the company infrastructure, and led a cross-functional, cross-country (Copenhagen-North Macedonia) engineering team while staying hands-on.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, AWS, Docker, Shell Scripting, PostgreSQL, Angular, Terraform, Node.js, Python, Software Architecture, Domain Driven Design, Clean Architecture, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure Management, Technical Documentation, Requirements Analysis, Project Planning, Project Management, Critical Thinking, Team Management, Hiring / Interviews, One On One, Quality Assurance

Lead Software Developer · Vita Media Group

Continued development of EkstraPoint.com and co-drove the switch to an Angular single-page front end. Built and launched the financeiq.io white-label loan forms engine. Ran weekly technical status for Head and C-level stakeholders.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, AWS, JavaScript, Shell Scripting, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Angular, WordPress Development, PHP, Node.js, Git, Software Architecture, Domain Driven Design, Cloud Computing, Technical Documentation, Event Driven Architecture, Agile / Scrum, Requirements Analysis, Project Planning, Critical Thinking

Software Developer · Vita Media Group

Built and launched the POC version of the first casino loyalty platform in the world EkstraPoint.com. Responsible for the entire backend development, external games integration and launch, as well as overseeing the front-end development (WordPress) delivered by both internal and external resources.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, AWS, PostgreSQL, WordPress Development, Git, Technical Documentation

Founder · Music Alarms

Launched a successful set of mobile alarm clock applications for various music players. The biggest application (Mornings for Spotify) was downloaded more than 300k times and had several thousand of daily active users. Responsible for development, marketing, and support.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, WordPress Development, PHP, Git, Cloud Infrastructure Management, Search Engine Optimization, App Store Optimization, Project Management, Critical Thinking, Entrepreneurship

Android Developer · Kiggit (part-time)

Built the Android client for Kiggit, a social betting app for football fans, in Java and later Kotlin on a Model-View-Presenter architecture. Integrated push notifications (GCM, Firebase) and payments (Google Play, Adyen), across several MVP iterations of the core play loop and onboarding.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, Git, App Store Optimization, Requirements Analysis

Android Developer · A.W.I.S. Správa, systémy (part-time)

Consolidated the company's separate Android point-of-sale applications into a single configurable product, supporting both offline and online operation, syncing across multiple devices via Google Cloud Messaging, and driving peripheral receipt and fiscal printers over Bluetooth and Ethernet.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, Git, PHP, App Store Optimization, Requirements Analysis, Critical Thinking

Java Developer · ATLAS consulting (part-time)

Development of new modules for the existing company web application.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, Git, Cassandra DB, Tomcat

Android Developer · Ecu (contract)

Development of an Android app for memlook.com. The project is no longer maintained.

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, Git, Android SDK, App Store Optimization, Requirements Analysis, Critical Thinking

Java Developer · dolphin consulting (part-time/contract)

I developed a web application similar to Google Sheets or MS Excel which was designed to simplify the insertion of users' tabular data into an SQL database (MSSQL). Support for both user and administrator view (IAM functionalities).

Tools, Technologies, Skills: Java, Git, MSSQL, JavaScript, Tomcat, Requirements Analysis

Master of Science (MSc)

Finished with a master thesis called "Hand detection for context-aware mobile applications" where I built a classifier capable of detecting one of twelve ways of holding and operating a mobile device with 95% accuracy.

Bachelor degree (Bc)

Finished with bachelor thesis "Designing Service for Product Placement Support in Social Media". I recognized the future potential of influencer marketing and therefore analyzed the possibilities of detecting early-stage influencers. Built an initial POC application built using a graph database (Neo4J) in order to identify such individuals.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Credential ID N7308WTDKF4Q14G8

Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner

Credential ID 9857KV1L1M1EQY5D

DADIU game development alumni

I gained experience with developing games in Unity. Participated in the development of a game called "Waddle Away" where I was a member of a twenty people team.