Dugi
From Canada (UTC-4)
Dugi – Typescript, React, Node.js
Dugi is a senior full-stack engineer with 12 years of experience. He has led architectural decisions, mentored engineering teams, and consistently delivered scalable, high-quality software across complex projects. He approaches engineering with a strong focus on maintainability, product outcomes, and long-term business value, while thoughtfully leveraging AI as a productivity tool. His communication is clear, pragmatic, and business-oriented.
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Founder
A polished cross-platform habit-building app available on both Google Play and the iOS App Store, designed to help users build and maintain positive habits with minimal effort. Its AI-assisted onboarding allows users to describe a habit in natural language, automatically generating an appropriate schedule and reminder plan, while an integrated notification system encourages consistency and long-term engagement. The app transforms simple intentions into structured, trackable routines through an intuitive, native user experience.
- Independently designed, built, and released a cross-platform habit-building application from concept and architecture through development, app store submission, and production release on Google Play and the iOS App Store;
- Built the application with React Native and Expo, using NativeWind for styling and a local SQLite database via Drizzle ORM to support an offline-first experience;
- Developed an AI-assisted habit setup flow powered by a Cloudflare Worker integrating the DeepSeek API, enabling users to create personalized habits from natural language input;
- Architected a hybrid notification system combining local notifications with a Cloudflare Worker-powered push notification service to deliver reliable reminders across different usage scenarios;
- Implemented a subscription model using RevenueCat, supporting monthly and yearly plans while managing premium feature access based on real-time subscription status across both platforms;
- Owned the entire product lifecycle independently, including UI/UX, data architecture, AI backend, notification infrastructure, monetization, and cross-platform release pipelines with Expo EAS, making all key technical and product decisions.
Lead Front-end Engineer
A SaaS platform that digitizes the service of process workflow, enabling law firms, government agencies, and other legal organizations to manage court document delivery through a unified web and mobile solution. The platform combines a client-facing web application with a location-based marketplace that matches service requests to vetted process servers, while automating evidence collection through GPS tracking, timestamped photos, and digital affidavits. Additional features, including real-time tracking, in-app messaging, a public REST API, and integrations with leading case management systems, streamline legal operations and improve transparency throughout the process.
- Led the migration of a legacy React application to a TypeScript monorepo, introducing end-to-end type safety that reduced runtime errors, improved refactoring confidence, and increased long-term maintainability;
- Established shared tooling, linting, and build configuration across the monorepo, eliminating duplicated setup and standardizing the frontend development experience;
- Architected reusable shared libraries for components, utilities, and types within the monorepo, accelerating feature delivery and ensuring consistency across multiple products;
- Led a cross-team frontend working group, defining architectural direction and driving the adoption of shared patterns, standards, and best practices;
- Mentored engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and hands-on technical guidance, improving code quality and strengthening TypeScript and modern React expertise;
- Championed frontend consistency by aligning teams on shared conventions, reducing fragmentation and lowering long-term maintenance costs;
- Owned the full frontend development lifecycle, from scoping and architecture through implementation, testing, and delivery, for the client-facing platform;
- Partnered closely with the backend team on API contract design, shaping request and response schemas and data models to ensure seamless integration, reduce rework, and maintain alignment throughout development.
Senior Front-end Engineer
An AI-powered enterprise SaaS platform that helps telecom, financial services, and utility companies improve debt recovery through personalized, behavior-driven customer engagement. By combining AI with behavioral science, the platform analyzes customer data to deliver tailored communication journeys across multiple channels, helping organizations increase repayment rates while maintaining positive customer relationships. It integrates with enterprise systems and cloud infrastructure to support scalable, data-driven collections.
- Led frontend development across multiple core feature areas during a large-scale B2B platform migration, owning architectural and implementation decisions while ensuring consistency and code quality;
- Drove API contract design and feature specification in close collaboration with backend and product teams, defining clear interfaces that unblocked more than six engineering teams and reduced cross-team integration friction;
- Revamped the user segregation UI with a scalable, redesigned interface, improving usability and information clarity while establishing reusable patterns for future growth.
Senior Software Engineer
A technical consultancy specializing in enterprise WordPress solutions for large publishers, media organizations, and global brands. The company delivers scalable, high-performance publishing platforms, supporting platform migrations, performance optimization, modern content workflows, and monetization initiatives to help clients streamline operations, improve editorial efficiency, and grow digital revenue.
- Delivered frontend and full-stack solutions for multiple large consumer brands, including high-traffic platforms serving millions of monthly users, while meeting demanding performance and reliability requirements;
- Led the redevelopment of the Australian Geographic website, increasing page views by 30% through SEO enhancements and performance optimizations that improved load times, search visibility, and user experience;
- Unified Vice.com's multi-site ecosystem into a single monorepo, collaborating closely with the client's frontend team to consolidate shared tooling and components, reduce duplication, and simplify long-term maintenance;
- Led the frontend and UI discovery for a large-scale migration of more than 10 websites from Sitecore to WordPress for Are Media, defining requirements and architecture to establish the foundation for a complex multi-site migration;
- Built a company-wide frontend starter kit that standardized project setup and tooling, becoming the default foundation for new projects and accelerating onboarding and delivery.