Professional Summary
Staff Reliability Engineer with 12+ years scaling mission-critical infrastructure at companies like Chainlink Labs, Bloomreach, and
Backbase.
Specialized in building resilient distributed systems handling millions of requests daily with 99.9%+ uptime.
Led platform architectures supporting $1B+ weekly transaction volume.
Core expertise: Site Reliability Engineering, Systems Architecture, Go, Python, TypeScript, Kubernetes, multi-cloud (AWS/GCP), and building observable, self-healing systems.
Technical Skills
Languages & Tools
Go, Python, TypeScript
Platforms & Infrastructure
AWS, GCP, On-premise
Specializations
Distributed Systems, CI/CD, Observability, High Availability, Cloud Native, Global Scale
Hobbies & Personal Interests
AI & Automation Exploration: Recently started experimenting with Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and OpenAI APIs • Using tools and tehnologies such as Claude Code, LangGraph, MCP SDKs, Google GenAI SDKs • Excited about agentic coding and prompt engineering.
Professional Experience
- Drive technical strategy for critical infrastructure powering decentralized oracle network securing billions in value
- Architect low-latency ingestion pipelines processing real-time financial data at massive scale
- Lead product evolution and re-architecture initiatives supporting exponential growth under aggressive deadlines
- Navigate rapidly evolving blockchain ecosystem, balancing immediate needs with long-term scalability
- Supported product success with focus on reliability, identifying gaps and implementing solutions
- Built and delivered features for highly distributed systems while establishing SRE best practices
- Drove technical strategy across hybrid infrastructure supporting 500+ enterprise clients
- Managed both SaaS cloud platform and on-premise teams in multi-deployment environment
- Maintained hands-on involvement while leading strategic initiatives
- Led team of 4 engineers architecting SaaS/PaaS platforms with 99.99% uptime SLA
- Scaled infrastructure to support 10x growth while maintaining enterprise-grade availability
- Revamped observability stack, significantly reducing system downtime through proactive resolution
- Mentored globally distributed team, with two engineers promoted to senior roles
- Built and scaled Experience Manager PaaS platform supporting Fortune 500 clients
- Evolved CD automation pipeline (Python/Ansible), reducing deployment time by 85%
- Architected centralized logging solution processing 2TB+ monthly, cutting incident resolution time by 50%
- Managed Cloudflare enterprise integration for 100+ clients
- Architected highly available infrastructure for mission-critical services
- Designed CI/CD pipelines with integrated security and audit compliance
- Led migration strategies from legacy services to modern cloud architectures
- Worked across AWS, GCP, and in-house CloudStack platform
- Implemented CI/CD processes and tooling to increase quality and shorten release cycles
- Worked with Jenkins, Docker, AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Ansible in 8-person Agile team
- Improved security, performance, and resilience of systems and processes
- Led planning and refresh of server infrastructure across multiple locations
- Administered Windows/Linux servers and VMware virtualized environments
- Managed Atlassian suite, Active Directory, and enterprise Cisco network infrastructure
- Provided level 2/3 support for internal systems and mentored junior engineers
- Restructured permission models implementing role-based access control
- Supported CI/CD infrastructure including Jenkins, Artifactory, and Bitbucket
Earlier Experience
Select Training and Management Consultancy L.L.C. • Dubai, UAE
- Managed IT operations across multiple office locations
- Coordinated between IT, HR, and Sales departments for strategic alignment
Select Training and Management Consultancy L.L.C. • Dubai, UAE
- Designed and implemented IT infrastructure for two office locations
- Developed company website and online booking system
- Achieved 50% decrease in help-desk requests through efficient IT management
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology & Digital Economy
American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008 - 2012)
State University of New York at Canton (2008 - 2012)
Languages
English (Full Professional) • Bosnian (Native)