Constantine Nikolaou

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Experience

A technical leader with architectural skills and experience in industry and Tech Startups.

Solutions Architect at Booking.com, focusing on enabling Connectivity Partners to resolve availability and reservation issues, scale operations and implement industry standards.

Skills

Startup experience

Learning and practicing customer discovery and design thinking has changed my professional life. I highly recommend Steve Blank’s book The Startup Owner’s Manual to anyone who is on the path of starting a new company.

Technical experience

I’ve designed and built cloud service models including Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service for several startups, SMEs and mid-size companies.

Cloud & SaaS Platforms:

Amazon AWS and Google Cloud

Programming Experience:

Programming Languages: Python, Ruby, GoLang and PHP

Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Django, Flask and Symphony

Community building

Back in January 2015, I started MENA devs, an initiative with the purpose of connecting software developers, designers and computer enthusiasts in the MENA region.

What started as a Slack group quickly evolved to an active community, reaching more than 300 members and lead by dedicated members.

Inspiring Books

Technical

• Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
• Architecting for Scale: High Availability for Your Growing Applications

Business, career and professional self-help

• So Good They Can’t Ignore You
• Ego Is the Enemy
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Contact details

Email: email @ cnikolaou DOT com

Contact context

I am open to discussing ideas, partnerships, coaching and mentoring.