Nikola Baikushev

Experience

• 09/2025 - 01/2026

  Full Stack Developer @ Intellias

  Sofia, Bulgaria - On site

  Summary:

  • Building full-stack applications from scratch through structured project assignments and contributing to client production codebases, focusing on clean architecture, type-safe validation, and comprehensive testing.

  Responsibilities:

  • Handled full-stack development across multiple projects, including database design, REST API development, and React component implementation.
  • Worked with state management solutions including Redux for client-side state handling and data fetching patterns.
  • Wrote unit tests using Jest and React Testing Library to improve test coverage and catch regressions in legacy codebases.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and present technical solutions through demos and documentation.

  Achievements:

  • Completed and presented a full-stack social platform to client stakeholders, demonstrating end-to-end development capabilities from database design to deployment.
  • Improved code quality and maintainability of legacy frontend components through refactoring and comprehensive test coverage.
  • Demonstrated full-stack versatility and adaptability by independently building applications across database design, backend APIs, and frontend implementation using TypeScript, Koa.js, and PostgreSQL.

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  • TypeScript
  • React.js
  • Koa.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Knex.js
  • Redux
  • Jest
  • React Testing Library
  • Node.js
  • Git
• 02/2024 - 09/2025

  Full Stack Developer @ Hermes Engineering

  Sofia, Bulgaria - On site

  Summary:

  • Developing and maintaining a CRM-style internal platform using Angular, NestJS, and PostgreSQL. Focused on writing scalable, testable backend logic and refactoring frontend components for reusability.

  Responsibilities:

  • Built and extended API endpoints, controllers, services, and entities using NestJS and TypeORM.
  • Worked on backend testing (Jest) with CI coverage checks to ensure quality and maintainability.
  • Extended AWS-based email workflows, password resets, and vendor activation flows.
  • Optimized and modularized frontend components using Angular, Angular Material, and TailwindCSS.
  • Contributed to scaling up legacy code to reusable modules across different product modules.

  Achievements:

  • Contributed to scaling and stabilizing a growing CRM platform in a small team environment.
  • Reduced manual workflows by integrating external providers and automating vendor data imports.
  • Drove reusability by improving frontend architecture and abstracting shared components.

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  • Angular
  • NestJS
  • TypeORM
  • PostgreSQL
  • Tailwind
  • Jest
  • AWS SES
  • AWS Cognito
  • Git
  • CI/CD