Marko is available for hire

Marko Pekas

Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

Location

Zagreb, Croatia

Toptal Member Since

July 27, 2022

Marko is a skilled React developer who often works as a full-stack developer. He has experience with many technologies, including Next.js, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, and Figma. Marko's personal project on the Google Play Store has over 75,000 downloads.

Web Development Front-end TypeScript JavaScript Tailwind CSS Next.js React CSS Node.js JSX Python jQuery React Hooks Full-stack Prisma AG Grid Stable Diffusion

Portfolio

Vont

TypeScript, Next.js, Prisma, Strapi, WooCommerce, APIs, Figma

Freelance

TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Prisma, Firebase, PostgreSQL, Next.js...

Team Alpha

CSS, Tailwind CSS, Chakra UI, GraphQL, Remix.run, Solid.js, Next.js, Figma...

Experience

React - 4 years Next.js - 4 years TypeScript - 4 years JavaScript - 4 years Tailwind CSS - 4 years MySQL - 3 years Prisma - 3 years PostgreSQL - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Windows, Ubuntu, Front-end, React Native, Vercel, Front-end Development

The most amazing...

...app I've developed is called "Anime Workout Program," and it gained 100,000 downloads on the Google Play Store.

Work Experience

Senior Full-stack Developer

2022 - 2023

Vont

Decreased site load times by up to 300% on every page.
Boosted SEO by using SSR where applicable, increasing organic traffic by 30% during the first month.
Allowed for easy scalability to new markets by using Strapi and modular design for the whole website.

Technologies: TypeScript, Next.js, Prisma, Strapi, WooCommerce, APIs, Figma

Full-stack Web Developer

2022 - 2022

Freelance

Managed a small remote team to create a web platform for employee onboarding.
Advised a startup that now holds Croatia's most extensive physics questions and answers database.
Created pixel-perfect websites from Figma and Adobe Experience Design (XD) mockups.

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Prisma, Firebase, PostgreSQL, Next.js, React, CSS, HTML5, Node.js, SQL, Redux, HTML, JSX, React Redux, React Hooks, Netlify, GraphQL, SCSS, Sass, React Query, PHP, React Native, Docker, Kubernetes, APIs, Full-stack, Graphics, Front-end Development, Webpack, AG Grid, Gatsby

Senior Full-stack Developer

2021 - 2022

Team Alpha

Developed a web app that holds Croatia's largest physics questions and answers database.
Used social media as a marketing tactic to gain 10,000 new users in a week.
Managed unit tests for all React projects for six months.

Technologies: CSS, Tailwind CSS, Chakra UI, GraphQL, Remix.run, Solid.js, Next.js, Figma, Prisma, SQL, React, Redux, Sass, React Query, Amazon Web Services (AWS), React Native, Docker, Kubernetes, APIs, Full-stack, Python, Graphics, Front-end Development, Webpack, Gatsby

Senior Developer

2020 - 2022

Gecko Design

Trained and mentored all new junior developers over the course of 12 months.
Designed and wrote internal web apps for in-house communication and planning.
Oversaw testing and pre-production builds in order to ensure safe deployment to production.

Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Prisma, MySQL, CSS, HTML5, Node.js, SQL, HTML, JSX, React Hooks, Netlify, GraphQL, SCSS, PHP, React Native, APIs, Full-stack, Python, MongoDB, Flask, Graphics, Front-end Development, Webpack, jQuery, Gatsby

Front-end Web Developer

2019 - 2020

Adria Sport

Designed and developed websites for a sporting goods company.
Decreased existing site load times by an average of 60%.
Improved mobile UX increasing mobile conversion rates by 140%.

Technologies: JavaScript, React, Tailwind CSS, WordPress, CSS, HTML5, SQL, HTML, JSX, React Hooks, Bootstrap, PHP, APIs, Graphics, Front-end Development, jQuery

Experience

My Portfolio Site

https://markopekas.com/

This is a portfolio site created to give a quick overview of what I can do in terms of design and animation. Created at the start of my freelancing career, it was what gave me most of my jobs in freelance. A combination of NextJS, TailwindCSS and Framer Motion.

Anime Workout App

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.netlify.silly_hopper_af3a11.twa

Created a Next.js web app for working out with your favorite characters, made into an APK, and uploaded to the Google Play Store. Currently at 100,000 downloads.

I made the app from start to finish, including the back end, front end, design, animations, and marketing.

A Hyper-Search for Physics Questions and Answers

A React app made using PlanetScale, SupaBase, and MeiliSearch that hosts Croatia's largest database of high-school/college-level physics questions and answers. Made with a startup called team Alpha.

AI Photo Of Me

aiphotoof.me is a free AI profile picture generator. It uses stable diffusion to generate realistic profile pictures. It is a Lensa AI alternative. Create your profile picture in seconds. Just upload your photo and get your profile picture. Free app available for Android.

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js, jQuery, React Redux, React Query, AG Grid

Tools

JSX, Prisma, Webpack, Figma

Frameworks

Tailwind CSS, Next.js, React Native, Redux, Bootstrap, Flask

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Python, HTML5, SQL, GraphQL, SCSS, Sass, PHP, TypeScript 3

Platforms

Windows, Ubuntu, Netlify, Docker, Kubernetes, Firebase, WordPress, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vercel, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), WooCommerce

Storage

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL

Other

Front-end, APIs, Graphics, Front-end Development, Gatsby, Web Development, React Hooks, Full-stack, Solid.js, Framer Motion, Chakra UI, Remix.run, PlanetScale, Supabase, Stable Diffusion, Strapi

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