Product engineer. 14 years shipping in regulated banking, payments and consumer finance.
I build the features that make money move: international payments at Glean, marketplace search at Credit Karma, core product at solarisBank in Berlin. Usually the first or lead engineer, working directly with founders.
“Siniša is an exceptional software engineer and consultant who was a pleasure to work with. His reliability and easygoing demeanor made him a valuable addition to our team, and his expertise helped us make significant strides in our business.
His contributions have left a lasting impact on our product and processes, and I would gladly work with him again.”
Founder of Glean AI
“Siniša possesses extensive specialist knowledge, which he always deployed confidently and skillfully in practice. He demonstrated high personal initiative and identified fully with our company.
Even in situations where his workload was extreme, he demonstrated the greatest resilience and found exceptional solutions for any problem that arose.”
VP Engineering at solarisBank
“Siniša is great, reliable developer who isn’t afraid to step out of his role when necessary. He pushed himself relentlessly to improve his skills on a daily basis.
After a couple of successful projects he moved to Berlin and then finally to Bay Area.
Siniša is down to earth hardworking professional. Can’t recommend him enough!”
Owner at Codetree.co
Projects I worked on
Credit Karma
Credit Karma has over 90 million members and 1 billion in revenue annually. Recently acquired by Intuit for 7.1b. It offers free credit score reports, credit cards, personal loans shopping, tax filing and other financial products.
Glean
Glean is Smart AP that gives finance teams visibility, clarity, and confidence with their vendor spend. Recently raised 10.8m. You can automate accounting workflows and identify savings opportunities at the line-item level as well as get the big picture on your company’s spend.
Showcase project
Monthly App
Personal finance and budgeting, live at yourmonthly.app
A live product I designed, built and maintain alone: real users, analytics driving what gets built next, and a security audit I run against my own authorization logic.
React, TypeScript and Apollo on the client. GraphQL API on Node.js with Prisma and Postgres. Source is public, including the decision records and the audit log.
How I work
Effective and transparent communication
Many developers fall into trap of just writing code. But what they often forget is asking the right questions early on and solving a problem with prompt communication. Throughout my experience I learned how to shave off weeks and even months of unnecessary work with transparent and effective communication.
Pragmatic with business goals in mind
My goal is to help you build a successful business, and every online business needs to move fast while ensuring code quality. I can quickly grok the perfect balance and develop your product with speed and stability.
I won't waste your time
I am a self-managed contributor who can mold into your processes very quickly, so I won't need much hand holding. I know when to ask for permission and when to make decisions independently.
Flexible and risk free engagement
Hiring new talent is a great challenge and even bigger risk. I prefer to have happy clients who choose to work with me on a daily basis. In order to do that I prefer signing flexible contracts which you can terminate at any time. Not that you will need to🙂
Get in touch
Tell me more about your project and send me an email at sinisa@codewell.studio