I build production web apps end-to-end — cloud infrastructure, APIs and UI — for teams across Europe and the US.
Open to remote roles — Europe & US · Tirana, Albania
About
Full-Stack Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable, production-grade web applications — React and TypeScript on the front end, Node.js and NestJS services behind them — and integrating AI into real-world products.
Focused on shipping clean, performant code, architecting cloud-native systems on AWS that scale, and turning complex requirements into products that work. A strong collaborator across product and engineering teams, with a proven track record of leading legacy modernization efforts and raising the engineering bar through code review, testing and mentoring.
Open to Full-Stack, Software Engineer and AI Engineer roles — remote or hybrid, working with teams across Europe and the US.
Skills & technologies
Frontend
Component architecture, state design and performance tuning for data-heavy product UIs that scale to millions of users.
React
TypeScript
Next.js
JavaScript (ES6+)
Redux
SolidJS
UI & Styling
Design systems and reusable component libraries — accessible, pixel-accurate and consistent across every product.
Tailwind CSS
Component libraries
Sass / CSS Modules
Ant Design
Accessibility (a11y)
Backend & APIs
REST APIs and services in Node.js and NestJS — owning the full path from the database to the UI.
Node.js
NestJS
Express
Fastify
REST & OpenAPI
Prisma
AI & Integration
Shipping AI into real products — LLM-powered features, autonomous agents and retrieval pipelines wired into production apps.
LLM integration (OpenAI · Anthropic)
AI agents & tool use
RAG & vector search
Embeddings & vector DBs
Prompt engineering
Cloud & DevOps
Deep, hands-on AWS across its full service range — infrastructure defined in Terraform and shipped through automated CI/CD pipelines.
AWS — Lambda · ECS · S3 · CloudFront · CloudWatch
Docker
Terraform
CI/CD pipelines
Cloudflare
Azure DevOps · GitHub Actions
Databases
Modeling, indexing and querying relational and document stores for real production load.
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
ElasticSearch
Redis
Testing & Quality
Confident releases — automated coverage across the critical paths, from unit tests to end-to-end.
Jest
React Testing Library
Cypress
Test-driven workflows
Code review
Experience & education
Software Engineer — Ritech International AG
Apr 2022 — Present
Full-stack engineering across multiple products serving millions of users worldwide — from cloud architecture and CI/CD to backend services and product UI, working with a remote, cross-functional team.
Lead the modernization of legacy applications into high-performance React + TypeScript products serving millions of users worldwide.
Architect scalable cloud-native systems on AWS — CloudFront, S3, Lambda and ECS — with Terraform-managed infrastructure.
Own end-to-end delivery from architecture decisions through CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps, turning complex requirements into shipped products.
Cut build times 60%+ migrating Webpack → Vite and modernizing build tooling — a further 40% from an NX monorepo and Node upgrades.
Drove SEO and performance gains across products via Cloudflare CDN, SSR and structured data.
Built and maintained backend services with Node.js and NestJS — REST APIs and database integration, owning the full path from data to UI.
Architected reusable component libraries and design systems powering multiple products.
Built AI-powered internal tools with OpenAI integrations — LLM features and agents that automate manual processes and streamline team workflows.
Established testing standards with Jest, React Testing Library and Cypress across critical applications.
Mentor junior developers, lead code reviews and set engineering standards across a cross-functional team.
BSc, Information Technology — University of Tirana
2021 — 2024
Studied information technology while working full-time as a software engineer.
Certifications
Hugging Face Agents Course — 2025
AI Agents Fundamentals — Hugging Face, 2025
Highlights
Webpack → Vite Migration
60%+ faster builds from a Webpack → Vite migration — a further 40% from an NX monorepo and Node upgrades.
Vite · NX · Performance
Scalable Cloud Architecture
Cloud-native AWS architecture — CloudFront, S3, Lambda and ECS — fully managed with Terraform.
AWS · Terraform · Infrastructure
AI-Powered Internal Tools
OpenAI-integrated internal tools — LLM features and agents that automate manual processes and streamline team workflows, built and shipped end-to-end.
OpenAI · LLM · Automation
Design System & Components
Reusable component libraries and a shared design system behind multiple products used by millions.
React · TypeScript · Design Systems
SEO & Web Performance
Measurable SEO and Core Web Vitals gains driven through Cloudflare CDN, server-side rendering and structured data.
SEO · SSR · Performance
Backend Services & APIs
Production Node.js and NestJS services — REST APIs and database integration across the full path from data to UI.
