Tarik Džaka — Full-Stack & Backend Engineer

01 / about

about.

Software engineer with 4+ years of professional experience building across the full stack — from C++ routing engines and Go backends to React/Next.js frontends. I've worked on products used by hundreds of thousands of people, shipped features independently end-to-end, and have a strong competitive programming background.

location › Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

focus › backend, systems, full-stack

remote › yes — working remotely since 2021

$ education

Bachelor of Computer Science

University of Sarajevo · GPA 9.76

2019 → 2022

$ awards

› Golden Badge Award [University of Sarajevo] (2022)
› International Olympiad in Informatics [IOI] — Participant (2019)
› Balkan Mathematical Olympiad [BMO] — Honorable Mention (2019)

02 / projects

projects.

// featured project

Sail Routing Engine

Marine route planning at scale — 1M+ routes in 2024

› blog post

End-to-end routing system for Orca, a marine navigation platform. Built from scratch as one of two routing engineers. The engine ingests real-time weather data and vessel characteristics to compute optimal, safe routes for sailors worldwide.

$ tech_stack

[C++] [PostgreSQL] [PostGIS] [Real-time Weather API] [Python]

// impact

› Over 1 million routes planned in 2024 alone
› Serving 250,000+ active boaters worldwide
› Engineered from zero to production as a two-person team

// demo

Orca — Sail Routing

PLAY DEMO

⚓ Miami ▸ route.compute() — awaiting departure Nassau ⚓

25°46'N 80°11'W 0% 25°03'N 77°21'W

03 / experience

experience.

Software Engineer

Janea Systems · Remote

2026-01 → present

› Building a backend-heavy FastAPI platform enabling scientists to design and execute custom Python data workflows, with a strong focus on concurrency, performance, and reliability.
› Backend work spans the full breadth of the system: feature development, performance investigations, data layer design, and production deployments.
› Deployed on AWS EC2 with Docker Swarm for container orchestration; CloudWatch for log aggregation and observability, IAM for fine-grained access control.

Full-Stack Engineer (part-time)

Impact Loop · Remote

2025-07 → present

› Developing end-to-end features for an early-stage platform that helps companies assess the carbon footprint of third-party products.
› Working across the full stack with Next.js, NestJS, TypeScript, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL.
› Serving as On-Call Developer: monitoring production via Sentry, analyzing PostHog session replays, and debugging issues.

Software Engineer

FileWave · Remote

2025-11 → 2026-01

› Developed full-stack features for an enterprise device management platform (macOS, iOS, Android, Windows).
› Delivered end-to-end: Qt admin UI, C++ backend services, Django APIs, and PostgreSQL.
› Integrated with Apple ecosystem (VPP, DEP/ADE) and kept the product aligned with Apple platform updates.

Backend Software Engineer

Pickleball.com · Remote

2025-06 → 2025-10

› Designed and implemented a scalable player rating engine for professional and amateur pickleball players using Go and MySQL.
› Built and maintained backend APIs supporting tournament systems, player rankings, and match history.
› Deployed and monitored on AWS EC2; analyzed Sentry logs and tracked metrics via Grafana.

Software Engineer

Orca · Remote

2022-04 → 2025-05

› Owned end-to-end development of Orca's Sail Routing feature as one of only two routing engineers — researched, designed, and implemented from the ground up.
› Developed a dynamic C++ routing engine integrating real-time weather data and vessel characteristics to generate optimal and safe marine routes.
› Managed geospatial data infrastructure using PostgreSQL/PostGIS for high-volume marine data.
› Over 1 million routes planned in 2024 alone across 250k+ active boaters worldwide.

Software Developer

Solution404 · Sarajevo

2021-04 → 2022-03

› Developed core platform features for LiveLogue using React and Node.js.
› Collaborated with experienced developers, applying best practices in software development and code quality.

// community

involvement.

Lecturer

UMKS — University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science

2020-04 → 2024-11

Delivering lectures at programming camps and courses at the Mathematics Association of Canton Sarajevo, focusing on competition preparation and foundational programming skills.