Nino Nađ

Resume

Nino Nađ

Updated September 2026

Founding Full-Stack Engineer

Zagreb, Croatia (Open to Remote)
email: hi@ninonad.me
web: ninonad.me
linkedin.com/in/ninonad
github.com/ninonagy

Summary

Full-stack engineer with 6+ years of experience owning products end to end, from ambiguous requirements and data-heavy backend workflows to polished interfaces and production deployments.

Hands-on with TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Rails, AWS, and Vercel. Comfortable in small, remote, high-ownership teams where engineering, product direction, and customer feedback are tightly connected.

Particularly motivated by applying AI to real user problems, iterating quickly, and turning early product ideas into reliable software that creates measurable business value.

Core Skills

Engineering

  • Full-stack web development
  • TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Ruby on Rails
  • API design, data processing, system architecture
  • 0-to-1 product delivery and existing production systems

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare
  • CI/CD pipelines, deployments, environment management
  • Debugging production issues and improving reliability

Product Thinking

  • Translating business needs into technical solutions
  • Customer-feedback-driven product decisions
  • UX-aware engineering and rapid iteration
  • AI-assisted product development

Experience

AI Energy — Full-Stack Engineer

Dec 2024 – Present

  • Own full-stack delivery for an AI-driven web platform for rooftop detection, solar planning, and energy forecasting, spanning Next.js UI, Node.js APIs, data workflows, and deployment.
  • Apply AI in real product workflows, including UI component and design-system generation, improving frontend speed and consistency.
  • Led a backend refactor introducing precise TypeScript types and auto-generated DTOs from the database schema, reducing ambiguity across the API boundary.
  • Work closely with product leadership to turn business needs into shippable product decisions and raise engineering standards across repositories.

Freelance Software Engineer

Oct 2023 – Present

  • Built and launched web applications for small businesses and early-stage products, taking ownership from discovery and architecture through deployment.
  • Worked directly with clients to clarify ambiguous requirements, choose pragmatic solutions, and iterate based on real usage feedback.
  • Maintained and improved production systems post-launch, balancing delivery velocity with long-term reliability.

PontaHR (formerly Along) — Backend Engineer

Sep 2021 – Aug 2023

  • Developed backend features in Nest.js for an HR SaaS platform that reduced recruiters’ weekly workload by 10 hours.
  • Built bulk action APIs to streamline media uploads and process images with the Sharp library.
  • Authored comprehensive API documentation using the OpenAPI specification and collaborated in a startup environment focused on customer value.

Ars Futura — Junior Full-Stack Engineer

Oct 2020 – Aug 2021

  • Contributed to both frontend and backend systems in a Ruby on Rails application.
  • Focused on writing clean, maintainable code in long-lived codebases.
  • Collaborated with designers and product teams to deliver user-focused solutions.

myRent.hr — Internship

Jun 2019 – Jul 2020

  • Contributed to a property management platform built in ASP.NET Core.
  • Took ownership of a monolith legacy system and improved features supporting booking and accommodation workflows.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree — Computer Software Engineering

Zagreb University of Applied Sciences
2018 – 2022