Vanč Levstik
Senior Engineering Manager at Phaidra
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolVanč Levstik is a Senior Engineering Manager based in Edinburgh with 12 years of experience leading full-stack, platform and AI-focused engineering teams to deliver scalable products. He has driven platform migrations and micro-frontend rollouts at Skyscanner, launched revenue-generating products like Smartsheet’s Data Uploader, and built Hopin’s App Platform and App Store ecosystem with 50+ partner apps. Comfortable across front-end, back-end, infrastructure and SRE domains, he pairs hands-on coding (notable contributions to Apache Libcloud DNS drivers and Plone core tests/migrations) with strategic team leadership. He excels at turning complex integrations into repeatable platforms and is drawn to hard problems at scale, often blending new tech to accelerate delivery. His background spans startup and enterprise contexts, from VP-level engineering roles to individual contributor work, reflecting a pragmatic balance of product impact and engineering craft.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Computer and Information Science Computer Science, Masters of Computer and Information Science Computer Science at University of LjubljanaMasters of Computer Science Computer Science, Masters of Computer Science Computer Science at Malmö University
English, Slovenian, Swedish, German, Croatian, Serbian
Github Skills (17)
route5310
plone10
web-application10
cloud-computing10
python10
testing10
zope10
apache10
dns10
webapp10
libcloud10
robotframework10
web-development10
graphical-user-interface7
human-interface7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apache/libcloud
Dec 2014 - Feb 2015
Apache Libcloud is a Python library which hides differences between different cloud provider APIs and allows you to manage different cloud resources through a unified and easy to use API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Vanč primarily contributed to the Apache Libcloud project by adding support for the Softlayer DNS driver, which included implementing the necessary API interactions and unit tests. They also fixed bugs related to the HostVirtual DNS driver, ensuring correct functionality when listing records and deleting zones. Furthermore, the user addressed issues in the Route53 DNS driver, specifically supporting the use of domain zones as names and correctly setting MX records priority. These contributions demonstrate a focus on improving DNS driver functionality and maintaining compatibility with different cloud providers.
python-libraryapilibcloudpythonhides
plone/Products.CMFPlone
Aug 2014 - Sep 2014
The core of the Plone content management system
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 24 days
Contributions summary:Vanč contributed to the Plone content management system by migrating control panel settings from one location to another and adding robot tests. Their work included moving the types control panel, enhancing the project's test coverage, and updating usergroups control panels. The commits demonstrated a focus on improving the system's structure and maintainability, as well as ensuring the functionality of the user interface through the addition of robot tests. This included work on front end and backend modifications.
cmsmanagement-systemphpcfmlplone
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