Jakob Košir
Lead Software Developer at Celtra
Novo Mesto, Slovenia
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Top SchoolJakob Košir is a Lead Software Developer with 12 years of experience building web applications, custom server protocols, and development workflows for remote teams. Based in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, he progressed from freelance projects into progressive engineering roles at Celtra, where he now leads development and architectural decisions. He combines backend expertise—demonstrated by notable contributions to the django-angular project improving CRUD views and test coverage—with a strong interest in applying data science across business and sports science domains. Comfortable bridging product and engineering, he focuses on practical, testable solutions and developer productivity for distributed teams. Collected academic training from the University of Ljubljana underpins his blend of rigorous thinking and hands-on delivery.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc) at Univerza v Ljubljani, Faculty of Computer and Information ScienceMaster of Science (MSc), Master of Science (MSc) at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
English, Slovenian, German
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Github Skills (9)
json10
python10
django10
angularjs9
rest-api8
api-rest8
testing8
restful-api8
api-design8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jrief/django-angular
Feb 2014 - Aug 2016
Let AngularJS play well with Django
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:100 commits, 13 PRs, 41 pushes in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jakob contributed significantly to the `django-angular` repository, focusing on building features for CRUD operations within Django. They implemented a view (`NgCRUDView`) to support AngularJS's `$resource` methods and then refactored this view to enhance flexibility. The user also added tests to validate the implemented CRUD operations, ensuring their functionality. Further contributions included improving the documentation.
djangojavascriptletangularjsangular
jkosir/insightful
May 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:49 commits, 15 PRs, 4 pushes in 11 months
analyticsanalytics-platformweb-analytics
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