01/05/2026 updated

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

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

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AndreaKilijan_CV_Deutsch.pdf

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 MethodologyAtlassian JiraBig DataC++ (Programming Language)Cloud ComputingDatabasesContinuous IntegrationData VisualizationDatabase ApplicationLinuxDevOpsDistributed SystemsGitHubIssue Tracking SystemsPython (Programming Language)PostgreSQLProject ManagementMultiprocessingNoSQLScrum MethodologyVisualizationRabbitMQCloud ServicesSAP HANASoftware EngineeringSQL DatabasesMultithreadingMetricsInstallation TechnologyFlaskGrafanaBackendGitLabPytestContainerizationIntegration 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.
 

Experience

Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2025

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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