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Damjan Trickovik

@damjantrickovik

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I am a platform engineer specializing in scalable back-end systems, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure.

North Macedonia

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What I'm looking for

I seek a platform/cloud engineering role where I can lead cloud migrations, CI/CD automation and SRE improvements, work with cloud-native stacks, and collaborate in secure, growth-oriented teams.

I am a detail-oriented platform engineer with deep experience designing scalable, secure back-end systems and building cloud-native infrastructures. I specialize in DevOps and SRE practices, CI/CD automation, and developer velocity optimization using Kubernetes, Terraform, Go, Kotlin, Java and GitOps pracctices.

At my current and recent roles I led major cloud and platform transformations: migrating resources from GCP to AWS, rewriting CI into GitHub Actions, reimplementing data pipelines in Airflow, and moving data warehousing to Snowflake. I oversee dozens of Kubernetes clusters across environments and contribute to the full SDLC for mission-critical deployments.

I have a track record of measurable impact — increasing developer velocity by 70% through CI/CD optimization and reducing operational costs by 75% via serverless adoption. I designed and deployed data pipeline infrastructure using Airbyte, Dagster, DBT and BigQuery, built high-throughput backend systems, and enforced ISO and SOC2 compliance standards.

I bring a pragmatic, security-conscious approach to platform engineering, prioritizing reliability, automation, and continuous delivery. I enjoy mentoring teams, improving operational workflows, and implementing reproducible infrastructure that scales with business needs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Platform Engineer

Current

Deel

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Led migration of all cloud resources from GCP to AWS and rewrote CI, data pipelines, and data warehousing, completing the full transfer and rewrites in under six months while overseeing dozens of Kubernetes clusters.

Go GitHub Actions)AWS GCP Kubernetes Airflow Snowflake Terraform GitHub Actions

Platform Engineer

Hofy

Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 (1 year)

Increased developer velocity by 70% through CI/CD optimizations and implemented the inaugural data pipeline and infrastructure using Airbyte, Dagster, DBT, and BigQuery while enforcing ISO and SOC2 compliance.

Go GitOps CI CD Airbyte Dagster DBT BigQuery SOC2

Senior Software Engineer

Aequus

Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year)

Led architecture and database design for a high-availability ad mediation platform, integrating multiple bidding networks and establishing CI/CD pipelines to improve time-to-market.

Kotlin Java Go WebSockets gRPC REST CI CD Distributed Systems

Medior Full Stack Developer

WebFactory

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)

Developed a media streaming application supporting hundreds of thousands of daily streams and built office resource management tools to improve operational workflows.

Kotlin Spring Boot Angular Media Streaming Applications PostgreSQL Microservices CI CD Performance Optimization

Junior Full Stack Developer

Sorsix

Apr 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year 4 months)

Developed responsive web applications and implemented a robust legal document management system and microservice orchestrator, improving synchronization with external cloud storage.

Kotlin Spring Boot Angular Microservices PostgreSQL REST Caching