Mirza Krak
Chief Technology Officer at ID8 Engineering
Bohus, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Top SchoolMirza Krak is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with 12 years of hands-on experience designing embedded Linux systems, fleet management, and OTA update platforms for IoT at scale. He built and maintained VoltOS at Northvolt and has deep expertise in Yocto/OE-core, U-Boot, and low-level block device handling demonstrated by significant contributions to the open-source Mender projects (including Raspberry Pi and UBI support). As an independent contractor and founder of Maneoz Technologies and Mirza Krak Consulting, he bridges product needs and engineering execution across prototyping through production. He combines systems-level kernel and bootloader work with platform engineering for thousands of devices, focusing on reliability and maintainability. Based in Bohus, Sweden, he’s equally comfortable doing kernel patches as presenting architecture to customers, bringing a rare mix of field-proven embedded engineering and strategic leadership. An often-unseen strength is his ability to turn complex boot and update edge cases into repeatable build and deployment processes.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Natur teknisk inriktning, Natur teknisk inriktning at Göteborgs Tekniska GymnasiumComputer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Göteborgs Tekniska Institut
English, Bosnian, Swedish
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Github Skills (26)
bootloader10
device-management10
system-programming10
buildroot10
configuration-management10
linux10
software-update10
ioctl10
ota10
makefile10
blockdevice10
automation10
go10
u-boot10
yocto-project10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mendersoftware/meta-mender
Nov 2016 - Aug 2020
Yocto Project meta layer for the Mender client
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 99 commits, 70 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Mirza primarily contributed to the integration of the Mender client with the Yocto Project, focusing on device image creation and bootloader modifications for embedded systems. They added support for Raspberry Pi boards, modifying U-Boot configuration and boot scripts to meet Mender's requirements. Their work included patching U-Boot to enable Mender features, adapting boot configurations, and creating UBIFS-based image support for the Colibri VF board, showcasing their understanding of boot processes and embedded systems.
meta-layermetayocto-projectproject-metamender
mendersoftware/mender
Apr 2017 - May 2019
Mender over-the-air software updater client.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Systems EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 26 commits, 12 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Mirza primarily contributed to low-level system interactions and block device management within the Mender project. Their work included implementing generic ioctl methods and adapting the code to interact with UBI block devices, involving sector size queries and UBI volume updates. They introduced support for UBI volumes, adding checks to ensure data integrity during updates, and expanded the `BlockDevice` structure to manage UBI-specific properties like image size and device type. Furthermore, the user refactored the active partition detection logic for better compatibility with non-native filesystems, and optimized data writes based on the sector size.
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