Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Leading backend engineering initiatives and technical staff, code quality, and delivery across multiple projects. Responsible for mentoring engineers, coordinating cross-team efforts, and building scalable solutions primarily using PHP, .NET, and related technologies. Worked on designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability. Contributed to complex business logic, database optimization, and integrations using .NET, PHP, Yii, Symfony, MySQL, and supporting technologies.

Jun 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 8 mos

Independent consultant serving as Tech Lead and Software Architect across multiple products and clients. Led end-to-end delivery on platforms spanning fan engagement, digital advertising, AI-powered tools, civic tech, event management, booking systems, and wealth management security. Responsible for system architecture, team leadership, technical direction, and hands-on development.

Aug 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

Tech Lead at Republika, a leading marketing communications agency in Kosovo. Supervised and mentored a team of developers, planned and prioritized engineering work, and owned technical delivery across the agency's software products and services. Collaborated closely with project managers and designers to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Established coding standards, reviewed code, and drove continuous improvement across the engineering process.

Sep 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr

Former Tech Lead at Starlabs, where I was responsible for leading projects mostly developed with PHP and Laravel but also developed a product from scratch using MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, and NodeJS). Specialized in working for Web Performance and Web Vitals.

Sep 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs

Worked as a Software Engineer at Starlabs, developing and maintaining web applications with PHP, Laravel & MySQL in the Backend and React in the Frontend. Specialized in working for Web Performance and Web Vitals.

Aug 2021 - Jan 2022 · 6 mos

Worked part-time as a software engineer for Master WiZR, a Norwegian company. Played a key role in shaping the platform's analytics dashboard.

May 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

Founded and built MetryV from scratch — an online monitoring tool focused on Web Performance, Core Web Vitals, and UX-related metrics. Handled everything from product ideation and system architecture to full-stack development and deployment. Designed an automated suggestion engine that analysed client websites and delivered tech-stack-specific optimisation recommendations. The product's own landing page achieved a perfect score of 100 on PageSpeed Insights.

Sep 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr

Worked part-time as both a software engineer and programming instructor at Digital School in Prishtina. Taught programming logic and web development fundamentals to students aged 7 to 18. Played a key role in shaping the school's curriculum and course structure.

Mar 2019 - Aug 2019 · 6 mos

Worked as a Software Engineer at SAP, where my responsibilities were to develop and upgrade tools part of the CI/CD integration, using technologies like Python, Docker, Jenkins & Groovy.

Sep 2018 - Feb 2019 · 6 mos

Worked as a Software Engineer at Prosperoware, a US-based legal technology company. Leveraged AWS services for cloud infrastructure and storage. Developed backend solutions using Python and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins. Incorporated Docker across the development lifecycle to ensure consistent and reproducible environments from development through to production.

Sep 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr

Worked as a Software Engineer at one of ICK's startups. Developed and maintained web applications using PHP, Laravel, and MySQL on the backend, and HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery on the frontend. Gained hands-on experience working in a collaborative environment, contributing to projects that supported local startups.