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Mitja Stepan
From Slovenia 01:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
$120,000/yr

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Senior Full-stack Engineer

Full-Stack Engineer
Available for hire
Years of experience
15+ years
Experience level
Senior
Available for
Full-time, Contract
Available from
29 Jun 2026

I am a senior software engineer with 15+ years of knowledge and professional experience. Proven track record in designing robust system architectures, modernizing CI/CD pipelines (Bitbucket, Bamboo/Rundeck), and leading end-to-end development in Angular/NgRx and Node.js/NestJS. Proficient in AWS IaC (Ansible, CloudFormation) and dedicated to driving quality through Unit and E2E testing (Jest, Cypress, Playwright) and code reviews.

I’m known for being dependable, supportive of others, and maintaining a steady head when things get messy. People I’ve worked with often mention my patience, openness, and genuine interest in making things better - especially across product, QA, and engineering. I care deeply about developer experience, making sensible trade-offs, and building systems that help teams move forward without friction.

Employment History

Senior Software Engineer at Peek Vision 2021 - 2025
ℹ️ Infrastructure Management: Managed and optimized core AWS infrastructure (EC2 clusters, S3, Nginx, Docker Swarm) and maintained infrastructure-as-code using Ansible/CloudFormation. ℹ️ Drove E2E Quality and Automation: Architected and implemented an E2E automation runner using Rundeck with EC2 ephemeral runners, ensuring consistent and scalable application releases even as the system expanded. ℹ️ CI/CD Modernization: Developed CI/CD pipelines across Bitbucket and Bamboo/Rundeck for infrastructure automation, deployments, scheduled tasks, and Google SSO implementation. ℹ️ Database performance tuning: Analyzing MongoDB memory usage, redesigning indexes, profiling slow queries and aggregations, and implementing data-lifecycle strategies, led to. ℹ️ System Resilience: Conducted annual system audits, vulnerability assessments, and defined disaster recovery procedures to ensure high availability and security compliance. ℹ️ Full Stack Development & Architecture: Responsible for development across the stack, building and maintaining backend services (Node.js/NestJS/Mongo) and complex mobile and web frontend applications (Angular) used in global healthcare environments.
Senior Frontend enginee at Blocktrade AG 2019 - 2020
ℹ️ Developed a variety of front-end functionalities that brought the crypto and fiat exchange platform to life, focusing on performance, usability, and data visualization. ℹ️ Collaborated with back-end teams to define and consume robust REST APIs, ensuring seamless data flow and integration.
Lead engineer at Kolektor Vision 2019 - 2021
ℹ️ Architectural Leadership: Acted as the team lead for key projects, including a graphical low-code programming designer (UML-style state machine) and the Cordea IoT fever detection device (running on RPI4). Both involved comprehensive Node.js APIs and Angular frontends. ℹ️ Process and Standards Implementation: Established core development processes, coding standards, and standardized release procedures, significantly improving team consistency, efficiency, and code quality. ℹ️ Product and Roadmap Management: Managed the technical product roadmap and improved Jira workflows to increase project tracking visibility, stakeholder communication, and delivery predictability. ℹ️ Team Growth and Mentorship: Actively involved in the recruitment, training, and mentorship of new staff, contributing directly to the technical capabilities and scaling of the team. ℹ️ Deployment Ownership: Led the deployment and maintenance of critical web SPA applications, resulting in 30+ successful deployments per month and enhanced application stability across all environments ℹ️ Core Technology Implementation: Utilized an advanced stack featuring TypeScript, Angular with NgRx/RxJs, Node.js, MQTT, Docker, and a mix of MongoDB/Redis.

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