Engineering Manager / CTO / Systems Architect / Tech Lead
Belgrade, Serbia
Technology leader and systems architect with 18 years of experience across startups, enterprise, and government environments.
I build and restructure complex systems at the intersection of engineering, business, and operations, taking ownership of architecture, delivery, automation, scalability, and long-term technical direction.
My strongest pattern is turning fragmented workflows, weak tooling, and operational chaos into structured systems that teams can actually run.
I work best as a playing coach: hands-on enough to ship, senior enough to align product, architecture, and business goals.
I also work comfortably in AI-native and agentic development workflows, using VS Code, repository-specific instructions, architectural guardrails, and structured tasking to speed up implementation without losing technical discipline.
- Bridging business <-> technology <-> operations
- Designing scalable architectures and internal systems
- Driving automation, cost optimization, and process clarity
- Leading teams in uncertain and high-pressure environments
- Turning chaos into structured, working systems
- Communicator - creates shared understanding through clear summaries, precise wording, and aligned interpretation
- Examiner - verifies assumptions, catches inconsistencies, and spots risks early
- Inventor - generates original solutions, connects ideas, and experiments with new approaches
- Learner - improves quickly through feedback, reflection, and repeated practice
- Decision Maker - brings clarity by choosing direction, naming tradeoffs, and closing open loops
If you want the short version, start with:
If you want the deeper positioning and market fit, see:
- Role Market Fit Matrix
- Career Strategy
- Pack Template
- Application Workflow
- Evidence Map Guide
- Profile Suggestions
Use the local applications/ folder for live, private application work:
applications/README.mdapplications/_tracking/application_tracker.mdapplications/_tracking/status_dump.md
If you are using this repository as an agent workspace, start here: