Drazen Patekar is a Lead Backend Developer with 11 years of experience designing and shipping full-stack web systems using .NET Core, JavaScript, SQL/NoSQL, microservices, cloud, Docker and Linux. He has progressed through senior engineering roles in Croatia and the US and now leads backend development at Newfire Global Partners while also contributing at Beamable. Drazen combines hands-on coding and architecture with practical DevOps fluency, routinely bridging legacy systems and cloud-native deployments. He holds a Master’s in Information and Software Engineering and a background in business informatics, which helps him translate business needs into robust technical solutions. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who enjoys the intersection of backend reliability and developer ergonomics.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Information and Software Engineering, Master’s Degree Information and Software Engineering at Faculty of Organization and Informatics
Bachelor’s Degree Business Informatics, Bachelor’s Degree Business Informatics at VERN' University
Contributions:5 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
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Drazen Patekar - Lead Backend Developer at Newfire Global Partners