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Gresa Mecaj

Hannover

Summary

Experienced Software Engineer with several years of hands-on development across backend and frontend. Focused on building reliable, maintainable solutions and contributing effectively within collaborative teams.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Software engineer

HDI AG
Hanover, Lower Saxony
04.2020 - Current
  • Developed and maintained Content Management Systems for HDI Group using First Spirit and Monday Webforms.
  • Created intern web applications with Java and Spring Boot Framework.
  • Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams, fostering harmonious work environment.
  • Operated and deployed applications in Cloud Foundry environment TACP.
  • Established CI/CD pipelines in GitLab to enhance deployment efficiency.
  • Optimised software development processes through Test Driven Development and Pair Programming.
  • Collaborated closely with developers, business analysts, and experts within agile framework.

Technical Consultant

Global CT
Hanover, Lower Saxony
11.2018 - 03.2019

Software Engineer


• Building, designing and testing RESTful API Management Solution written in Java 8.

• Technologies used: Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Angular

• Database: MySQL , H2(in memory DB), integration with flyway

• TDD: Junit5 and Mockito Framework

• Authentication used: JWT

• Development Approach used: Agile

• Automation Server: Jenkins


Product Owner for internal projects

• Understand business problems and convert them into Features/Backlog Items/ User Stories

• Make sure that product vision is well articulated

• Make sure user stories are clear defined and understandable

• Responsible for the Backlog and Sprint plan

Full-Stack Web Developer

Landmark Technologies Tirana
Tirane, Albania
01.2016 - 10.2018

• Build new features for TeachPitch, a cloud-based platform, using Laravel Framework PHP based.

• Wrote programming codes from scratch and adapt existing frameworks and graphics packages to meet business requirements, using Laravel Framework, MySQL, Bootstrap, jQuery, Angular JS.

• Working as QA, testing platform and its product.

• Used Google App Engine as Web Server for hosting simple websites, email, and documents allowing scalability to Google Cloud Infrastructure.

• Used Google Sites to connect Google Drive applications using Google Apps Script and Google Drive API.

• Code management and repositories versioning using Git and Bitbucket

Education

Master of Science - Master of Science in Informatics

University of Tirana
Tirane, Albania
10.2013 - 09.2015

Bachelor of Science - Bachelor in Informatics

University of Tirana
Tirane, Albania
10.2010 - 09.2013

Skills

Java and Spring Boot

Web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

  • Frontend frameworks (Angular, Bootstrap)
  • Database management (MySQL, SQL Server)
  • Version control (Git, Bitbucket)
  • Project management (Jira, Trello)
  • Continuous integration and delivery (GitLab, Jenkins)
  • Cloud services (Cloud Foundry, AWS)

Languages

English
Advanced
German
Upper intermediate (B2)
Italian
Beginner
Albanian
Native

Timeline

Software engineer

HDI AG
04.2020 - Current

Technical Consultant

Global CT
11.2018 - 03.2019

Full-Stack Web Developer

Landmark Technologies Tirana
01.2016 - 10.2018

Master of Science - Master of Science in Informatics

University of Tirana
10.2013 - 09.2015

Bachelor of Science - Bachelor in Informatics

University of Tirana
10.2010 - 09.2013
Gresa Mecaj