Jernej Kavka is a Solution Architect with 12 years of experience designing and delivering Microsoft-stack solutions, currently focused on agentic AI systems and coding-agent workflows. As a Microsoft AI MVP and long-time .NET Core/EF Core practitioner at SSW, he combines hands-on backend expertise with a strong emphasis on unit-tested, high-quality code and smooth DevOps. He contributes to notable open-source samples like the Northwind Traders project, where he improved employee management, reporting and test coverage using EF Core and Dapper. A regular presenter and co-organiser of Brisbane AI User Group and AI Hack Day, he blends community leadership with practical engineering. Based in Queensland, Australia, Jernej’s background in mobile, desktop and web apps gives him a rare full-stack perspective when architecting AI-enabled systems.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at Univerza v Mariboru
elektrotehnik računalništva Computer science, elektrotehnik računalništva Computer science at SERŠ
Baccalaureate Computer Science, Baccalaureate Computer Science at Šolski Center Celje
Northwind Traders is a sample application built using ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jernej contributed to the development of the Northwind Traders application, focusing on adding and modifying features related to employee management and reporting. Their work involved creating new queries to retrieve employee data and implement a command to update employee manager assignments. They also introduced unit tests to validate the implemented functionalities and views, leveraging technologies like Dapper and Entity Framework Core.
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