Valon Januzaj

Rr.Rexhep Krasniqi · Prishtine, valon.januzaj98@gmail.com

Passionate technophile skilled in front and back end development for different kinds of services. Useful knowledge and experience with high-level programming by using trending technologies. I am more focused on back-end technologies but also have experience with the latest front-end technologies. My goal is to always put the principles of Computer Science and Software Engineering into practice. Also, a very passionate learner by voluntarily constant reading, exercising and working in various fields/subjects

Experience

Backend Engineer

Rubik

- Design and implement API‑s for real estate platform
- Build fully automated CI/CD pipelines for serverless based micro‑services
- Cloud infrastructure design and implementation
- Migrate the deployment for several services from AWS to Kubernetes on GCP
- Build scraper services and ETL‑s to filter data as needed and integrate with third party CRM service
- Write unit and integration tests
- Code reviews, refactor, PR review
- Integrate the applications with third party services
- Deploy and monitor the services to production environment
- Design, document and visualize the workflow of the current and new features.

Feb. 2021 - Present

Backend Engineer

Morina & Co

- Design and implement API for banking system
- Build fully automated CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications using Docker and AWS ECR.
- Dockerize the application, and separate environments
- Write tests (TDD) for the application (functional tests) which include Unit, API, and Acceptance testing using different tools to achieve codebase coverage
- Deployed a centralized monitoring environment(Grafana, Prometheus) which gathers system metrics
- Integrate application with cloud services such as AWS, and Firebase
- Design, document and visualize the workflow of the new features

March. 2020 - Dec. 2020

FULL-STACK DEVELOPER

UBT

- Responsible for the analyzing, planning, gathering the requirements from the staff and the stakeholders, and implementing a full-stack application using Laravel Framework
- Deploy the application to production, maintain and integrate new features
- Review pull request of other developers, and plan everything for the next features
- Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement
- Test the application (Unit and API tests)

Nov. 2019 - March. 2020

React Js Developer

Mozaixs

- Develop new user-facing features using React.js
- Develop a flexible and well-structured front-end architecture, along with the APIs to support it
- Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
- Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

Education

Computer Science and Engineering

Bachelor of Science
Computer Science - Software Engineering Specialization
2017 - 2021

Hajdar Dushi Gymansium

Nature sciences
2014 - 2017

Skills

Programming Languages & Frameworks
    - Python (Flask, Django, FastAPI)
    - PHP (Laravel, Lumen, CodeIgniter)
    - Java (Spring)
    - JavaScript (Node, Express, ReactJS)
Storage
    - PostgresSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis
General - Other
    - Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Firebase, CI/CD
    - Unit Testing, API Testing, Integration Testing, BDD, TDD
    - Software architecture, SDLC, OOP, Design Patterns, Cloud
    - DevOps, API, AI, Data Analysis
Soft Skills
    - Team Work
    - Adaptability
    - Creative
    - Work Ethic
    - Communication
Languages
    - Albanian (Native)
    - English (Proficient)
    - German (Beginner)

Interests

Apart from being a software engineer, I enjoy most of my time being outdoors.

When forced indoors, I usually read books from different fields and watch movies.

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