Vito Meznarič's Resume

Software Developer

• Overview
  I released the first project to the public when I was 14. Since then I have worked on projects that transact more than a £1m/day, led the team that migrated Android project with 10m+ downloads to iOS, founded a company and worked on several other projects that increased my competence as a developer and as a product and tech lead.
• Personal information
  Email
  Location
  LinkedIn
  Skype
  
  vito@otivia.co.uk
  London, United Kingdom
  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/meznaric
  mezorici
  
• Currently focusing on
  JavaScript
  React
  React Native
  Node.js
  
  7 years
  4 years
  3 years
  4 years
  
• Relevant skills
  Version Control
  Agile Development
  TDD & BDD
  CSS & HTML5
  Linux/Unix
  
  6 years of git, ~1 year of Mercurial
  We used variations of scrum at most places I worked
  5 years
  9 years & keeping up with standards
  All my machines are running a flavour of unix
  
• Also worked with
  MongoDB, Redis, MySQL
  RethinkDB, PostgreSQL
  C#, C++, OpenGL, Unity
  
  Used in production at some point.
  Used in side projects extensively
  Used in hobby/side projects
  
• Honours & Awards
  Top 20 - 2009 to 2013 - Math in Slovenia (1 gold & 3 silver awards during High School)
  1st place - 2014 - Microsoft's //publish/ hackathon ( C# for Windows Phone)
  2nd place - 2013 - Olympics of profession - (Gentoo setup with PHP & MySQL)
  1st place - 2012 - ACM Web-Development (Javascript, HTML, CSS)
  2nd / 3rd - 2012 - Olympics of profession - (Linux setup with PHP & MySQL)
  2nd place - 2012 - Slo Skills - Linux category ( Linux server setup, Apache, ntp, ftp, dns...)
  2nd place - 2012 - Slo Skills - Teams
  

Work & Projects

• Faceit Ltd. Contracting March 2018 - March. 2019

  React & React Native
  I joined as an external consultant to unify the way they build applications using React and Javascript. I developed a plan on how to manage and share components of multiple react projects then I prepared a solid foundation for the new project that was using the shared code. Later also helped with migration to TypeScript

• Enso Technology Co-Founded October 2016 - Jan 2018

  Desktop app & website
  Initially, I developed a prototype of the desktop app because of my own need. A cofounder understood the need and wanted to move the project further with his marketing skills. We developed a highly available SaaS platform using Elixir (Erlang based language) and Inferno (component based frontend library, similar to React).

• Eurostar Contracting August 2016 - October 2017

  Booking path SPA
  We worked in an agile team that renovated Eurostar's booking path. The version our team produced increased the conversion rate by few %, decreased loading times from 5s to sub second and improved the general user experience quite a lot.

• ZomboDroid Remote May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Meme Generator - React Native app
  I ported already successful app from Android (with more than 10 million downloads on Google Play store) to iOS using React Native. The finished product is a hybrid app, a mix of obj-c and JavaScript. The app uses some iOS system & 3rd party libraries to ensure the best performance and user experience in all scenarios.

• In The Window Full time - London, UK May 2015 - Jun 2016

  Mobile & Desktop Website
  I joined the team when they started migrating from proprietary javascript framework to React.js. We later continued using react to enhance and further develop mobile & desktop website.

  React Native app
  To build a companion app for a website we researched iOS development with React Native. It turned out well. Over the next couple of months, we built and released several version of the app.

  Press site
  I transitioned into contracting and then led frontend development for press site, an extension site for the main product. Built using the same technologies as desktop website with few minor improvements regarding the overall architecture.

• Motion Picture Solutions Full time - London, UK Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

  Real time e-mail collaboration client
  I worked on real-time collaboration e-mail client which was used for client support. It is built using LAMP stack. On the back end we used PHP & CodeIgniter with combination of NodeJS(+socket.io) and on the front end jQuery with combination of Socket.io to deliver real- time updates to the client.

  Internal Managment Tool
  I was also responsible for internal task, billing and asset management tool that was used throughout the company for collaboration purposes. It is built using the same stack as the project above.

• Databox Part Time - Boston, US | Ptuj, Slovenia Jan 2013 - Oct 2013

  Back end development
  Core of Databox ran on back end where we aggregated data from multiple sources using PHP and then stored it into MySQL. To help scale the system, a Redis instance was used as a caching mechanism.

  API development
  We wanted to create highly usable API enabling developers to create custom integration into our system. I partly designed and developed the API in a way that it followed the REST conventions.

  Front end development
  We used jQuery to increase site's interactivity. One of the components of main website was a preview of the final version of the app that users would have on the phone later. I built this component with AngularJS.

• Motiviti Maribor, Slovenia Internship July-Aug 2012 Remote - May-June 2013

  HTML game development
  Back end was developed using CodeIgniter and MongoDB. It exposed a RESTful api, which was later used in both standalone and web-based version of a game. Web-based version of the game was created with Backbone.js, jQuery, Raphael and Bootstrap.

  Unity3D game development
  I took an opportunity to work with Unity3D and C# on an 3rd person action shooter game. I set-up base mechanics and implemented online-multiplayer using PhotonCloud.

• Partnership Europe Cork, Ireland Internship November 2012

  Website maintenance & development
  I was responsible for creating new design for a website using HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. It was a pretty simple single page application optimized for search engines (SEO).

• Relief Maribor, Slovenia Internship May-July 2012

  Custom backup solution
  Back end development of pharmacy storage software using C# and MsSQL, primary goal was to create a custom backup solution for phaurmaceticals.

Education