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This is ronic . co
I'm Darko Ronić 30yo, developer, python/go/redis addict, runner

About Me

Hi, I'm a backend engineer / developer / runner / cyclist. I come from Zagreb, Croatia.

I consider myself as an engineer with various fields of interest and technical expertise, with several years experience in teamwork. My current primary programming languages are Python, Objective-C and Go and but I quickly adapt to any programming language, technology or environment. I specialize in backend development and have several years of experience with Unix, Linux and mobile platforms and various technologies. My current employment is in game development industry (smartphone gaming) with day to day usage of AWS services for server client interaction. Besides server development, I also worked and still work on developing various games with the rest of the team.

For more, check my Resume.

Hobbies

I used to run during the summers while I was at college. It never became anything serious. That is until early 2014. Then my amateur runner life really kicked in. Since then I've been I've been training and preparing for various races, up until a half marathon.

I'm also an avid cyclist. I ride even during the winter when the temperatures drop to 0C. I ride a road bike, Lapierre Sensium 100, which has been upgraded well above the original specifications. Like most road cyclists, I enjoy the climbs.

The only thing remaining here is swimming. Which is something that I have in plan. Which brings us to one of my life goals - to finish an Ironman. I haven't set a date, but I'm improving each day and I'm positive that the Ironman will come in the future.

You can follow my activities on Strava.

Running
Cycling
Hiking

Education

  • 1986

    I was born in Koprivnica, Croatia

    I spent the first part of my life in Križevci. That's a small town in Croatia, some 60km distance from the capital Zagreb.

  • 2005

    High School

    "Ivana Zakmardija Dijankovečkog" Gymnasium in Križevci.

  • 2008

    B.Sc. in Computer Engineering

    Enrolled the "Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing" B.Sc. programme in Zagreb, Croatia. After two years started specialization in computer engineering. Completed the programme in 2008.

  • 2010

    M.Sc. in Computer Engineering

    After finishing the B.Sc. continued with the M.Sc. programme at the same University. Graduated in 2010. in the generation's top 10% (cum laude).

Languages

Croatian
English
German
Limited
Fluent
Native

Contact

on request only
contact me
Google+
+DarkoRonic
LinkedIn
darkoronic
Facebook
darko.ronic
Twitter
apolloFER
GitHub
apolloFER

Experiences / Projects

EuroPython
2014
Speaker @ EuroPython 2014
Speaker at the EuroPython 2014 conference in Berlin, Germany. The topic was "Mobile Games to the Cloud With Python", focusing on developing a scalable cloud backend solution at Nanobit Ltd. Video can be found here.
Nanobit Ltd.
2010 - now
Team Leader / Senior Backend Developer
Started as an app developer, switched to game development after the company made the switch. Started working on server backend while doing the game development. Since then mostly focused on the server side of things, using Python, AWS, Redis and various other technologies to develop server backend support for all of Nanobit's games.
ORVViS
2008 - 2010
Author and Main Developer
ORVViS was a project of mine during my time at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. It started as my B.Sc. thesis but has evolved since then. ORVViS is a system that automatically tests student projects and homeworks ranging from HTML websites to source codes. It is currently used in "Open Computing" course.

Skills

Python
AWS
Go
Redis
Docker
Riak
Objective-C
Git
Elasticsearch
SQL
C++
InfluxDB
Beginner
Proficient
Advanced
Expert