Ante Braovic
Verified Expert in Engineering
Back-end Developer
Split, Croatia
Toptal member since March 30, 2021
Ante is a back-end developer with 10+ years of expertise working with web and database technologies, including PHP, MySQL, Redis, Docker, and AWS. For the last 7+ years, he has been working with the Symfony framework. His passion is creating cost-efficient, high-performance systems with a clean and well-structured code. Ante's qualifications also include creating software architecture based on client requests to help clients overcome business challenges.
Portfolio
Experience
- Back-end Development - 11 years
- PHP - 11 years
- MySQL - 10 years
- REST APIs - 9 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years
- PHP 7 - 5 years
- Docker - 5 years
- Symfony 4 - 3 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Unix, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), PhpStorm
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on is creating Jealousy from scratch. Jealousy is a brand-new social network with a different mindset and a new user experience.
Work Experience
Back-end Web Developer | Software Architect
Jealousy Ltd
- Created a new, fully functional social network from scratch.
- Served as a lead web developer and system co-architect working on the product design.
- Built a scalable and high-performance system based on Symfony 2.4.
- Created a complex database system combining MySQL master/slave configuration with an in-memory Redis database to achieve better performance.
- Deployed the system in AWS using ECS (Docker), RDS (MySQL), ElastiCache (Redis), S3, and EC2 with load balancers.
- Developed a complete back-end system, including an API for mobile applications.
Assistant Professor
FESB - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and..
- Taught the students the basics of programming in C.
- Held lectures and taught students about the concepts of object-oriented programming.
- Influenced on curriculum changes and improvements to fulfill the market's needs and improve overall education.
Back-end Web Developer | Software Architect
Freelance
- Created system architecture based on client requests.
- Set up VPS and/or dedicated servers and deployed production systems.
- Set up the domain and pointed it to the desired server, including pointing multiple domains to a single server and setting up SSL.
- Developed a full system that includes a database, back end, API (for mobile and web clients), and web clients.
- Processed data from an external API, storing it into a database or adjusting it for the client application, such as XML SOAP processed in RESTFul.
- Cooperated with other developers or teams on different projects.
- Collaborated with various foreign and domestic clients to deliver custom software solutions with the highest interest in a highly scalable architecture.
Chief Technology Officer
Profico
- Led a group of professionals working on a single project, including web, iOS, and Android developers, designers, and a project manager.
- Led the complete IT department, covering every company project.
- Organized meetings, communicating with clients and making arrangements for the company.
- Helped organize the Shift Conference as a part of the organizational team.
Senior Web Developer
Profico
- Developed an app used by a large international corporation for quick response in case of a natural disaster or any other kind of catastrophe.
- Managed a small team of web developers on multiple projects at the same time.
- Created use case stories and mockups for different projects.
- Built the system architecture, including a database and application architecture.
- Troubleshot a developed project to find critical bugs, especially in custom delivered projects without relevant documentation.
Experience
Jealousy Social Network
https://www.jealousyapp.comThe whole focus of our social network is to encourage users to publish quality content. This way, our users won't be overloaded with useless and repetitive content. Along with this, our concept allows new users to advance within the network and gain popularity more easily, without the need for the users to be popular in real life.
This whole new social experience is available for iOS and Android, and it introduced a completely new user experience (UX) for mobile devices.
Sentegrity for BlackBerry
With real-time risk insights and Sentegrity's machine learning, the protected apps can change their security to match risks and enforce enterprise policies. Users will enjoy faster, passwordless access in trusted conditions while the enterprise gains greater visibility into risks of the mobile ecosystem through TrustScores.
Sentegrity understands that privacy is an important part of the user experience, reducing the enterprise attack surface. Raw user or device data is never processed, never stored, and never shared. Local device operation ensures that mobile endpoints are protected anywhere, anytime — with or without network connectivity.
The project has reached the end of life.
Sales App for Allianz Croatia
Selling insurance products is a dynamic job that requires mobility and fieldwork. This is a mobile sales tool used by the Allianz sales network to demonstrate their products in an interesting and eye-catching way.
IMC Travel and Training System
IMC uses this in case of an emergency where its employers and volunteers can make a fast asset allocation.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) - Split, Coatia
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) - Split, Croatia
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, JSON API, React, jQuery
Tools
NGINX, Git, PhpStorm, Terminal, Apache, Postfix
Languages
PHP, PHP 7, PHP 5, XML, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Bash Script, C++, C
Frameworks
Symfony, Symfony 4, OAuth 2
Platforms
Linux, LAMP, Apache2, WordPress, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Unix, New Relic, CentOS 6
Storage
MySQL, Redis, MSSQLCE
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), REST, Scrum, RESTful Development
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Other
Back-end Development, Symphony, Wamp, Computer Science, APIs, Ubuntu Server, System Administration, SSL Configurations, IT Security, IIS, Use Cases, Team Leadership, OAuth
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