WORK HISTORY
Director of Engineering
CleverShuttle, Berlin
Responsbile for 27 people allocated in 5 cross-functional remote teams, I guide the engineering teams to delivery excellence. By coaching and leading by example, I help my teams to get the best out of themselves, further develop and expand our organization, and build a healthy and strong engineering culture.
My responsibilities include:
- Develop and implement the Technical Strategy and Roadmap
- Oversee development teams and coach engineering managers
- Oversee the running and development of the cloud infrastructure
- Talent acquisition (hiring process, interviewing, managing external contractors)
- Talent retention (coaching, personal growth plans, personal improvement plans)
- Stakeholder management
Hiring · Team Building · Team Management · Team Leadership · Management
WORK HISTORY
Teamlead Backend & Infrastructure
Schindler Group AG, Berlin
Responsible for:
- Leading multiplie teams of 10+ members distributed in three countries
- Defining and improving of Software Development processes and practices
- Defining and evolving of Software Architectures of our products
- Software Solution development
- Cloud Infrastructure Solution development
- Hiring, coaching, and mentoring
Technologies: Azure and Kubernetes
Tech Lead
SpringerNature, Berlin
Main responsibilities included:
- Leading the dev team
- Architecting web software solutions
- Serve as a single point of contact for PO & PM
- Tech planning
- Coaching
- Help recruiting new devs by conducting interviews and evaluating technical challenge solutions
- Development of web applications and APIs using Ruby on Rails and Kotlin programming languages
- Development of web applications and APIs using Ruby on Rails and Kotlin/Http4k/SpringBoot
- Implementing search using Elasticsearch
Senior Engineer
BCG Digital Ventures, Berlin
Engineering of web applications and APIs using Ruby on Rails and Sinatra frameworks. Responsibilities included developing microservices for:
- Billing and invoicing
- Processing credit card payments
Software Architect
Protax2 – Ministry of Finance, Republic of Kosovo
- Co-architect the Property Tax System in Kosovo
- Develop the system in coordination with other developers and requirements team
- Work with Scrum
Course Instructor
American University in Kosovo – Training and Development Institute
Teaching courses
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- Java fundamentals
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- Front End Web development using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
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- Back End Web development using PHP and MySQL
- Microsoft developer curriculum
Freelance developer
ACWEB
Developing software applications for various clients. Notable projects
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- Bulk SMS delivery web application
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- Student Management web application
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- Exam Management web application
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- Accounting software application
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- Creation of several web sites
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- Development of several mobile applications (iOS/Android)
- Consultancy services to various institutions and companies
Software Developer
Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo J.S.C.
I have been part of the web application development team. My assignment here was to design, develop, and implement the loan processing application, which covered the whole lending process.
Lecturer
University for Business and Technology (UBT), Kosovo
Lecturing following subjects:
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- Web Engineering
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- Web applications & E-technology
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- IT Security
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- Web programming
- Object Oriented Programming
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Distributed Data Management
University of Hartfordshire, UK
During postgraduate studies in UH, I have had the opportunity to study advanced level courses on Web services, Advanced databases, Secure systems development, Measures and models in software engineering, and Mobile Standards, Interfaces and Applications. The master’s thesis was a research about the impact of Web Service Orchestration in Service Oriented Software Engineering. I have developed a Visual IDE which allowed users to compose web service orchestrations without seeing the code.
Graduated with distinction.
BSc of Computer Science
University of Prishtina, Kosovo
My undergraduate studies were mainly focused on computer science and programming. I graduated with a research project studying the use of digital certifications by Secure Electronic Transactions (SET) protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard.
Certifications
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Microsoft Corporation
Certified trainer for Microsoft .Net web development stack
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD): Web applications
Microsoft Corporation
Developing full stack web application solutions using Microsoft .Net platform
Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services
Microsoft Corporation
Accessing data on premise or on cloud using Web Services and Azure
Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications
Microsoft Corporation
Developing web application using Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET MVC 4, and C# programming language
Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Specialist
Microsoft Corporation
Creating web sites/web applications using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) – Accessing Data with Microsoft Framework 4.0 (ADO.NET 4.0)
Microsoft Corporation
Accessing Data using Microsoft .NET 4.0 and C# programming language using ADO.NET, Entity Framework and WCF Data Services
MicrosoftCertified Technology Specialist (MCTS) – Web Applications Development with Microsoft .net Framework 4.0 (ASP.NET 4.0)
Microsoft Corporation
Developing web application using Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET Web Forms, and C# programming language
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – Application Development Fundamentals – C#
Microsoft Corporation
Programming with Microsoft .Net and C# programming language
Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
Sun Microsystems
Programming with Java programming language
Awards
Best employee in cost effectivenessRaiffeisen Bank Kosovo J.S.C.
In 2009, I was chosen best employee in cost effectiveness as a result of my efforts on cutting costs using process improvements