Summary
Marko Ciric is a Staff Engineer based in Berlin with 14 years of experience building scalable, multi-tenant systems and leading engineering teams across startups and large fintechs. He has driven architecture and domain modelling at Klarna and Pleo, scaled data models, and turned ambitious custom integrations with world-famous companies into production realities. As a former CTO and Head of Engineering, he blends hands-on implementation (NodeJS, Go, Java, Spring) with product-driven design and strong mentorship to inspire colleagues. His background in electrical engineering informs a disciplined, systems-thinking approach to distributed services and performance. Quietly entrepreneurial, he has repeatedly moved between building product-led startups and shaping platform-level architectures in high-growth companies.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science 2003; School, 2007; Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science 2003; School, 2007; Electrical Engineering at University of Belgrade
English, German, Serbian