Profile

I’ve spent 20 years building software that works under pressure — from complex PHP backends to JavaScript frontends to data pipelines that have to be right the first time.

I think in systems. I debug fast, work autonomously, and go deep where others go wide. My background before software was 7 years driving heavy trucks internationally — it taught me reliability, self-reliance, and how to solve problems alone at 3am with no backup.

Outside of code: volunteer firefighter and first-aid medic. I show up when things go wrong.

Core values: Truth · Loyalty · Mastery.

Experiences

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2023 – Mar 2025
LELOSI, Slovenia

LELOSI is a clothing manufacturer and an e-commerce company.

  • Expanded the internal operations platform used across fulfillment, customer support and finance
  • Built shipping integrations for 6 international couriers including label generation, parcel tracking and automatic error recovery
  • Designed and implemented postcode validation and error correction across 18 European countries
  • Optimised system performance and extended API integrations with adjacent systems

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Apr 2023 – Sep 2023
VAVEN, Slovenia

VAVEN is a marketing platform connecting advertisers with web publishers. Joined to prepare the product for VC funding phase.

  • Integrated a payment processor end-to-end
  • Implemented a full design overhaul
  • Resolved a backlog of polish and stability issues across the platform

Senior Back-End Engineer

Sep 2022 – Dec 2022
Carbon6, USA (remote)

Carbon6 acquired SellerTools (see below). Continued back-end engineering on the same platform under new ownership.

PHP Back-End Developer

Jul 2020 – Sep 2021
SellerTools, Novo Mesto, Slovenia

SellerTools provides product ranking and optimisation services for Amazon sellers. Later acquired by Carbon6.

  • Developed and continuously optimised core platform services
  • Provided technical customer support

PHP Back-End Developer

Jul 2018 – Apr 2020
D·Labs, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Rejoined D·Labs (now ~100 people) as part of an international team.

  • Developed and maintained a complex multi-feature hub for the global fashion industry
  • Built a distribution and sales platform for legal cannabis products for a New York startup

Freelance Business Application Developer

Mar 2013 – Sep 2017
Self-employed, Novo Mesto, Slovenia

Long-term remote projects for foreign clients. Sole developer on two major engagements.

  • Asset Management / Workflow application for an Australian sound studio, integrated with a proprietary CRM system
  • Systems monitoring application for a German IT services provider operating on river cruise ships

Web Developer

Jul 2011 – Dec 2012
D·Labs, Ljubljana, Slovenia

D·Labs specialised in full-stack startup development.

  • Luxury property rental website for a New York startup (co-located with client)
  • Subscription plan comparison platform for Slovenia’s national telecom regulator
  • Global hub overhaul for wine producers and distributors (French client)

Software Developer

Sep 2010 – Apr 2011
3Hops, Novo Mesto, Slovenia

A micro-startup with unusually complex engineering projects.

  • SCADA system for a 6MW industrial water boiler/steamer — touch-optimised desktop app in C#.NET
  • Home Automation System built from scratch including hardware components
  • Remote-controlled street lighting control software for an Italian research company

(Apprentice) Software Developer

2001, 2003 – 2004
ICE Information Solutions, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Small company developing call centre solutions and tailor-made CRM systems. Joined part-time while at university; pace of learning led me to leave academia and go full-time.

  • Developed modules for CRM systems (clients included Moscow Telecom)

Other Experience

Camera Operator - RTV Slovenija · 2022. Sporting events coverage for national television.
Long-Haul Truck Driver - Intereuropa Koper & others · 2002, 2005–2010. Nearly a million kilometres across Western Europe.
Technical Director / Camera / Editor - Local TV, Novo Mesto · 1996–1998. Field and studio camera, linear video editing, technical director of a weekly live talk show.

Skills

PHP · Symfony · Laravel

SQL

JavaScript · Node.js · Angular · Vue

HTML · CSS

Git · Docker

Unix Shell

C#.NET