Visar Z.

Visar Z.

Senior Software Engineer

Macedonia
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About Me

I am an experienced Software Engineer with technical expertise on the back-end using Python, Elixir, Ruby, and C++ and DevOps tools in the production of top-notch software apps for clients. I have a strong passion for fast product improvements using the advantages of DevOps, and strive to consistently deliver creative, innovative and high quality products/projects for my clients through a well-defined customer-focused approach.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2018 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Tarmac.IO
Tarmac.IO
Principal Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Skopje, Macedonia
  • Provide high quality support in managing and growing relationships with diverse clients.

  • Offered technical leadership for the design, development and running of microservices, web services logic, as well as user interface requirements for clients.

  • Liaise with architects for the delivery of an exceptional user experience for clients on their applications.

Keitaro
Keitaro
Software Development Engineer
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Skopje, Macedonia
  • Technical leadership for the development and maintenance of the key features of Keitaro's platform.

  • Automation roadmap and improved testing processes by providing testing tools and automation frameworks for clients.

  • Working with team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technologies and evaluate the technical feasibility of different software components for the client.

Cogini
Cogini
Consultant
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
  • Leadership in steering innovation within the technological implementation drives of different clients.

  • Coaching to the DevOps team of clients, and played an integral role in the development process of the platform of clients.

  • Managed customer expectations, conveyed system status, and sought mutually beneficial new opportunities for performance improvement with the client.

VapourApps
VapourApps
Software Development Engineer
2015 - Present (9 years)
Scopje, Macedonia
  • Execute full software development lifecycle (SDLC), writing well-designed and testable code, and integrate components into a fully functional software system.

  • Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems to ensure easy deployment of programs and enhance user experience.

  • Develop and institute efficient software verification plans and quality assurance procedures.

SRD
Senior C++ Developer
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Skopje, Macedonia
  • Designed, built and maintained efficient, reusable, and reliable C++ codes for clients.

  • Provided the framework to maintain code quality, organization and automatization.

  • Identified regular bottle necks and bugs, and devised solutions to address them.

Seavus
Seavus
Software Developer
2012 - 2014 (2 years)
  • Worked on different C/C++ and Perl projects as an embedded developer for different clients.

  • Carried out enhancements on embedded hardware platforms based on ARM, writing software related tasks (ANSI C/C++) for OS and OS free environments, developing new communication protocols (message queues...), and implementing advanced solutions for usage of eMMC memories, USB and UART peripherals.

  • Performed improvements on an internal build system, based on Perl, for a large telecommunication company.

Siva
Siva
Intern
2011 - 2011
Skopje, Macedonia
  • Successfully ported a single precision floating point math library (newlib) to eCos (Embedded Configurable Operating System)

  • Assisted with the analysis and enhancement of the efficiency, stability and scalability of different system resources.

  • Supported developers with software QA and optimized I/O performance.

Sharethrough
Sharethrough
Software Engineer
Present (2024 years)
San Francisco, United States
  • Oversaw the architecting and design of complex cloud solutions for Sharethrough's ad exchange and integration with 30+ of the world's largest demand-side platforms.

  • Delivered end-to-end solutions for the automation of deployments, monitoring and infrastructure management on Sharethrough's cloud environment.

  • Designed, implemented, and maintained Sharethrough's infrastructure solution to help the client meet its security, scalability and reliability goals.

Portfolio

Principal Engineer/DevOps - Branch Messenger
Principal Engineer/DevOps - Branch Messenger

Branch allows users to budget their paycheck and instantly access a portion of their earned wages before payday. It has features that enable users to get paid instantly, budget paychecks between pay periods, get upcoming bill reminders and low balance alerts. Led the migration of the solution from a bare-metal server on the backend API services to an Infrastructure as a Code solution; using mainly open-source technologies, like Terraform, Ansible, and Packer. After the first phase, the solution was migrated to a micro-services based architecture in Kubernetes.

Software Developer - Spelling Corrector
Software Developer - Spelling Corrector

Worked on the implementation of Peter Norvig's spelling corrector (https://norvig.com/spell-correct.html) that achieves 80 or 90% accuracy at a processing speed of at least 10 words per second in about half a page of code. The solution was developed in Elixir.

Software Developer - eCos
Software Developer - eCos

eCos is a free open source real-time operating system intended for embedded applications. The highly configurable nature of eCos allows the operating system to be customised to precise application requirements, delivering the best possible run-time performance and an optimised hardware resource footprint. Ported the single-precision math library from a Newlib C standard lib to eCos' embedded operating system.

Education

Education
Computer Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies
South East European University
2014 - 2016 (2 years)