
Vedran Amidzic
Verified Expert in Engineering
JavaScript Developer
Osijek, Croatia
Toptal member since March 16, 2017
Vedran is a senior full-stack engineer with over a decade of experience building web applications for fintech, enterprise, and B2B SaaS, backed by 10,000+ hours in the Toptal network. He specializes in shipping production software at the bleeding edge of the AI-driven economy by integrating agentic workflows and AI-assisted development practices into real products. He pairs deep full-stack architecture skills with modern AI engineering.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 10 years
- PostgreSQL - 6 years
- React - 6 years
- TypeScript - 5 years
- Next.js - 4 years
- Claude Code - 1 year
- OpenCode - 1 year
Preferred Environment
React, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Next.js, Shadcn, MySQL, GraphQL, Go, Claude Code, OpenCode
The most amazing...
...thing: I contributed across six repositories and three product teams, leading framework migrations and shipping customer-facing features end-to-end.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
B2Match
- Led the React 19 and Next.js App Router migration across 5 codebases.
- Handled multi-month Apollo GraphQL query refactor—migrated typePolicies from a monolithic Route. Shaped to per-route types via a new RouteResolver, parallelized 30+ profile/list queries, and rolled out a clean cache-version bump in production.
- Shipped configurable meeting limits end-to-end (Go back end in b2matchd, Rails admin UI, Next.js participant surfaces) — including fixing concurrent-send overages and backfilling per-participation-type multipliers for agency-style events.
- Owned the tickets feature that replaced legacy payment rules with ticket-based segmentation across the organizer UI, registration, and networking flows.
Senior Full-stack Developer
Paradigm Strategy Inc.
- Built data-driven dashboards in Next.Built responsive, data-driven dashboards in Next.js to surface key metrics and user activity at a glance.
- Implemented reusable chart and table components with server-side data fetching for fast initial loads, and added interactive filtering and drill-down views so users could explore trends across time ranges.
- Implemented WorkOS-backed authentication, securing sign-in and session management across the application.
- Built an admin impersonation feature with scoped access controls and audit logging, cutting support resolution time for user-reported issues.
Front-end Engineer
US Company in the Field of Investment, Insurance, and Family Finances (NDA)
- Developed user interfaces with React and MUI as a front-end engineer.
- Developed multiple UI components and pages as part of my role.
- Worked with the SEO team to optimize and grow page visitors and conversions.
- Upgraded a legacy Gatsby 2 project built with TypeScript to the latest version, significantly enhancing project performance and security.
- Improved load speeds and efficiency by implementing modern best practices and optimizations, creating a better user experience while reducing system strain.
Front-end Developer
Toptal
- Created forms for a wealth management app with React, Formik, Yup, and GraphQL.
- Built a custom React component library. Technologies used include React and Tailwind CSS.
- Collaborated with a highly skilled agile team of developers, QA tester, PO, and UI designers.
Front-end Developer
Toptal Client (Field of Investment and Fintech)
- Built a site on the Gatsby and React stack with a custom theme provided by the designer.
- Created and connected React components to the external API provided by the client. Integrated the components to work with the Gatsby framework.
- Connected everything with the Contentful CMS for easier content management by the client and his staff.
- Created custom GraphQL queries and added them to Gatsby dynamic pages.
Front-end Developer
Giftsy.io (via Toptal)
- Developed theme improvements for the Giftsy.io stylesheet.
- Created a custom swipe image gallery built with Vue and CSS Flexbox.
- Contributed to the front end of a legacy app built on RoR and improved stylesheets for responsive web.
Front-end Developer
Client (via MVP Factory)
- Developed the front end for a nature-and-fighting-climate-change project website.
- Implemented animations with the Framer Motion library.
- Created custom React components that were connected with the Prismic CMS.
Front-end Developer
2Amigos US
- Developed custom websites and apps using HTML, CSS, SCSS, and React.
- Created a website for a large SaaS-based IT infrastructure monitoring platform company.
- Created a custom theme for a SaaS base IT infrastructure website.
Freelance Front-end Developer
German Enterprise Startup in the Field of IoT, Machine, and Energy Solutions (via MVP Factory)
- Created a UI for complex data-tables using Frontend technologies like CSS Grid, Flexbox etc.
- Integrated static HTML and CSS code into Angular templates.
- Worked on presentation client side sites.
Freelance Senior Front-end Developer
Web Shop Agency (via MVP Factory)
- Worked with a large team to develop a UI for client and dashboard sites of a large German B2B/B2C store.
- Improved a current codebase which was in very bad shape, recommended to teammates to start using front-end build tools.
- Improved the overall responsive look and theme maintainability.
Freelance Front-end Developer
Insync Insurance Solutions, Ltd. (via Toptal)
- Developed the user interface (UI) for both the front-end and agent sites.
- Connected InSync insurance websites with REST API for viewing, selling, updating insurance policies.
- Created a simple admin panel for displaying user data and insurance documents.
Freelance Front-end Developer
Client (via Toptal)
- Created a custom web app with React and based on the Google Maps API.
Freelance Front-end and UI/UX Web Developer
Yellow Letters, Inc. (via Toptal)
- Created the UI for both the front end and the member and admin sections of the CallText web app.
Magento Front-end Developer
Pinpoint Designs, Ltd.
- Created custom webshop themes using a modular front-end approach with Sass and BEM.
- Styled and customized popular eCommerce extensions (checkout, search, and layer navigation).
- Created the front-end layer of custom modules for product ratings and customer satisfaction surveys.
- Developed high profile webshops and implemented custom solutions for home-page product listings and presentations.
Front-end Developer
ApiWorks
- Developed for the front-end and integrated eCommerce sites based on the Magento platform.
- Created a modular starting theme following the BEM methodology using Sass with a Gulp task runner.
- Debugged and tested responsive sites.
Freelance Developer
Freelance Work
- Worked on the view layer of a large custom booking application developed using the Symfony framework.
Front-end Developer
Gauss Development
- Developed websites on WordPress and Magento CMS platforms.
- Integrated custom front-end extensions for eCommerce sites.
- Maintained and debugged both the client and server-side for WordPress and WordPress extensions.
Experience
Website for a Fintech and Investment Company (NDA)
I connected a website with a headless CMS (Contentful) for easier content addition or maintenance. I also created a custom React component with Axios (REST API) that tracks the prices of investment assets and reloads data with React Query.
Website for a Cloud-based Infrastructure Monitoring Platform (NDA)
Worked closely with a team of remote developers and designers, and a scrum master.
Website for a Nature Restoration and Fight Climate Change Project (NDA)
Native Shoes
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Certified Front-end Developer
Magento U
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Animate.css, Node.js, OpenAI API, Google Maps API
Tools
PostCSS, Prisma, Shadcn, Claude Code, OpenCode, Claude, Adobe Photoshop, Webpack, ITerm, Webpack 4, AI SDK
Languages
SCSS, HTML, HTML5, GraphQL, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go
Frameworks
Tailwind CSS, Next.js
Paradigms
REST, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Functional Programming, Scrum, Agile Software Development
Platforms
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Netlify, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL
Other
CSS Grid, UI Development, Front-end Development, User Interface (UI), AI Tools, Full-stack, Workflow Automation, Agentic AI, Multi-agent Systems, Software Architecture, Axios, Styled-components, Gatsby, Design, Railway, Apollo, AIOps, Monorepos
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