Martin Majerić

Software Engineer

Core Skills

  • Languages & Frameworks: C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core MVC, Entity Framework Core, JavaScript, React
  • Cloud & Infrastructure: Docker, Linux VPS, Nginx, GitHub Actions, self-hosting, monitoring
  • Architecture & Patterns: REST APIs, shared services, integration testing, deployment automation
  • Data & Messaging: SQL Server, relational schema design, seeded test data, reporting queries
  • DevOps & Tooling: Git, Docker Compose, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo
  • Front-End: HTML, CSS, responsive UI, Three.js, Chart.js

Experience

TrackCompetence Competency evaluation platform
Co-founder & Software Engineer
Zagreb, Croatia
2024 - Feb 2026
  • Built most of the AdminPortal and PublicFront for a multi-portal competency evaluation platform.
  • Contributed to shared API and business-layer work, and designed shape of initial SQL Server schema.
  • Built TestAPI and seeded data flows for integration testing and validation.
  • Set up Docker deployment, VPS hosting, monitoring, and GitHub Actions.
Citus d.o.o. University internship
Software Engineering Intern
Zagreb, Croatia
2025
  • Built and tested .NET MAUI features during a university internship.
  • Worked inside an existing codebase and shipped incremental UI and application changes.
  • Focused on practical delivery, debugging, and keeping the app stable.
Ericsson Nikola Tesla Telecommunications validation work
QA Support Engineer
Zagreb, Croatia
2022 - 2023
  • Verified 4G/5G base stations on real hardware while studying part-time.
  • Reproduced issues, checked system behavior, and supported technical validation workflows.
Earlier Experience Broadcast audio and live production
Audio Engineer / Assistant Director
Zagreb, Croatia
2016 - 2021
  • Worked in live broadcast audio, sports editing, and freelance production across Nova TV, Croatel, and client projects.

Independent Systems

TrackCompetence
Multi-portal .NET competency evaluation platform
  • Built most of the admin and public portals in a .NET and SQL Server competency evaluation platform.
  • Contributed to shared API, business logic, schema setup, and integration-test tooling.
  • Set up Docker-based deployment, VPS hosting, monitoring, and GitHub Actions.

Tech Stack: C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core MVC, SQL Server, Docker, GitHub Actions

Focus: shared backend layers, seeded test data, deployment automation, production support

Modulo
Browser-based 3D furniture design tool
  • Built a browser-based 3D furniture design tool around real workshop workflows.
  • Modeled panels, dimensions, edge banding, textures, pricing, and cutting lists.
  • Added 750+ Egger textures, CSV export, and cutting optimization to reduce waste.

Tech Stack: React, Three.js, JavaScript, HTML/CSS

Focus: product modeling, 3D interaction, pricing logic, export tooling, material optimization

HEP Solar Dashboard
Personal dashboard for meter and billing data
  • Built a personal dashboard for HEP meter and billing data.
  • Logged into the measurement API, stored interval readings locally, and rendered monthly, yearly, and daily views.
  • Added tariff-based breakdowns so usage and cost are easier to inspect.
  • Replaced slow live queries with a local data layer after the API proved unreliable.

Tech Stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, API integration, local persistence

Focus: data ingestion, local caching, reliability over live querying, billing-oriented presentation

Self-Hosted LLM, RAG, and Home Automation Systems
Local models, semantic search, automation, and embedded monitoring
  • Ran local LLM experiments with Ollama and self-hosted workflows.
  • Built semantic search and RAG experiments using embedding models and local retrieval pipelines.
  • Used n8n to explore log-ingestion and automation flows around local model-based monitoring ideas.
  • Set up Home Assistant with sensors, smart lighting, and household automations.
  • Built ESP32-based monitoring for temperature and furnace status and surfaced data on lightweight displays.

Tech Stack: Ollama, embedding models, RAG pipelines, n8n, Home Assistant, ESP32, sensors, e-ink display

Focus: self-hosting, local inference, retrieval workflows, automation, observability, embedded monitoring

Education & Recognition

Algebra University
Software Engineering
Zagreb, Croatia
2026
  • Bachelor's degree.
SAE Institute
Audio Production
Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015
  • Audio Production/Audio Engineering Diploma
Hackathon Winner - First Money Motion Student Hackathon
Biometric wearable-authentication concept for banking channels
Algebra University
March 2023
  • Won with the Cookie Monsters team for a biometric identification concept designed for mobile banking and related digital channels as a defense against deepfake-related fraud.

Algebra article

Conference Paper Accepted - CSOC
Comparison of heuristic methods for panel material cutting optimization
CSOC
April 2026
  • Accepted paper on heuristic approaches to panel material cutting optimization.