Hrvoje Pavlinovic

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Hrvoje Pavlinovic · Senior Backend & Product Engineer · Split, Croatia (EU)

13+ years building backend platforms for commerce, payments, logistics, and product-heavy teams

13+Years Experience20+ProjectsMScComputer ScienceB2BRemote
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[email protected]•https://hrvoje.pavlinovic.com

Professional summary

Senior Backend & Product Engineer with 13+ years of experience turning ambiguous, domain-heavy problems into dependable production systems. Recent work spans live commerce, auctions, payments, shipping, real-time workflows, PostgreSQL, event-driven services, and AWS infrastructure. At Tilt, I work across a large distributed commerce platform where delivery speed has to stay grounded in clear trade-offs, scoped operational access, and careful releases. I am strongest when I can own the path from problem framing and system design through implementation, debugging, rollout, and ongoing operation.

Skills snapshot

Core expertise and the toolkits I reach for most often.

Core expertise

  • Backend Platform Engineering
  • Product Engineering
  • Distributed Commerce Systems
  • Operational Tooling and Delivery
  • Payments and Shipping Integrations
  • Performance and Reliability
  • System Design

Tech stack highlights

Backend

Node.jsTypeScriptNest.jsExpressGraphQLHasuraREST APIs

Infrastructure

AWS CDKECSLambdaSNS/SQSCI/CDDocker

Databases

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisOpenSearchTypesenseQuery Optimization

Security

AuthScoped CredentialsWebhook VerificationProduction GuardrailsData Protection

AI/Workflow

Modern AI ToolingAI-Assisted EngineeringRepository ContextSafe Tool AccessContext HandoffsCI Feedback Loops

Frontend

ReactNext.jsSvelteKitVueTailwind CSSFresh

Experience

Recent roles and the impact behind them.

Senior Backend Engineer

Tilt
2025 - Present
  • Build and operate backend systems for Tilt's live commerce platform across livestreaming, auctions, product inventory, payments, shipping, seller tooling, and real-time buyer workflows.
  • Ship changes inside a large TypeScript backend monorepo with 50+ services and shared libraries, spanning NestJS, Express, Hasura, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS ECS/Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, and AppConfig.
  • Delivered complex commerce integrations and operational fixes across Stripe, Shippo, Royal Mail, InPost, Hasura schema exposure, auction events, live rooms, product ingestion, and mobile seller workflows.
  • Used modern AI tooling with connected Linear, Slack, Sentry, Stripe, Shippo, and AWS context to shorten implementation and debugging cycles while keeping credentials scoped and production actions explicit.
  • Helped shape AI-assisted engineering practices for a distributed team, including repo guidance, focused ticket-to-code experiments, CI feedback loops, and reviewable handoff patterns.
  • Recognized internally as a reliable engineer who moves quickly, collaborates well across product and engineering, and handles ambiguous backend problems with strong ownership.
Node.jsTypeScriptNestJSExpressHasuraGraphQLPostgreSQLRedisAWSCDKECSLambdaSNS/SQSVideo StreamingStripeShippoSentryModern AI ToolingSystem Architecture

Senior Backend Engineer

ReneVerse.io
2023 - 2025
  • Architected backend services for an in-game advertising and gaming assets platform used by mobile game integrations.
  • Scaled ad engagement and targeting systems to handle 1.7B+ monthly impressions at peak traffic with real-time reporting needs.
  • Led integrations for Unity and Unreal Engine SDKs, translating partner requirements into reliable backend APIs and data flows.
  • Built AWS CDK infrastructure, GraphQL APIs, background processing, and operational tooling for a small startup engineering team.
  • Mentored developers, improved delivery practices, and consolidated legacy repositories into a more maintainable monorepo.
Node.jsTypeScriptGraphQLAWS CDKECSDockerPostgreSQLServerlessMonorepo

Software Engineer (Consulting)

CryptoToday
2024 - 2025
  • Built backend and infrastructure for a consumer market-data discovery product, covering real-time data ingestion, ranking, and Telegram mini-app support.
  • Optimized database access for price scraping from 20+ exchanges with indexing, caching, and query improvements.
  • Implemented voting and community mechanisms while keeping non-technical stakeholders aligned on trade-offs, delivery scope, and operational constraints.
  • Integrated a mobile backend for Telegram mini-app workflows used by a high-traffic consumer audience.
Next.jsMongoDBPostgreSQLTelegram Mini AppsAWS CDKECS

Software Engineer

Povio
2021 - 2023
  • Developed backend features for Clariness clinical trial management workflows used by healthcare teams.
  • Built APIs, background jobs, and deployment workflows with NestJS, TypeORM, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform, Docker, and GitLab CI/CD.
  • Integrated Twilio for direct call-agent workflows and debugged timezone-heavy scheduling issues.
  • Worked inside healthcare delivery constraints where patient data handling, auditability, and clear operational behavior mattered.
  • Improved database access patterns and backend performance for patient and trial-management workflows.
Node.jsNestJSTypeORMPostgreSQLAWSTerraformDocker

Backend Engineer

Rimac Automobili
2020 - 2021
  • Built backend services for telemetry and over-the-air update workflows on Rimac's hypercar platform.
  • Implemented TypeScript and GraphQL services within Apollo Federation and event-driven architecture with Kafka.
  • Worked on real-time vehicle telemetry ingestion and processing with reliability, observability, and operational safety concerns.
  • Conducted technical interviews and contributed to hiring calibration for the backend team.
  • Helped design OTA update flows with rollback and operational safety considerations.
TypeScriptGraphQLApollo FederationKafkaPostgreSQLAWS

Senior Software Engineer

Profico
2018 - 2020
  • Led engineering standards discussions with company leadership and helped align delivery practices across teams.
  • Built web applications and backend APIs for media, real estate, and product-focused client work.
  • Integrated multiple real-estate agency APIs into a unified platform while managing legacy constraints.
  • Mentored junior developers through implementation, code review, and delivery planning.
  • Improved reliability and performance through profiling, monitoring, and system cleanup.
Node.jsTypeScriptExpressReactPostgreSQLRedisDocker

Software Engineer

Ericsson
2015 - 2018
  • Developed internal tools including Nodebook (Symfony), Atlas (data analysis), and AAT (testing).
  • Helped improve performance and maintainability by moving selected tooling from Groovy/Grails toward Node.js.
  • Created a framework-agnostic schema language for testing tools and presented the approach to SoftBank stakeholders.
Node.jsSymfonyPHPPythonMySQL

Student Software Developer

Freelance
Apr 2013 - July 2016
  • Tracked 3000+ hours on various projects while attending university
  • Worked with Joomla, WordPress, Magento, custom PHP + jQuery
  • Managed ad campaigns, SEO optimization, and server maintenance
  • Balanced work and studies, graduating with multiple job offers
PHPSymfonyjQueryJoomlaWordPressMagentoMySQLLinuxSEOGoogle AnalyticsGoogle AdsFacebook Ads

Personal projects

Selected products and experiments I have built outside client engagements.

PLAYGRND

Public amateur football record platform with SSR league pages, player/team profiles, search, claims, WhatsApp magic-link onboarding, admin review flows, and recomputable Postgres/Redis aggregate pipelines.

GoPostgresRedisSvelteKitHetznerWhatsApp
Memoato

Personal memory and life tracking platform with natural-language capture, automated categorization, searchable history, and insight dashboards.

WaspPostgresRedisAIStripe
PLAYGRND Draft

Fast football draft game where users spin iconic national-team tournament squads, build a World XI, simulate a tournament, and share the result.

Next.jsTypeScriptPostgresHetzner
Personal Website

Personal publishing and project hub with blog posts, lightweight traffic stats, Memoato profile integration, public project notes, and self-hosted Fresh/Deno delivery.

DenoFreshKVAnalyticsMemoato
HILLS Lab

Founder-led engineering studio for domain-heavy backend systems, product delivery, operational infrastructure, and carefully scoped AI-assisted workflows.

BackendProductInfrastructureAI Workflows

References

Recommendations from engineering leaders and founders I have worked with.

"Hrvoje stood out early in his career because he was always eager to learn, challenge the status quo, and take on responsibilities beyond his role. His curiosity, initiative, and drive to improve things made it clear that he had the potential to grow into a strong engineering leader."

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Head of UDM Operations at Ericsson Nikola Tesla; currently board member at Abysalto

"During his time at Profico, Hrvoje proved to be someone we could truly rely on. He was not afraid to take responsibility, step outside his comfort zone, and push new initiatives that helped move things forward."

Co-founder of Profico

"I had the pleasure of working with Hrvoje at Rimac, where he served as a Senior Backend Engineer within the department I was leading, building telemetry & over-the-air update systems for hypercars. He's an exceptionally capable engineer who consistently delivered outstanding results in a technically highly challenging domain. His code was built to last, much of it kept running reliably long after he moved on. Reliable as a colleague and a genuine pleasure to work with."

Engineering Manager at Rimac then; now Director of Software Engineering at Toming

"Hrvoje is a pleasure to work with, open, professional, and transparent in his communication, and someone who reliably delivered on every agreed scope."

Head of Freelance at Povio

"Hrvoje is a top-tier software engineer who makes a next-level impact. At ReneVerse, he was key to developing our core Web2 and Web3 services, most notably architecting a sophisticated ad engagement data system on AWS that powered our real-time targeting. His mastery of serverless, GraphQL, and blockchain integration is matched by his excellent problem-solving and communication skills. He is also a proactive collaborator and a natural mentor who elevates the entire team. Any team would be lucky to have him."

CTO at ReneVerse; currently Software Architect at Incode

"I have been personally messaged various times about the quality and speed of Hrvoje's work across several projects. Everyone is happy having him onboard."

CEO at Tilt

Education

Formal studies that shaped my engineering foundation.

Master's Degree, Computer Science

FESB - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture

2014 - 2016
  • Master's thesis @ Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Erasmus scholarship)
  • Student Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Distributed Information Systems

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

FESB - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture

2011 - 2014