Vasil Kulakov
VP of Engineering · Former CTO · MBA

Engineering leadership, built on delivery.

Twenty years in software, fourteen leading engineers. I scale teams — 5 to 40 at Homeapp — run SRE transformations from bare metal to Kubernetes, and build AI platforms that hold 20k requests per second.

Vasil Kulakov

Selected work

5 → 40
Engineers scaled Grew engineering from 5 to ~40 as VP — product trios, hiring, Scrum, remote ops. Homeapp
200 → 5k
Users in 3 months Platform for an AI language-learning product — Go, Kubernetes, Redis; load-tested at 20k RPS. snappyloop
6 mo
Award-winning modernization Laminas → Doctrine in 6 months — won the internal Best Client-Oriented Product award. CHECK24
3 teams
Product teams built Built and ran 3 cross-functional product teams; workflow, automation, architecture standards. Infourok

Companies I’ve worked with

Bumble CHECK24 Homeapp Infourok
Pernod Ricard
Samsonite
Renault
vialytics snappyloop
Balance
DSL
Creara

In their words

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Exceptional as team lead and as a developer. He prioritised his team’s well-being and was always willing to go the extra mile.
Michael Erhard
Michael Erhard — Bereichsleiter, CHECK24 · managed Vasil directly
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Under his leadership the department grew from 5 to 15. He took the product to MVP quickly and established Agile/Scrum and a full delivery lifecycle.
Andrei Romashin
Andrei Romashin — Frontend Engineer, Homeapp · reported to Vasil
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An exceptional team leader who delivers high-quality projects on time and fosters a positive, inclusive team.
Gergely Tőkési
Gergely Tőkési — Team Lead, CHECK24 · reported to Vasil
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Committed to the goal even under a tight deadline — passionate about coding, with a calm, can-do attitude every company should be happy to have.
Belma Herenda
Belma Herenda — Team Lead Software Developer, CHECK24 · worked across teams