Simon Safhalter
Engineering Manager at Celtra
Slovenia
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Top SchoolSimon Safhalter is a seasoned engineering manager and senior software engineer with 10+ years of front-end and real-time SaaS experience, leading cross-functional teams across startups, scale-ups, and established companies. He blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership, currently guiding Celtra CE’s SaaS product as Engineering Manager, shaping a one-year vision and OKRs while boosting shipping velocity and team enablement. His technical breadth spans JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, and Angular, Node.js, and modern tooling, with notable work migrating AngularJS to Vue and implementing internal design systems and accessibility standards. Past roles at Masabi and Accedo saw him scale teams to seven engineers and deliver multi-platform TV, web, and mobile experiences, including All4 TV and a robust back-office ticketing portal. He fosters mentorship, interview processes, and safe-space environments, handling performance reviews, career progression, and developer development end-to-end. Based in Slovenia, Simon holds a degree from the University of Ljubljana and consistently aligns technical direction with business goals to drive measurable impact.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Programming, Algorithms and Data Structures, Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Programming, Algorithms and Data Structures, Mathematics at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
English, Italian, Slovenian
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Github Skills (7)
typescript9
type-definitions5
dts5
typescript-definitions5
command-line-utility2
code-push1
cordova1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
simonsafhalter/FOODit-FrontEndTest
Sep 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
simonsafhalter/react-text-editor
Jan 2024 - Jan 2024
A rich text editor that allows you to collaborate and store documents.
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 6 branches in 1 day
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