GORAN LAZAREVSKI
Senior Python & Full-Stack Engineer
CONTACT
Skopje, North Macedonia · - ·-LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/goran-lazarevski-92550b13a
GitHub: github.com/goranmrd
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Full-stack engineer and technical leader with 10+ years of experience designing and shipping
cloud-native micro-services, edge-AI pipelines, and data-driven products. Proven record
delivering features to 250 K+ users, cutting latency and cloud costs, and mentoring teams of up
to 10 developers.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Languages: Python (10+ yr), TypeScript / JavaScript (7 yr), SQL, Bash
Frameworks & Libraries: FastAPI, Django & DRF, React, Node.js, ROS 2, Electron
Cloud & DevOps: AWS (ECS, S3, Lambda), GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub), Vercel,
Cloudflare, Terraform, Docker, K3s, GitHub Actions, Travis CI
Data & ML: PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Redis, NVIDIA Jetson, OpenAI API, Hugging Face,
YOLO, TensorFlow Lite
Tools: Git, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Helm
WORK EXPERIENCE
Torg · Contract / Remote — Senior Python Developer
Dec 2024 – Jul 2025
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Migrated marketing site from Bubble & Cloudflare Pages to Next.js + Wagtail, cutting
TTI 69 % (4.2 s → 1.3 s). SEO and lighthouse score were dramatically improved.
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Designed FastAPI contacts micro-service integrating Apollo & HubSpot; boosted
supplier CTR 14 %.
Deployed stack to Vercel + GCP Cloudrun via Terraform, enabling daily releases.
LegalReview · Remote — Head of Engineering
Nov 2022 – Feb 2025
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Led building of AI-assisted document-review platform (Python 3.12, FastAPI, React,
AWS, Django).
Achieved 38 % cost reduction by re-packing quantised CPU models into AWS Lambda
functions with Provisioned Concurrency & AL2 Graviton2 runtimes..
Instituted CI/CD with GitHub Actions; cut production defects 60 %.
Lesen.ai · Contract / Remote — Lead Python Developer
Mar 2023 – Nov 2024
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Consolidated multi-channel messaging into Electron desktop app for 5 K+ DAU.
Implemented event-driven backend on AWS SNS/SQS; improved message throughput
4×.
Mentored 3 junior devs to mid-level through structured code reviews.
Netguru · Contract / Remote — Lead Python Developer
Jul 2019 – Jun 2024
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Split Django monolith into micro-services, cutting order-sync latency 62 %.
Shipped social-commerce features serving 250 K+ users; integrated payments &
analytics.
Championed Terraform & Helm, standardizing GCP deployments across
12 environments.
Queentessence · Remote — Team Lead / Sr. Python Developer
Apr 2020 – Jan 2022
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Directed 7-engineer squad delivering IoT analytics platform (Django/DRF, React).
Scaled ingestion to 50 K events/sec with Redis streams & PostgreSQL partitioning.
Rolled out GitLab CI/CD & Kubernetes enabling zero-downtime releases.
INTERESTS
3-D printing · Edge-AI · Robotics · Trail running · VR · Gym
