Ante Braovic, Developer in Split, Croatia
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Ante Braovic

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Bio

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

Jealousy Ltd
PHP 7, MySQL, Docker, Redis, Amazon Web Services (AWS), REST APIs...
Freelance
PHP 7, MySQL, Symfony 4, Git, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redis...

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

Part-time

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

2015 - PRESENT
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.
Technologies: PHP 7, MySQL, Docker, Redis, Amazon Web Services (AWS), RESTful Development, REST APIs, Terminal, Unix, Ubuntu Server, Bash Script, System Administration, Symphony, jQuery, React, OAuth, OAuth 2, Linux, LAMP, Apache2, NGINX, WordPress

Assistant Professor

2014 - PRESENT
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.
Technologies: C++, C, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)

Back-end Web Developer | Software Architect

2010 - PRESENT
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.
Technologies: PHP 7, MySQL, Symfony 4, Git, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redis, System Administration, jQuery, LAMP, Apache2, NGINX, Postfix

Chief Technology Officer

2015 - 2015
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.
Technologies: PHP 7, MySQL, Symfony, REST, REST APIs, RESTful Development, Git, jQuery, LAMP, Apache2, Wamp, Apache, CentOS 6, NGINX

Senior Web Developer

2012 - 2015
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.
Technologies: PHP, MySQL, Unix, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, APIs, Back-end Development, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), jQuery, LAMP, Apache2, Wamp, WordPress

Jealousy Social Network

https://www.jealousyapp.com
Jealousy is a new social network with a completely different mindset.

The 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

Sentegrity is an advanced mobile authenticator that combines high-security data protection with a simple user experience. Sentegrity equips BlackBerry Enterprise (previously Good Technology) applications with industry-leading behavioral authentication that profiles user and device risk at the moment of access, all without making any changes to your existing apps.

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

Developed an in-house mobile application and web-based CMS.

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

An in-house web-based platform. The platform enables IMC to manage all travel and training tasks within the organization.

IMC uses this in case of an emergency where its employers and volunteers can make a fast asset allocation.
2011 - 2013

Master's Degree in Computer Engineering

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) - Split, Coatia

2008 - 2011

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) - Split, Croatia

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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