

Martin Vrkljan
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Martin is a developer with many years of experience building robust and clear web applications. He is continually following, learning, and applying new and modern technologies. He is a fan of pragmatic programming, minimal design and well-communicated interfaces.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
JetBrains, Git, Sublime Text, Cloud, Docker, Linux
The most amazing...
...thing I've coded is a web application that generates a fully functional database, CMS, and administration panel according to user input configuration data.
Work Experience
Back-end/API Developer
Runtriz
- Built a notification system which integrates several third-party APIs such as Twilio, Postmark, and Pusher.io.
- Worked on an API server application which communicates with an Ember.js client.
- Built a custom analytics service which pushes activity data to Google BigQuery and creates custom reports from stored data.
- Migrated old code from Laravel 4.X to a new Lumen-based build for the application API.
Owner, Freelance Developer
Inqui
- Built rich Ember.js client apps backed with Phoenix framework on the back-end.
Back-end Developer
Omega Media
- Developed a custom, flexible CMS written in Laravel.
Front-end Developer
Conversion Systems (via Toptal)
- Built HTML5 templates using Foundation framework.
Full-stack Developer
Embry (via Toptal)
- Built a custom WordPress plugin to connect to a doctor-patient scheduling service API and allow patients to schedule an appointment.
Front-end Developer
Simpleview (via Toptal)
- Built HTML5 templates using Foundation framework.
Front-end Developer
Jivial (via Toptal)
- Developed a robust content editor for a social network (Jivial) which handles user-formatted text and media such as audio, video and image galleries.
- Integrated communication between Vistia video streaming/uploading service and Laravel application.
JavaScript/HTML Developer
Moodzer (via Toptal)
- Modified a jQuery plugin (http://gridster.net) for a client who needed custom behavior for his website.
Programmer
Fiktiv
- Wrote a low-level, low-overhead, custom-made PHP framework to suit the company's workflow.
- Wrote a generator app for generating a fully functional CRUD CMS.
- Worked on highly interactive, media-intensive interfaces with support for all major browsers.
- Learned cool new technologies like Stylus, CoffeeScript, Node.js, and Grunt.
- Worked on full-stack jobs, building complete, front-to-back websites and applications.
Experience
Luminark (WIP)
http://github.com/luminarkEndokrinologija Web
http://endokrinologija.com.hrPotlista
The Garden Festival Site (via Fiktiv.co)
Skills
Languages
CSS, PHP, CSS3, Elixir, Sass, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, HTML5, CoffeeScript
Frameworks
Laravel, ZURB Foundation, Phoenix, PHPUnit, Ember.js, Sails.js, Slim
Tools
Stylus, Docker Compose, Behat, BigQuery, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Git, Composer, Sublime Text 2, Grunt, PhpStorm, Chrome Developer Tools, Sublime Text, JetBrains, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
Other
Writing & Editing, Google BigQuery, Cloud, APIs, Big Data
Libraries/APIs
Google Maps, jQuery, Modernizr, jQuery UI, Google API, PhpSpec, Node.js, SoundCloud API, Facebook API, Twitter API
Platforms
Docker, NetBeans, WordPress, Linux
Storage
Google Cloud, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, PostgreSQL
Education
Master's Degree in Software Engineering and Information Systems
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing - Zagreb, Croatia