Contract engineering · B2B · Remote

Senior engineering for teams that need it built, shipped, and kept running.

Senior backend engineers and tech leads with 7+ years across energy, fintech, blockchain and security. We built and operate WebGuardian, a production monitoring and security platform, and take on contract work: backend systems in Java and Go, web applications, cloud infrastructure, and the monitoring and security layer most teams postpone.

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Production platform
webguardian.io
designed, built, operated
Experience
7+ years, tech lead
led teams of 5 to 9
Domains
Fintech · Energy · Security
payments · trading · blockchain
Operations
24/7 in production
K8s · GCP/AWS/Azure · Grafana
Services

What we take on

Everything below is work we have already done for our own product or for clients. You get the same people, not a bench.

Backend systems

Microservices in Java (Spring Boot) or Go with PostgreSQL. REST, GraphQL and gRPC APIs, WebSocket for live data, Kafka or RabbitMQ where events need to flow. CQRS and event sourcing when the domain calls for it. Schedulers, retries, idempotency, the boring parts done right.

Java / Spring BootGoPostgreSQLKafkagRPC

Web applications

Dashboards and admin panels in Vue 3 or React with real-time updates, charts, maps, role-based access, dark mode. Built to be maintained by your team afterwards.

Vue 3ReactTailwindVite

Infrastructure & DevOps

Kubernetes and Docker on GCP, AWS or Azure. Terraform, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins, secret management, blue-green deployments, TLS automation. Observability with Prometheus, Grafana and Loki so you see problems before users do.

KubernetesGCP / AWS / AzureTerraformCI/CD

Monitoring & security

Uptime monitoring, alert routing, incident workflows, status pages. Vulnerability scanning, CVE tracking, SIEM forwarding, compliance reporting. Cross-platform endpoint agents for Windows, Linux and macOS with remote lifecycle and GDPR-grade data destruction. This is our core domain.

SIEMCVE/NVDEndpoint agentsCompliance

Integrations & payments

Stripe subscriptions and webhooks, OAuth (Google, GitHub), SMS via Twilio, bots and notifications for Slack, Discord, Teams and Telegram. Third-party APIs wired in properly, with retries and audit trails.

AI automation & agent workflows →

StripeOAuthTwilioWebhooks

Audits & rescue work

Code and architecture review, performance investigation, security hardening, taking over a codebase the original team left behind. Written findings with file-level references, then the fixes.

How we work

Three ways to engage

Pick the model that matches how much you know about the scope. All three are B2B with invoicing, a written agreement, and your ownership of everything we produce.

Time & materials

hourly / daily

For evolving scope or embedding with your team. Weekly timesheet, weekly demo, cancel with two weeks' notice.

Monthly retainer

reserved capacity

A fixed number of days per month reserved for you. Predictable cost, priority response, ideal for ongoing product work or operating a system we built.

Fixed-scope project

fixed price

Written specification, fixed price, milestone payments. Best when you know exactly what you need and want the risk on our side.

Rates depend on scope and duration. Ask, and you get a number within a business day.

From first message to handover
01
Intro call
30 to 45 minutes with an engineer. What you have, what you need, what has gone wrong before.
02
Scope and estimate
A written proposal within a week: architecture, milestones, price, what is out of scope.
03
Build in weekly increments
Working software every week in your repository and your environment. Demo, feedback, adjust.
04
Handover
Documentation, runbooks, deployment pipeline, and a walkthrough for your team. Optional retainer for operations.
Stack

Tools we use in production every day

We work in your stack when it makes sense. This is the one we know best because it runs our own product.

Languages & frameworks
Java 8 / 11 / 17
Spring Boot / Security / Data
Go
Node.js / TypeScript
Vue 3 / React / Tailwind
APIs & architecture
REST / OpenAPI
GraphQL
gRPC / Protobuf
WebSocket
CQRS / Event Sourcing
Data & messaging
PostgreSQL / MySQL
MongoDB / Redis
Elasticsearch
Kafka
RabbitMQ
Cloud & DevOps
Kubernetes / Docker
GCP / AWS / Azure
Terraform
GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins
Prometheus / Grafana / Loki
Integrations
Stripe
OAuth 2.0 / JWT
Twilio
Slack / Discord / Teams
Telegram Bot API
Track record

Systems we have built and run

Selected engagements from the last seven years. Client names available on request.

2025 – now
Energy flexibility trading platform · Senior backend engineer
Cloud-native microservices controlling distributed energy assets. Built the connector ingesting battery-storage measurements into the time-series pipeline, a constraint engine producing power, energy and commitment series, and Azure Key Vault secret injection into Kubernetes.
Java · Spring Boot · PostgreSQL · K8s · Azure
2023 – now
Cross-platform endpoint security software · Tech lead & DevOps
Desktop services for Windows, Linux and macOS streaming hardware, network and location metadata to client APIs. Remote install, update and uninstall workflows, and GDPR-aligned secure remote disk wipe. Owned delivery for a five-person team, reporting to the client CTO.
Java · Go · PowerShell · GitHub Actions
2022 – 2023
Payment processing and digital wallets · Senior backend engineer
Spring Boot microservices for real-time payment processing in a high-availability fintech environment, with Kafka-based distributed flows and service integrations.
Java · Spring Boot · Kafka
2021 – 2022
Decentralised exchange backend · Lead backend engineer & DevOps
Blockchain event-indexing service for event sourcing, a GraphQL API over a database replica aggregating protocol data, and a multi-signature backend for secured transactions. Owned GCP infrastructure with load balancing, replicas and blue-green deployments.
Go · PostgreSQL · GraphQL · GCP
2020 – 2021
Distributed ledger node components · Software engineer, team lead
Architectural components across Go and Java services for Hedera Hashgraph node software. Planned and decomposed features, led and mentored two engineering teams.
Go · Java · Solidity · Docker
2018 – 2020
Fintech platforms: receivables, invoicing, ETL, document automation · Software engineer
CQRS and event-sourced receivables platform on Node.js with MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ and Elasticsearch. A streaming ETL system that automated roughly 98% of a manual export workflow, saving about five developer-hours a day. Templated email and PDF generation service.
Node.js · MongoDB · RabbitMQ · Elasticsearch
About

Small team, senior only

WebGuardian Dev is led by Yoan Sredkov, a senior backend engineer and technical lead with 7+ years designing, building and operating backend systems across energy trading, payments, receivables, blockchain, GDPR endpoint security and infrastructure. He has owned delivery end to end, from requirements and architecture through implementation, deployment and production troubleshooting, while leading teams of five to nine engineers and working directly with client CTOs and product owners.

We are based in Bulgaria, inside the EU, and work remotely with clients across Europe. Every engagement is handled directly by the engineers who do the work. There is no account manager between you and the code. We build our own product with the same standards we bring to yours: written architecture, reviewed code, observability from day one, and an honest answer when something is a bad idea.

Working details
Lead engineer
Yoan Sredkov
Experience
7+ years, tech lead since 2021
Location
Bulgaria (EU), remote
Time zone
EET / UTC+2
Languages
English, Bulgarian
Contracting
B2B, invoiced
Code ownership
Yours, in your repositories
Availability
Taking new work
Specialised engagements

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