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Senior .NET Architect | Azure DevOps · Angular · SQL Server | Secure AI & LLM integration
Zagreb, Croatia
Only remote
Bachelor of Computer EngineeringAbout me
Software architect, 10 years in the Microsoft stack, former Head of Software Development (team of 17). I build and modernise .NET/Angular business apps, set up Azure DevOps CI/CD and integrate LLMs securely, on-prem (Ollama) or in Azure (Microsoft Foundry).
Azure DevOpsASP.NETMicrosoft AzureC Sharp (Programming Language)Continuous IntegrationDevOpsMicrosoft SQL ServersSoftware ArchitectureAngular 2+TypeScriptLarge Language ModelsFull Stack DevelopmentTeam Management
Software Architecture & .NET Development
Designing and building business applications with C#, .NET / ASP.NET Core and SQL Server; modernising legacy .NET Framework applications to modern .NET and Angular.
AI & LLM Integration
Integrating large language models into business applications: on-premises LLMs (Gemma via Ollama) for sensitive data and Microsoft Foundry (OpenAI) models in Azure for non-sensitive workloads. Document summarisation, chatbots, n8n workflow automation and AI-assisted development with Claude Code.
DevOps & Engineering Practices
Azure DevOps across the full SDLC: pull requests, code review, CI/CD pipelines, SonarQube static analysis and AI-assisted code review.
Frontend
Angular and TypeScript for business applications.
Leadership
Former Head of Software Development: grew a team from 6 to 17 engineers; hiring, performance reviews, project estimation, budgeting and direct client communication.
Microsoft Ecosystem
Power Apps, Power Automate (MS Flow), Azure Functions, Dynamics CRM.
Experience
Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2025
Languages
EnglishFluentCroatianNative speaker
Project history
Setting the technical direction for application development at the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (.NET, SQL Server, Angular, Azure DevOps).
- Introduced Azure DevOps as the backbone of the entire SDLC: pull requests, mandatory code review, CI/CD pipelines
- Established engineering standards with SonarQube static analysis and AI-assisted code review
- Shaping the organisation's AI adoption strategy
- Designed a secure AI zone: an on-premises LLM (Gemma on Ollama) isolated from the internet and consumed by internal applications over REST
- Built applications on Microsoft Foundry (OpenAI) models within the Azure tenant for non-sensitive data
- Built AI-powered applications for document summarisation and a domain chatbot integrated into internal applications
- Automated workflows with n8n; AI-assisted development with Claude Code
Led the ERP Custom Development department: bespoke business applications built to client specifications and client-specific customisations of the company's core ERP product (.NET, SQL Server, Angular).
- Grew and led the team from 6 to 17 engineers (junior, mid, senior)
- Technology direction, strategy and annual budgeting incl. procurement and expense planning
- Hiring, semi-annual performance reviews and feedback
- Project estimation and direct client communication; reported to the management board
In-house development company of the Croatian Vehicle Centre (CVH), building software for its nationwide network of vehicle inspection stations (C#, .NET, SQL Server, JavaScript).
- Designed and built an OCR application (Tesseract) that extracts data from scanned price lists and loads it straight into the database, eliminating manual transcription