Nino Nađ

Resume

Nino Nađ

Updated March 2026

Full-Stack Engineer

Zagreb, Croatia (Open to Remote)
email: hi@ninonad.me
web: ninonad.me
linkedin.com/in/ninonad
github.com/ninonagy

Summary

Full-stack engineer with 5+ years of experience building and maintaining products, with a strong focus on clean architecture, long-term maintainability, and user experience.

Experienced in working across the full stack from UI to backend services and deployment, often in small, high-ownership teams where engineers are responsible for both product and technical decisions.

Particularly motivated by improving existing systems, reducing complexity, and delivering reliable software that provides consistent business value over time.

Core Skills

Engineering

  • Full-stack web development
  • API design, system architecture, maintainable codebases
  • Working on existing production systems

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare
  • CI/CD pipelines, deployments, environment management
  • Debugging production issues and improving reliability

Product Thinking

  • Translating business needs into technical solutions
  • UX-aware engineering decisions
  • Iterative product development

Experience

AI Energy — Full-Stack Engineer

Dec 2024 – Present

  • Contribute to an AI-driven web platform for rooftop detection, solar planning, and energy forecasting using Next.js and a Node.js API.
  • Implement AI-assisted workflows for generating UI components and design systems, improving frontend speed and consistency.
  • Led a backend refactor to introduce precise TypeScript types and auto-generate DTOs from the database schema.
  • Work closely with product direction, balancing technical decisions with business needs.
  • Raise code quality and standards across repositories.

Freelance Software Engineer

Oct 2023 – Present

  • Built and launched web applications for small businesses and early-stage products.
  • Took full ownership of projects from architecture to deployment and iteration.
  • Helped clients clarify product requirements and translate them into working software.
  • Maintained and improved systems post-launch based on real usage feedback.

PontaHR (formerly Along) — Backend Engineer

Sep 2021 – Aug 2023

  • Developed backend features in Nest.js for an HR SaaS platform that reduced recruiters’ weekly workload by 10 hours.
  • Built bulk action APIs to streamline media uploads and process images with the Sharp library.
  • Authored comprehensive API documentation using the OpenAPI specification.

Ars Futura — Junior Full-Stack Engineer

Oct 2020 – Aug 2021

  • Contributed to both frontend and backend systems in a Ruby on Rails application.
  • Focused on writing clean, maintainable code in long-lived codebases.
  • Collaborated with designers and product teams to deliver user-focused solutions.

myRent.hr — Internship

Jun 2019 – Jul 2020

  • Contributed to a property management platform built in ASP.NET Core.
  • Took ownership of a monolith legacy system and improved features supporting booking and accommodation workflows.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree — Computer Software Engineering

Zagreb University of Applied Sciences
2018 – 2022