Ivan Bernat
Verified Expert in Engineering
Javascript Developer
Ivan is a full-stack web developer who specializes in building SaaS solutions for clients across different markets. He has spent the past three years working on recruitment-oriented SaaS applications for the EU market, focusing on usability. Besides development, Ivan has spent years in operation roles, working with clients and talent worldwide.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
MacOS, PhpStorm, DigitalOcean, GitHub, Slack
The most amazing...
...thing I've recently built is an Airtable-like app using Vue on the front end and a Node API on the back end.
Work Experience
Freelance Web Developer
Freelance
- Developed an ATS + EMS system to better manage the talent sourcing pipeline as well as later to manage full-time employees.
- Developed a simple farm management system which streamlines operations for small family farming operations.
Head Talent Operations
MVPF
- Handled talent sourcing through various channels.
- Handled talent interviews (phone screening and technical/whiteboard interviews through screen sharing).
- Drove development efforts of internal tools and wrote specs.
Head of Developer Talent Operations
Toptal, LLC
- Directly managed the screeners responsible for matching clients with developer talent.
- Managed cross-team relationships (sales, growth) and initiatives.
- Interviewed, hired, and mentored new team members.
- Improved existing and implemented new processes within the team.
- Monitored and resolved escalated client and talent issues.
Director of Engineering
Toptal, LLC
- Connected clients with talented developers from Toptal's pool based on client needs.
- Gathered client requirements and expectations and, based on that, interviewed and filtered the best candidates.
- Helped improve internal processes to follow company growth.
- Helped clients improve their remote workflows and organize proper communication needed for remote work.
Senior Front-end Developer, Team Leader
Farmeron, LLC
- Worked on all aspects of the front end for a large dashboard platform.
Web Developer
Freelance
- Founded a small development agency.
- Implemented hundreds of designs into functional pixel-perfect HTML/CSS templates.
- Set up and maintained a network of WordPress websites.
- Designed and implemented WordPress themes.
- Designed and developed a customer survey system that was later spun off into a separate company.
- Designed and built a custom daily deals platform for the UK market. Allowed the platform to be fully automated, including adding to mailing deals, accepting forwarding payments, handling coupons, and more. This was back when Groupon was growing rapidly.
- Built the underlying infrastructure for a social daily deal wine buying platform for the German market.
Experience
FarmSolo - The Modern Farm Management Solution
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, PHP
Frameworks
Tailwind CSS, Laravel
Libraries/APIs
React, Vue, Node.js
Tools
GitHub, PhpStorm, Slack
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL
Other
Laravel Livewire, Airtable, Mailchimp API, Alpine.js, GitHub Actions, TALL stack
Platforms
DigitalOcean, MacOS
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Tehničko Veleučilište u Zagrebu - Zagreb, Croatia
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