Ivan Šarić
Owner and developer @ Path Variable
Experience
> since April 2021 : Path Variable LLC
After more than 5 years as a salaried employee, I opened my one-man company to move into the world of contracting. The company offers my consulting, architecture and development services. Full-time, long-term contracts are preferred. I can cover almost the full stack from the infrastructure layer and networking on through to the application layer. I'm not a frontend expert by any means, but I was able to cobble together this site.
> October 2020 - April 2021 : Infobip d.o.o.
Looking for a change of domain after working a long time on e-commerce projects, I applied for a position at Infobip. They offered me a job as a Senior Software Engineer, working on one of their core microservices for processing incoming and outgoing messages. The tech stack used was primarily Java with an administrative frontend written in React.js. I also contributed to their DevOps procedures aside from the regular work I did as part of a dev team. While it was impressive to see such a large deployment landscape in action and continuously deploying, I felt constrained by the rules and procedures in a large corporation. Feeling that I have acquired enough experience and proven myself, I decided to leave and enter the contracting world.
> May 2018 - September 2020 : Digacon Software Solutions d.o.o.
Digacon is an agency focused on e-commerce projects primarily with heavy involvement with SAP-based projects. The stack is also Java with a preference towards Gradle as the build system. In addition to working for clients that included the likes of the swiss auto giant AMAG and the worldwide e-commerce platform Distrelec, I also contributed to the companies common libraries and wrote Gradle plugins for easier development and deployment of new projects.
> December 2017 - May 2018: Rinels d.o.o.
Looking to move towards remote work I took a job at Rinels. They were my first fully remote employer. I immediately grew to love such a lifestyle and managing my own time was never a problem for me. Rinels was building their own product - a medical CRM system that catered towards small to midsize clinics. The stack was primarily Java and the Eclipse Scout framework. I wrote some satellite services using Spring that provided some additional functionalities.
> May 2016 - December 2017: Ecx.io - An IBM Company
Ecx.io was my first serious internationally-based employer with offices in Austria, Croatia, Germany and the UK. It was here that I was introduced to the SAP Hybris framework that would be the focus of the initial part of my career. Ecx.io was an agency, and it followed Agile principles when organizing projects. My biggest project with them was for the Heineken Corporation - a wholesale order and delivery system. I also worked for clients such as Doka and Schluter Systems.
Skills
Languages
- Java
- Golang
- Scala
- Groovy
- SQL
Libraries and Frameworks
- Spring Framework
- Gradle
- Gorilla Mux and Chi routers
- Play Framework
- SAP Hybris
Infrastructure
- Linux
- Ansible
- Cloud - managed and unmanaged
- Networking
- Kubernetes on GCP
- On-premise deployments
Education
> 2010 - 2011 : Master of Arts in Political Science from Central European University
Then still located in Budapest, Hungary, CEU provided an amazing environment to study with some of the world's best scholars and motivated students from across the globe. Studying in CEU demanded a strong focus but at the same time so much care was taken to give the students the best tools to handle their tasks. I focused on Political Economy, studying the former Yugoslav states and their environments for my master's thesis. With graduation nearing, I started to practice coding while looking towards the tech sector as the place to start my new career.
> 2006 -2010 : Bachelors degree in Political Science from the University Of Zagreb
Leaving high school with a new focus on social sciences, I opted to enroll in the study of Political Science. Again, it followed a broad curriculum that covered areas such as sociology, research methodology, philosophy, history, economics and ideology. Political science as a field is excellent in fostering an interdisciplinary mindset since it unabashedly borrows methods and studies from other fields. This is not something it hides, but rather displays with pride.
> 2002 - 2006 : Mathematics and Natural Sciences Gymnasium Lucijan Vranjanin, Zagreb, Croatia
Akin to a US magnet school, the Gymnasium had a broad curriculum with a hard focus on maths. My senior year we learned the basics in areas such as combinatorics, derivatives and integrals. Combinatorics was my favorite because the examples included card games and russian roulette. Joking aside, interesting applications are what get people into dense theoretical subjects.
Certificates and courses
> May 2021 : Neo4j Certified Professional
Issued by Neo4j
> November 2018 : Parallel, Concurrent and Distributed Programming in Java
Issued by Coursera
> December 2017 : Functional Programming Design in Scala
Issued by Coursera
> October 2017 : IBM Architectural Thinking
Issued by IBM
> April 2017 : Functional Programming Principles in Scala
Issued by Coursera
> December 2015 : Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 7 Programmer
Issued by Oracle
> January 2015 : Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer
Issued by Oracle
Projects
> November 2021 - April 2022: TapeACall
I was a part of the TapeACall development team helping to maintain and enrich the existing application. My role was primarily as a backend engineer tasked with maintaining their Golang based services. I also strove to improve the overall development process.
> August 2021 - November 2021 : Switchup Second Phone Number
Under a contract for Teltech, I worked as part of the product development team on the Switchup application. I was tasked with maintaining and extending the Golang based backend systems that were responsible for delivering the application functionality.
> April 2021 - July 2021 : Hume Insights Engine
The Hume Insights engine is a visualisation and integration application for the Neo4J graph database. It also offers the ability to easily create ETL and NLP pipelines to fill and analyze the contents of the Neo4J database.
> September 2019 - September 2020 : Distrelec Online Shop
Working with the Distrelec dev team on extending their webshop with new features. Most of my work was based on integrating a new external marketing service from SAP and setting up tracking feeds from the shop to it.
> April 2019 - September 2019 : AMAG e-Parts
An internal system for ordering vehicle parts and accessories by AMAG affiliated mechanics and auto shops. Another monolithic system based on the SAP Hybris framework and also integrated with a suite of external services.
> September 2018 - July 2019 : AMAG Leasing Portal
A leasing portal that offers information, configuration and pricing options for leasing a vehicle from the swiss distributor AMAG. Also based on the Hybris framework.
> January 2017 - September 2017 : Heineken Direct
A wholesale ordering system for the Heineken corporation that catered to restaurants and bars. Based on the Hybris framework. It is a monolithic application integrated with a suite of external systems.