Summary
Vladimir Vukanac is a Principal Software Developer based in Berlin with 15+ years of backend engineering experience and 11 years in senior roles, specializing in object-oriented PHP and API-driven microservices. He has a strong track record modernizing legacy systems into clear architectures—splitting monoliths into microservices, standardizing payment integrations, and shaping platform-level shop architectures. Comfortable across languages and stacks (Elixir, Node.js, Python, PHP) he blends hands-on coding with system design, mentoring, and code review to raise team capabilities. His background includes founding a digital consultancy and leading product engineering for printing and e‑commerce businesses, giving him rare operational and product-first perspective. Trained as an industrial engineer (MSc) he pairs rigorous data-modeling and DDD-influenced practices with practical CI/CD and cloud tooling experience. A pragmatic problem-solver, he often focuses on stability and clean architectural decisions that enable faster delivery and external integrations.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Industrial engineering and management, 9.03/10.00, Master of Science (MSc), Industrial engineering and management, 9.03/10.00 at Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Founder Institute
Gymnasium "Jovan Jovanovic - Zmaj"
English, Serbian, German