Visar Z.

Visar Z.

Senior Software Engineer

Skopje, Macedonia
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About Me

Visar is a Senior Software and DevOps Engineer with technical back-end expertise in Python, Elixir, Ruby, and C++ and DevOps tools in producing high-quality software apps for clients. With a passion for fast product improvements using the advantages of DevOps, he strives to consistently deliver creative, innovative, and quality products/projects for clients through a well-defined customer-centric approach.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software & DevOps Engineer
2018 - Present (7 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

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

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

Sharethrough
Sharethrough
Software Engineer
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Remote
  • Architected and designed 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 to automate deployments and for monitoring and infrastructure management of the cloud environment.

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

Cloud Deployment App Infrastructure
Tarmac.IO
Tarmac.IO
Principal Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Skopje, Macedonia
  • Provided support in managing and growing relationships with diverse clients.

  • Designed, developed, and ran microservices, web services logic, and UI requirements.

  • Liaised with architects to deliver an exceptional user experience for client apps.

Keitaro
Keitaro
Software Development Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Skopje, Macedonia
  • Developed and maintained key features of Keitaro's platform.

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

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

Cogini
Cogini
Consultant
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Remote
  • Drove innovation within the technological implementation drives of different clients.

  • Coached the DevOps team and played an integral role in the development process of client platforms.

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

VapourApps
VapourApps
Software Development Engineer
2015 - 2015
Skopje, Macedonia
  • Wrote well-designed and testable code and integrated components into a fully functional software system.

  • Troubleshot, debugged, and upgraded existing systems to ensure easy deployment of programs and enhance user experience.

  • Developed and instituted efficient software verification plans and quality assurance procedures.

Freelance
Freelance
Software & DevOps Engineer
2014 - Present (11 years)
Remote

Working as a freelance developer/DevOps for various clients using Python, Elixir/Phoenix, JavaScript, Node.js, Terraform/Terragrunt, Ansible, AWS.

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

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

  • Identified bottlenecks and bugs and devised solutions.

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

  • Implemented enhancements on embedded hardware platforms based on ARM, writing software-related tasks (ANSI C/C++) for OS and OS-free environments.

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

  • Developed new communication protocols (message queues...) and implemented advanced solutions for usage of eMMC memories, USB, and UART peripherals.

C++PerlANSI C ARM Embedded Embedded CEmbedded Development Communication Protocols Message Queues MMC USB Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) Computer Equipment & Peripherals Build Systems Telecommunications
SIvA
SIvA
Intern
2011 - 2011
Skopje, Macedonia
  • Successfully ported a single precision floating point math library (Newlib) to eCos (Embedded Configurable Operating System).

  • Assisted in analyzing and enhancing the efficiency, stability, and scalability of different system resources.

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

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, budget paychecks between pay periods, and get upcoming bill reminders and low-balance alerts. Led the migration of the solution from a bare-metal server on the back-end API services to an IaC solution using mainly open-source technologies like Terraform, Ansible, and Packer. After the first phase, the solution was migrated to a microservices-based architecture in Kubernetes.

Software Developer - eCos
Software Developer - eCos

eCos is a free open-source, real-time operating system intended for embedded applications. Thanks to its highly configurable nature, the operating system can be customized to precise application requirements, delivering the best possible runtime performance and an optimized hardware resource footprint. Ported the single-precision math library from a Newlib C standard lib to eCos' embedded operating system.

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.

Education

Computer Engineering, ICT
Computer Engineering, ICT
South East European University - Macedonia
2014 - 2016 (2 years)