Blagoy Simandoff

Full-Stack Engineer & Computer Science Student

Cork, Ireland

Computer Science student and Full-Stack Engineer with a passion for building scalable, real-world applications. I specialize in elegant software architecture that solves meaningful human problems — from robust Go backends to delightful TypeScript frontends.

Education

UCC

University College Cork

Cork, Ireland

First Class Honours (1.1) • 4.0 GPA

Degree

BSc (Hons) Computer Science — 3rd Year

Standardized Test Scores

SAT 1530 / 1600 (99th percentile)

TOEFL 110 / 120 (98th percentile)

Key Coursework

Computer Architecture Data Structures & Algorithms Cloud Infrastructure Web Development Machine Learning Ethical Hacking Networking

Experience

May 2025 — Present

Sofia, Bulgaria / Remote

Fullstack Engineer

Abraxa

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Architected and implemented production-grade GraphQL APIs with GraphQL Yoga, tightly integrated with existing MySQL infrastructure.
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Spearheaded the Abraxa Design System — a comprehensive UI component library that unified design language across the entire product.
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Engineered Micro-Frontends using Webpack Module Federation, enabling a clean migration from monolith to scalable microservices architecture.

July 2024 — May 2025

Belfast, Northern Ireland / Remote

Site Reliability Engineer

Dailypay

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Led critical investigation and resolution efforts during a large-scale AWS ECS → EKS migration.
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Designed and deployed the core service mesh toolkit, dramatically improving network observability and security posture.
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Built automated project generators that standardized service deployment and configuration across the entire engineering organization.
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Defined organization-wide Go coding standards and best practices for infrastructure and backend services.

May 2024 — July 2024

Sofia, Bulgaria / Remote

DevOps Engineer

EfellowsBG

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Developed a high-performance Rust-based GTP Proxy testing suite for functional and load validation.
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Contributed to the official open-source BIG-IP F5 Terraform provider, fixing dependencies and extending functionality.
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Built an automated Jira + Tempo reporting system that streamlined thousands of worklog and billing reports.

June 2023 — November 2023

Sofia, Bulgaria / Remote

Computer Science Teacher

Coding Giants

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Taught foundational web development and software engineering principles to students aged 10–17.
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Led interactive remote classes for groups of 12+ students using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.