Filip Galetic

• Solo Developer and Product Owner for a Unique Dating App: Developed a minimum viable product (MVP) with a custom matchmaking algorithm to optimize user connections. Managed market research, concept creation, technical execution, and user experience design, showcasing versatility and innovation.
• Responsive Web Applications: Created cross-platform applications using the MERN stack for consistent user experiences.
• RESTful APIs: Designed APIs to streamline front-end and back-end communication and enhance performance.
• Matchmaking Algorithm: Built and optimized user-focused algorithms to connect users based on shared interests and preferences.
• Software Architecture: Presented visual representations of architecture to stakeholders for effective communication.
• Code Optimization: Refactored and streamlined code for better maintainability and reduced complexity.
• Project Management: Delivered software projects within budget and time constraints, managing conception to deployment phases.
• Team Collaboration: Improved workflows using Git and Agile methodologies to ensure efficiency.
• Third-Party APIs Integration: Enhanced user experience on web platforms through HubSpot and other APIs.

• Reviewed and debugged code while implementing new features for a carbon-footprint calculator built on the MERN stack, developing clean, readable React code in TypeScript and following best practices to maintain a scalable and easily maintainable application architecture.
• Utilized Redux for state management to enhance the app's performance and user experience, and implemented CSS styling with Tailwind.
• Worked with back-end developers to design APIs in Express.
• Maintained and assisted in MongoDB deployment.
• Identified opportunities for process improvements through regular analysis of existing workflows and systems (e.g. weekly updates, icebox for post-MVP ideas etc.)
• Demonstrated adaptability by quickly learning new technologies as required for specific project needs (deepened expertise in MongoDB, learning Typescript)

Key Responsibilities:

• Frontend Development - Improve the app UX and implement new features like the item shop and new currencies.
• Backend Development - Write and optimize backend code to enhance performance and user experience. Ensure seamless communication between frontend and backend.
• Collaboration - Work closely with the lead developer to implement features that enhance gameplay and overall user satisfaction and improve bugs and codebase scalability.
• Innovation - Advocate for the adoption of best practices such as kanban, weekly updates and joint communication channel.

• Worked in a small team of 4 developers on a fully functional real estate app using frameworks including ReactJS, Express.js, MongoDB, NodeJS.
• Developed key features using the CRUD framework from front to back end, ensuring seamless user interaction and data management in the real estate app.
• Engineered functional databases, applications and servers to support websites on back-end.
• Assisted in Deployment en Cloud Services (CI/CD)
• Reviewed code, debugged problems, and corrected issues.
• Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance.
• Analyzed existing software implementations to identify areas requiring improvement.
• Managed development milestones from initial steps through final delivery through agile project management.
• TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML