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Nikolay Bratoev.

Backend Engineer & Architect

I design and build reliable backend systems, APIs, distributed workflows, and developer tooling for teams that need clarity, performance, and maintainability.

Sofia, BulgariaBackend · Architecture · Platform2026 — Future
— Manifesto

I build backend systems where clarity matters as much as code. APIs, queues, databases, deployments, observability, and failure paths all shape the final product. My work is focused on making those parts understandable, reliable, and ready for real traffic.

Good software should be easy to reason about under pressure. It should reveal what went wrong, recover when possible, and give teams the confidence to move faster without turning every change into a risk.

— Capabilities
  • Backend Architecture01
  • Distributed Systems02
  • API Design03
  • Performance Optimization04
  • Event-Driven Systems05
  • DevOps & Delivery06
  • Observability07
  • Developer Tooling08
  • Technical Documentation09
— Philosophy

I care about systems that can be explained clearly, operated calmly, and changed without fear.

Most backend problems are rarely isolated to one function or one file. They appear between services, queues, databases, retries, timeouts, deployment pipelines, and unclear ownership. That is where I like to work — in the space between code and architecture, where small decisions decide whether a system stays maintainable or slowly becomes fragile.

My approach is pragmatic: keep the domain clear, make failures visible, automate what can be automated, and design flows that a team can understand months later. Reliability comes from structure, feedback, and discipline — not from complexity.

— Stack
.NETC#GoNode.jsNestJSPHPLaravelYiiPostgreSQLMySQLDynamoDBRedisScyllaDBgRPCRabbitMQSQSSNSKafkaAWSAWS LambdaAWS AmplifyCloudFrontS3DockerKubernetesGitLab CI/CDGitHub ActionsTerraformNBomberClean ArchitectureCQRSSystem DesignObservabilityPerformance Optimization
— About

I help teams move from fragile backend logic to systems that are easier to reason about, test, observe, and evolve.

5+Years
20+Systems
4Disciplines
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— Let’s work

Buildingsomethingcomplex?

Let’s make it understandable, testable, and reliable.

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