About

Alexander Shopov is a highly skilled Software Engineer II at Uber with over 20 years of experience in application development, system and database administration in both public and private sectors across various industries. He is proficient in programming languages such as Java, EcmaScript (JavaScript/JScript), SQL, PL/SQL, PL/pgSQL, Shell script, Python, C, and VBA. Additionally, he has expertise in interface design using XHTML, CSS, XML, XSL, JSP, EL, JSTL, JSP Tag libs, Ajax, and jQuery. Alexander has extensive experience in working with J2EE platforms such as EJB, JBoss, Tomcat, Java servlets, Oracle AS, OC4J, Apache Wicket, Apache Beehive, ZK, Apache Struts, and Hibernate. He is also well-versed in database management systems such as Postgres 8.x, MySQL 5.x, Oracle 9.x,10.x, SQLite, and Hibernate ORM. Furthermore, he has experience in working on various operating systems including GNU/Linux, MS Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, MS Windows 9x/ME, and VAX VMS. Alexander has excellent documentation and localization skills using tools such as DocBook, Wiki, gettext, and Atlassian Confluence. He is proficient in bug handling using tools such as Bugzilla, Trac, Atlassian Jira, and JUnit. He has expertise in source control using Subversion, git, CVS, and svk. Additionally, he has experience working with office products such as OpenOffice and MS Office Suite. Currently, Alexander is working as a Software Engineer II at Uber. In his previous roles, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Cisco, where he worked on the Quad/WebEx Social collaboration suite. He also worked as a Senior Java Programmer at Javelin Group, where he provided Demandware support and development. Alexander holds a qualification in Communication Technologies from Technical University Sofia, a Masters in International Economic Relations from Universitet za nacionalno i svetovno stopanstvo, and a Basic degree in English Language and Literature from First English Language School Varna. Alexander's technical skills include software engineering, SQL, Java, Javascript, MySQL, Postgres, and Python. He is constantly improving his skills and education and has experience in optimization of already developed systems and solutions when there are many constraints.