Kostas Bariotis on the web

Usually i write code: I'm a Web Engineer. My mission is to write clean and efficient code, to create friendly UX’s on the Web and to learn something more. Read my full resume.
Currently i write code at WalkInThePark.gr: A web agency located in Thessaloniki, Greece.
When i am not writing code: I like reading history and IT books, exercising and snowboarding.

Bare with me! I'm still working on this.

OBJECTIVE

To write clean and efficient code, to create friendly UX’s on the Web, for me to learn something more.

SKILLS

HTML5, CSS3, JS 100%
PHP 100%
MySQL 100%
FatFreeFramework 100%
Git 80%
REST API’s 80%
Wordpress 70%
NoSQL 60%
Node.js 60%
ZendFW 50%
AngularJS 50%
TDD, BDD 50%

Immediate familiarity on new technologies
Ability to work in team effectively
Innovative, Analytical thinking
Mood for acquisition and transmission of knowledge
Organizational behavior, combined knowledge, methodically and consistently
Decision-making
Always in mood to work and learn
Excellent knowledge of cyberspace and continuous monitoring of new technologies
Excellent product knowledge Computer Hardware - Software

EXPERIENCE

Full Stack Web Developer, dTek Net.working, 2013(Apr)-2014(Jan)

I have created several web applications, writing PHP to serve dynamic content on the client, mySQL to handle persistent data and Javascript for rich user experiences. I have played with most used Web's APIs whilst i had the opportunity to write one from scratch.

Some of the projects we worked on dTek are :

Carfinder.gr : Carfinder.gr is a used vehicles offers site. I developed a RESTfull API that would serve the frontend as the mobile application too. It uses FatFreeFramework for the backend. On the frontend we developed some Single Page Applications pages, such as the search page ( source code ). Built on top of BootstrapCSS framework and jQuery.

Viral Facebook App : A platform to create and manage Facebook Contests. More info here.

Superleague24.gr : Superleague24.gr is a sports news aggregator built on top of Wordpress. Aggregates news articles from various sports blogs and news sites in real-time.

(From March to Dec, 2012, i fulfilled my military service as defined by the Greek Constitution)

Full Stack Web Developer, C.O.D.E, 2011(Nov)-2012(Mar)

C.O.D.E means Cultural & Organization Diversity Evaluation. As part of my BS Thesis was to develop a web application to manage surveys. Those surveys were send to organizations employees in order to define the fit between national and organisational culture.

Full Stack Web Developer, eimaimesa.gr, 2011(May-Oct)

I have participate into four life cycles: Research, Design, Development, Debuging. Eimaimesa.gr is a Groupon clone. I was responsible for the back-end part of the application. Developed using Zend FW. We embedded Paypal’s & Eurobank’s APIs for selling purposes. It uses MySql for persistent data storing. Fully compatible with modern desktop browsers and W3C specifications.

EDUCATION

Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (ATEITH)

Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering, 2006 – 2011

INTERESTS

Living in cutting-edge [Life|Web], latest gadgets & technologies, snowboarding, reading history, philosophy and IT books, exercising.