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Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in Cloud Services, Python, C++

Velika Gorica, Croatia Master of Science, Software Engineering and Information Systems
Velika Gorica, Croatia Master of Science, Software Engineering and Information Systems

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About me

I am a Senior Software Engineer with master's degree and more than 7 years of real IT industry experience. I am open to remote work with a possibility of monthly on site visits. I have experience working both in German and English speaking environment.

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)Agile MethodologyJIRABig DataC++ (Programming Language)Cloud ComputingDatabasesContinuous IntegrationData VisualizationDatabase ApplicationLinuxDevOpsDistributed SystemsGithubIssue Tracking SystemsPython (Programming Language)PostgreSQLProject ManagementMultiprocessingNoSQLScrum MethodologyVisualizationRabbitMQCloud ServicesSAP HANASoftware EngineeringSQL DatabasesMultithreadingMetricsInstallation TechnologyFlask (Web Framework)GrafanaBackendGitlabPytestContainerizationIntegration TestsKubernetesCoaching and MentoringApache KafkaSoftware Version ControlDocker
Software Development
Development of Python Flask APIs, cloud services for big data processing and internal libraries. 
C++ programming with focus on high performance database application.
Experience with multiprocessing, multithreading and distributed environments.
Writing unit and integration tests for both Python and C++ code - pytest, unittest, gtest.

DevOps & Cloud Technologies
Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration, with experience in writing Dockerfiles and building docker images.

Database & Messaging Systems
Both SQL and NoSQL databases alongside messaging technologies like Kafka and RabbitMQ for distributed systems.
DBMS: PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, ScyllaDB, SAP HANA

Linux
Daily use for software development, building and installing software, writing bash scripts, troubleshooting issues.

Version Control & CI/CD
GitHub and GitLab for source code management and continuous integration/deployment pipelines.

Project Management
SCRUM and Jira for agile project management and issue tracking.

Monitoring & Visualization
Grafana for data visualization and monitoring of system metrics.

Leadership
Technical Lead in projects, coordinating and mentoring other developers. Collaboration with other teams and managers.
 

Languages

GermanFluentEnglishFluentCroatianNative speaker

Project history

Senior Backend Engineer

ReversingLabs d.o.o.

Internet & IT

50-250 team member

Software development (Python, Linux) and maintenance of Flask APIs, cloud services used for big data processing and internal libraries. Project technical lead - coordination, mentoring, collaboration with other teams.

Software Developer

SAP SE

Internet & IT

>10.000 team member

Software development (C++, Linux) and maintenance of high performant database. Coordination of Code Quality Improvements.

Software Developer (Student job)

BroadStream Solutions

Internet & IT

10-50 team member

Test development (C++, C#) and quality assurance. Part-time position while studying.

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