Emil Nikov is a Staff Product Engineer based in Copenhagen with 11 years of experience building the bridge between design and engineering to deliver usable, production-ready systems. He has progressed from front-end and web design roles to leadership positions—Head of Technology at Iconfinder and senior design engineering roles at GitHub and Fly.io—bringing product sensibility to technical decisions. Emil blends strong visual and interaction design roots with hands-on engineering, consistently shipping polished user-facing features and scalable front-end systems. He thrives in roles that require translating design intent into robust implementations and mentoring cross-functional teams. Notably, his background in computer graphics and animation gives him an uncommon eye for micro-interactions and UI craftsmanship that improves user perception of quality. Currently at Workbrew, he focuses on product-driven engineering where design and code meet to create tangible user value.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Economics and Management, Economics and Management at School of Commerce, Burgas
Bachelor's degree, Computer Graphic and Animation (Computer Media Technologies), Bachelor's degree, Computer Graphic and Animation (Computer Media Technologies) at New Bulgarian University
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