Marko Ilic is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building high-performance web platforms and leading engineering teams across startups and Microsoft. Currently a Performance Architect for Word Web, he specializes in squeezing milliseconds out of cold starts and debugging complex font/rendering issues across WebKit and Chromium. Marko blends deep front-end expertise—early work on performance budgets, image regression testing, and design systems—with strong leadership: scaling teams, creating career ladders, and accelerating hiring cycles. He’s delivered end-to-end solutions from prototype verifiable-credential platforms on Azure to large-scale player-tracking systems, and is known for mentoring engineers and running practical workshops on performance and accessibility. An avid believer in a better web, he pairs a people-first mindset with a habit of doing interactive rebases and digging into engine source code when necessary.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
High School Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, High School Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Gimnazija 'Svetozar Marković'
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics
Contributions:5 releases, 28 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 7 months
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