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Engineer profile and system overview
Engineering Philosophy
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I architect and deliver enterprise-grade, cloud-native systems that serve millions of requests at scale. As a Technical Lead, I drive architectural decisions, establish engineering standards, and mentor teams to ship high-quality software. My focus is on designing resilient backend systems — from API design and event-driven architectures to containerized deployments and observability.
System Overview
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roleTechnical Lead @ Laconics
experience5+ years in production systems
focusBackend Architecture & Cloud
certifiedGCP Professional Cloud Developer
educationMSc Electronic Engineering
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Experience
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Deployment history and service log
Laconics
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Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer
Dec 2024 – PresentFull Time
- >Own the technical architecture of the engineering organization — define system design patterns and API contracts.
- >Establish and enforce coding standards, review processes, and CI/CD workflows that improved team velocity and code quality.
- >Architect event-driven services and scalable APIs using Laravel, Express and RabbitMQ
- >Mentor a team of engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and architectural design sessions.
System DesignTechnical LeadershipAPI ArchitectureTeam Mentoring
NMC Soft
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Software Engineer
Feb 2021 – Dec 2024Full Time
- >Built and maintained enterprise systems serving millions of requests with high availability across PHP, Python, and Node.js stacks.
- >Designed cloud-native architectures on GCP — serverless functions, containerized services, and managed databases.
- >Led technical code reviews and established development best practices that became team-wide standards.
- >Implemented payment processing integrations, third-party API orchestration, and performance optimization through caching and database tuning.
Enterprise SystemsGCP ArchitecturePerformance OptimizationPayment SystemsAPI Integration
Tirana Center of Technology
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Coding Instructor
Jan 2024 – PresentPart Time
- >Design and deliver curriculum for aspiring engineers — covering fundamentals through real-world application development.
- >Mentor students through hands-on projects, emphasizing problem-solving patterns and engineering best practices.
Curriculum DesignTechnical MentorshipKnowledge Sharing
denis.zoguskills
Skills
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Service catalog and technology stack
Backend Architecture
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Laravel
FastAPI
Flask
Express
REST APIs
GraphQL
WebSockets
SOAP
RabbitMQ
Kafka
Google Pub/Sub
Cloud Platform
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Google Cloud
Cloud Run
Cloud Functions
BigQuery
Cloud Storage
Firebase
Infrastructure & DevOps
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Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Cloud Build
Linux
Nginx
Databases & Caching
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PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Observability & Quality
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Grafana
Prometheus
Sentry
PHPUnit
Pytest
Jest
Frontend
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Vue
Nuxt
React
Tailwind CSS
Languages
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PHP
Python
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
Data Science & ML
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TensorFlow
NumPy
Pandas
SciPy
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Verified credentials and access grants
Google Cloud
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Professional Cloud Developer
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- >Design highly scalable, available, and reliable cloud-native applications
- >Build, test, and deploy applications on GCP
- >Integrate Google Cloud services
Google Cloud
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Associate Cloud Engineer
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- >Plan and configure cloud solutions
- >Deploy and implement cloud solutions
- >Configure access and security
Salesforce
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B2C Commerce Developer
Verified Credential
- >Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud development
- >Page Designer and Business Manager
- >SOAP/REST API design and development