Hello, I'm
14
years of
experience
experience
4 years
As a full-time employee
8 years
Leading a web development agency
2 years
As a freelance software developer
2024 - Present
2024 - Present
Freelance Software Engineer
Self-employed
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Notable clients:
Telemann-Zentrum, Magdeburg, Germany
Fulfilling a role of technical consultant and developer, I have produced a tailor-made CMS, API, and website for a government institution dedicated to the cultural remembrance of the composer Georg Philipp Telemann.
Prolific You, Melbourne, Australia
Developed a module for seamless integration with the Australian largest real estate database - domain.com.au.
DashNex Inc, United States
Fulfilling the role of Senior Software Developer in a small agile international team, building a digital platform for entrepreneurs and content creators.
2022 - 2024
2022 - 2024
Senior Software Engineer
Gelato AS
Remote (Oslo, Norway)
Gelato is one of the most successful print on demand platforms.
I was responsible for developing and optimizing the order delegation algorithm to maximize efficiency across various metrics, including production speed and cost, delivery time, product quality, partner capacity, and more.
I collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and engineers.
2014 - 2022
2014 - 2022
Founder and Owner
Backslash Software
Niš, Serbia
Successfully worked with numerous clients from Germany, UK, and USA, completing over 50 projects and managing a team of 8-12 developers.
Proficient in software and solution architecture, management, mentoring, and training.
Notable clients:
Molina Visuals, Barcelona, Spain
Fulfilling a role of lead developer and consultant, I helped this creative agency to create websites, tailor-made content management systems, and APIs for renowned musical institutions.
Loy 365, Zurich, Switzerland
Fulfilling a role of lead developer and consultant, I prepared project specifications, developed, and coordinated development team to deliver a web solution for specialized printing services for the construction market. Utilized skills in solution architecture, business analysis, project management, and web development in an Agile environment.
Etribes, Hamburg, Germany
As an Ecommerce Web Developer, I extended and maintained online shops for German luxury fashion brands, utilizing frontend development skills, CMS management, 3rd party integration, optimization, data modeling, and scaling.
TravelFED (formerly Perennial AG), Hamburg, Germany
As a Lead Developer and Consultant, I established an office in Niš, Serbia, and built a development team of 8 people. Contributed to integration of 3rd party services, core application extension and optimization, custom dashboard development for data analysis and reporting, and real-time monitoring.
2012 - 2014
2012 - 2014
Web Developer
ING Software
Niš, Serbia
Developed eCommerce solutions, banking systems, and CMS websites using PHP and .NET (C#). Created websites, themes, and modules for Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla, Opencart, Magento. Led a small team of PHP developers and improved the company's overall front-end approach.
Clients
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with a wide range of clients, from startups building their first product, to established organizations looking to modernize and scale.
Below is a selection of the companies and organizations I’ve had the pleasure of working with.
Testimonials
Jay Bhatia
Prolific You, Melbourne, Australia
Business OwnerI've worked with well over 100 contractors, freelancers, and fulltime staff in this space, and Nikola by far is in the top 1%.
If you want someone to understand your objective and genuinely be able to solve it from a technical and logical standpoint he is your man. Communication was excellent which is something super crucial with technical projects.
The time he took to understand and research the objective of what we were trying to achieve made the project seamless, this avoided any extra scope because everything was thought through and brought up in the beginning as he could see the next logical step (even though I didn't mention it in the initial scope)
Of course, the work ethic and the actual technical ability was amazing. Personalities and people like Nikola are hard to come by, and he is an absolute gem of a person.
I will definitely be working with him again.
11/10 - hands down!
Aristidis Koutounidis
TravelFED, Hamburg, Germany
Art-DirectorI rarely come across someone ‘Ridiculously efficient’ like Nikola. I have the pleasure of working with him and his team for more than 5 years at Perennial AG and now TravelFED Ltd. collaborating on several projects. Nikola is passionate about fulfilling all requirements through the development of creative and innovative software using a variety of technologies. He was always thoughtful and considerate, an excellent team player with the ability to handle multiple projects expertly and made a dramatic increase in the productivity level of our company. Nikola would be an asset to any company as a Software engineer and project manager and earns my highest recommendation.
Anna Danés
Molina Visuals, Barcelona, Spain
Team ManagerWe have worked with Nikola in several websites, and we are extremely happy with the work that he has delivered. Working with Nikola guarantees that you will have a smooth project: great communication, proactivity, knowledge and always going the extra mile to find the best solution. I strongly recommend working with Nikola and his team!
John Peden
Tweak Digital, Manchester, England
Business OwnerNikola's team was recommended to me by my virtual assistant who had been working with them on another project for several years. Nikola's team were able to pick up a WordPress project that had been derailed and delivered exactly what I'd asked, using really high-quality code and on-time. I can't fault their work at all and am always happy to have them deal directly with my clients. They're professional, quick to respond and really know what they're doing when it comes to web development. I highly recommend them.
Technologies
Portfolio
Telemann-Zentrum Website & CMS
Telemann Zentrum
Magdeburg, Germany
2024
https://telemann.de
PHP
Symfony
PostgreSQL
Angular
Custom CMS
Fulfilling a role of technical consultant and developer, I have produced a tailor-made CMS, API, and website for a government institution dedicated to the cultural remembrance of the composer Georg Philipp Telemann.
LOY 365 Project Platform
LOY 365
Kloten, Switzerland
2022
https://pp.loy.ch
PHP
Laravel
MySQL
MongoDB
Angular
CRM
3rd party integration
Fulfilling a role of lead developer and consultant, I prepared project specifications, developed, and coordinated development team to deliver a web solution for specialized printing services for the construction market. Utilized skills in solution architecture, business analysis, project management, and web development in an Agile environment.
Domain.com.au Module
Prolific You
Melbourne, Australia
2024
PHP
Wordpress
Elementor
3rd party integration
Developed a module for seamless integration with the Australian largest real estate database - domain.com.au.
Musical Institutions Websites
Molina Visuals
Barcelona, Spain
2014 - 2020
PHP
Symfony
Wordpress
Angular
Custom CMS
Fulfilling a role of lead developer and consultant, I helped this creative agency to create websites, tailor-made content management systems, and APIs for renowned musical institutions.
Sport Organizations Websites
2014 - 2020
PHP
Symfony
Angular
Custom CMS
As a big sports enthusiast myself, I was happy to collaborate with sport clubs and organizations who needed a website for their promotional campaigns, or even whole systems to manage their events and business needs.
I worked with Tennis Association of Serbia on the project of digitalization and automation of their most important business procedures. The mission of this project was to improve the communication between the Association, tennis clubs and players. The portal became the central information source very shortly, and it was also the most visited and active tennis website in the country.
Tennis Academy Zivkovic, who have trained some of the most successful young competitors in Serbian tennis, trusted me with the promotional website for their summer tennis camp that attracts young talented players from around the world every year.
I have organized a basketball league for years, and developed a complete web system which covers all technical needs of this tournament. Features like automated statistics calculation, interface for real time in-game statistics, livescores, online streaming, standings, schedules, player pages, team pages, articles, image and video galleries. I also developed two virtual games, Fantasy Manager and Prediction Game.
Contact
Whether you need a new website, a custom cloud solution for your business, or an extra hand on your development team, feel free to get in touch.