Career

Built across software, automation, and delivery

This page is the structured view of my professional path: hands-on technical work, cross-functional roles, and the kind of work I’m moving toward.

Professional Summary

I come from a hands-on technical background across software, automation, and product-adjacent delivery work. What connects my experience is not a single title, but a pattern: understanding complex systems, working across functions, and helping turn ambiguity into usable execution.

My career has moved through development, industrial control systems, platform support, digitalisation, stakeholder coordination, and delivery support. That breadth made one thing clearer over time: I’m increasingly motivated by roles that sit closer to product, project ownership, systems thinking, communication, and moving work forward.

Today, I’m positioning myself for roles where I can combine technical depth with structure, judgment, and collaboration — especially in product, project, delivery, or operations-focused environments.

Core Strengths

Technical-to-business translation

I can move between technical details and broader context, helping connect implementation with user needs, priorities, and decisions.

Cross-functional coordination

I’ve worked with developers, stakeholders, users, operational teams, and external partners across different environments and constraints.

Structured execution

I value clarity, documentation, planning, and turning vague or messy work into something actionable and trackable.

Seeing how things connect

I naturally look for patterns, dependencies, bottlenecks, and how separate pieces influence each other.

Practical problem solving

I prefer grounded solutions that work in reality over impressive language or overengineered complexity.

Adaptability across contexts

My path spans software, automation, digitalisation, support, and coordination, which made me comfortable learning fast and contributing in unfamiliar environments.

Experience Timeline

  1. Developer / Requirements Coordinator

    Stiftung KORA, Bern, Switzerland

    04/2025 – 07/2025

    Worked on a core data management tool and reporting workflows in a context shaped by official requirements and operational use.

    • Helped deliver FOEN-compliant official PDF reporting
    • Supported integration with map.geo.admin.ch / Swisstopo to enable polygon drawing for hunting areas, for use by 20+ regional authorities
    • Ran internal stakeholder sessions for requirements gathering and demos
    • Prepared delivery-ready documentation and Jira artifacts for a key data import function, including acceptance criteria and backlog-ready follow-up work
    • Worked with Next.js, Prisma, MySQL, QA coordination, and documentation
  2. Digitalisation Specialist

    Stiftung BASE, Basel, Switzerland

    09/2024 – 03/2025

    Worked across open-source product readiness, coordination with external developers, internal process improvement, and delivery support.

    • Coordinated with external developers and stakeholders across different countries and contexts
    • Supported open-source release readiness for the Coldtivate app
    • Audited documentation, supported demo setup, and improved setup-script and QA priorities
    • Designed and rolled out a custom Agile workflow in Asana
    • Standardized work item structure across boards and introduced recurring sprint metrics such as bug volume and reopen rate
    • Turned retro insights into follow-up actions that reduced repeat defects by 20%
    • Worked with SQL, Python, Django, Docker, Agile workflows, and cross-team coordination
  3. BizDevOps Engineer

    SBB, Bern, Switzerland

    08/2023 – 07/2024

    Supported Kafka platform operations and project integrations in a SAFe environment, combining technical troubleshooting with platform reliability and customer-facing delivery support.

    • Supported platform users and integration requests
    • Contributed to Kafka topic replication across development, integration, and production environments
    • Built a Java Spring + Angular self-service topic-name-mapping portal used by 18+ internal teams
    • Improved monitoring and platform hygiene
    • Contributed during investigation of a major incident
    • Worked with Apache Kafka, Confluent Cloud, Java, Angular, Kubernetes/OpenShift, ArgoCD, Tekton, Grafana, Splunk, Jira, and SAFe
  4. Software Developer (PLC / Automation)

    Küffer Elektro-Technik AG, Kirchberg (canton of Bern), Switzerland

    04/2022 – 03/2023

    Built industrial automation solutions and interfaces in a real-world engineering environment.

    • Developed solutions in Beckhoff TwinCAT 3
    • Worked on HMI interfaces and monitoring/visualization tooling
    • Integrated PLC systems with APIs, MQTT, Raspberry Pi, and monitoring components
    • Ran remote customer consultation and debugging sessions
    • Gained strong exposure to systems thinking, practical troubleshooting, and execution under real constraints
  5. Project Delivery Coordinator

    Slimpeak AG, Remote, Switzerland

    12/2021 – 12/2022

    Worked directly with leadership to improve delivery structure, coordination, and team setup in a remote product environment.

    • Helped establish agile/operations structure with boards, time logging, and PR checks
    • Supported improvement of the Tapkeen product business and delivery setup, for a product that reached 1,000+ accounts
    • Hired and coordinated a 10-person distributed freelancer team across backend, mobile, QA, marketing, and UX/UI
    • Built experience in team coordination, prioritization, and remote execution
  6. Fullstack JavaScript Developer

    AdeptCode, Remote, North Macedonia

    12/2020 – 11/2021

    Worked on end-to-end feature delivery in a remote product development environment.

    • Built features using React, React Native, Node.js, and PostgreSQL
    • Collaborated across product and engineering in a distributed setup
    • Contributed to real client-facing applications from idea to implementation
  7. Product Engineer

    Mikrosam, Prilep, North Macedonia

    09/2019 – 12/2020

    Worked on industrial machines where automation, safety, and multidisciplinary coordination mattered.

    • Developed real-time automation logic with Beckhoff TwinCAT and KUKA systems
    • Built internal utility structures for code abstraction and standardization
    • Implemented safety-related features
    • Coordinated with multidisciplinary teams for QA and functional validation
    • Supported remote machine installations
  8. Technical Consultant (Contract)

    PrioStartup, North Macedonia

    2019

    Provided technical consulting on a contract basis to support early product and engineering decisions.

    • Advised on technical direction and implementation choices
    • Supported early-stage product and delivery decisions
  9. JavaScript Developer

    doXteam, Skopje, North Macedonia

    09/2018 – 03/2019

    Built JavaScript web features within a small team delivering client-facing work.

    • Developed and maintained JavaScript web application features
    • Collaborated within a small team to deliver client work end to end
  10. Android Developer

    Sorsix, Skopje, North Macedonia

    09/2017 – 09/2018

    Built Android applications in a healthcare context with integration requirements and close collaboration with design and clients.

    • Developed Android/Java applications
    • Worked on apps integrated with government health systems
    • Built one application with dynamic UI generation based on user profile/context
    • Collaborated closely with UX/UI and clients

What This Experience Shows

A shift toward coordination

Over time, my role moved beyond implementation into requirements discussions, stakeholder sessions, QA prioritization, delivery structure, and planning.

Breadth across systems and contexts

My background spans web/software, open-source app delivery, Kafka platform support, and industrial automation - which strengthened adaptability and systems thinking.

A practical bias toward real conditions

A recurring theme in my work has been making things usable in practice, not just technically correct on paper.

A clear direction

The thread through my experience is becoming clearer: I’m strongest where technical understanding meets ownership, structure, communication, and outcomes.

Skills & Tools

Product / Delivery / Coordination

  • Requirements gathering
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Backlog thinking
  • QA coordination
  • Agile workflows
  • Delivery support
  • Documentation
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Technical Foundations

  • Web development
  • Backend systems
  • APIs
  • Databases
  • Mobile development
  • Industrial automation
  • Platform support
  • Monitoring / observability

Tools & Environments

  • Jira
  • Asana
  • Trello
  • React / React Native
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Prisma
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Python
  • Django
  • Docker
  • Java
  • Angular
  • Apache Kafka
  • Kubernetes / OpenShift
  • Grafana
  • Splunk
  • Beckhoff TwinCAT

Certifications

  • Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) — Scrum.org
  • Red Hat OpenShift Administration I (DO180)
  • Apache Kafka Fundamentals
  • IBM Containers, Kubernetes & OpenShift

Education & Languages

  • BSc Software Engineering — University of Manchester (UK)
  • English (C2)
  • German (A2, improving)
  • Macedonian (native)

What I’m Looking For

I’m open to hands-on software development roles, and increasingly to roles where I can combine technical understanding with structure, communication, prioritization, and ownership. The environments that suit me best are those where the work is real, the expectations are clear, and outcomes matter more than internal theater.

I’m especially interested in paths connected to:

  • Software Developer / Software Engineering
  • Product Owner / Product Manager
  • IT Project Management / Delivery
  • Cross-functional environments where translation, coordination, and execution matter

I’m open to remote or international environments where curiosity, clarity, and practical impact are valued.

Projects

See the work behind the roles

The projects page shows the concrete delivery, technical, and implementation work behind this career path.