
Martin Vrkljan
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Samobor, Croatia
Toptal member since March 26, 2014
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
- PHP - 15 years
- JavaScript - 15 years
- Git - 15 years
- CSS - 15 years
- Laravel - 10 years
- Ember.js - 10 years
- Elixir - 5 years
- Phoenix - 4 years
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
Full-stack 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 that communicates with multiple Ember.js clients.
- Built a custom analytics service that 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.
- Implemented payment gateway integrations with Stripe and FreedomPay for hospitality services.
- Maintained and developed new features for a set of PHP and AWS Lambda microservices.
- Implemented Auth0 integration for third-party user management for a hospitality platform.
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)
Education
Master's Degree in Software Engineering and Information Systems
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing - Zagreb, Croatia
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, Google Maps, jQuery, Modernizr, jQuery UI, Google API, Stripe, Google Sheets API, Stripe API, PhpSpec, Node.js, SoundCloud API, Facebook API, X (formerly Twitter) API, React
Tools
Stylus, Docker Compose, Behat, BigQuery, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Git, Composer, Sublime Text 2, Grunt, PhpStorm, Chrome Developer Tools, Google Sheets, Sublime Text, JetBrains, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
Languages
CSS, PHP, JavaScript, CSS3, Elixir, Sass, SQL, TypeScript, HTML, HTML5, CoffeeScript
Frameworks
Laravel, Ember.js, ZURB Foundation, Phoenix, PHPUnit, Bootstrap, Sails.js, Slim
Platforms
Docker, NetBeans, WordPress, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda
Storage
Google Cloud, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, PostgreSQL
Paradigms
Microservices
Other
Writing & Editing, Full-stack, Full-stack Development, Google BigQuery, Payment Gateways, Data Modeling, Web Scraping, Cloud, APIs, Big Data
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