I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable fintech and telecommunications platforms used by thousands of users. I specialize in React, React Native, TypeScript, and Angular, and I design frontend architectures that are fast, secure, and maintainable. I thrive in regulated environments, lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and deliver high-impact production systems. I enjoy turning complex requirements into elegant, user-friendly interfaces and continuously improving the codebase through robust reviews and best practices.

Faris Spica

I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable fintech and telecommunications platforms used by thousands of users. I specialize in React, React Native, TypeScript, and Angular, and I design frontend architectures that are fast, secure, and maintainable. I thrive in regulated environments, lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and deliver high-impact production systems. I enjoy turning complex requirements into elegant, user-friendly interfaces and continuously improving the codebase through robust reviews and best practices.

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I’m a Senior Frontend Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable fintech and telecommunications platforms used by thousands of users. I specialize in React, React Native, TypeScript, and Angular, and I design frontend architectures that are fast, secure, and maintainable.

I thrive in regulated environments, lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and deliver high-impact production systems. I enjoy turning complex requirements into elegant, user-friendly interfaces and continuously improving the codebase through robust reviews and best practices.

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Language

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Bosnian
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Work Experience

Senior Frontend Engineer at Pannovate
May 1, 2022 - Present
Designed and delivered cross-platform web and mobile applications using React and React Native, each serving thousands of active users in production. Led frontend architecture for a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, integrating complex financial APIs and workflows into reliable, user-friendly interfaces. Implemented performance optimizations (code splitting, memoization, API caching, lists virtualization, image optimization). Developed a modular multi-tenant Core Banking System for a BaaS platform, featuring dynamic UI rendering, RBAC, real-time notifications, and granular expenditure analytics for diverse client configurations. Applied security best practices for fintech applications, including secure authentication flows and sensitive data handling on the client side, integration with KYC SDKs, implemented COP payment flows. Established code review standards and frontend best practices, reducing regression bugs and improving maintainability. Mentored junior engineers.
Software Engineer (Frontend & Full Stack) at Mistral
March 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022
Led Angular Engineer on a large telecommunications project, refactoring a substantial legacy codebase to improve performance, structure, and testability. Architected and implemented a configurable identity verification platform with dynamic user flows, improving both security compliance and user completion rates. Developed features for a high-traffic telecommunications web application using React and Redux, managing complex global state and asynchronous data flows. Delivered full-stack functionality using Angular and .NET, collaborating closely with backend engineers and product stakeholders. Actively mentored junior developers and contributed to internal frontend standards, helping build a high-performing engineering culture.
Frontend Developer Intern at Mistral
September 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019
Built a complete cross-platform time-tracking system from scratch using React, Redux, and React Native, covering both web and mobile clients. Led frontend architecture for cross-platform applications, standardizing reusable components and improving delivery speed across teams.
Frontend Developer Intern at digi.me
November 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019
Contributed to a cross-platform Electron application, delivering production features and improving application stability prior to release. Worked in a small agile team on a secure data-exchange product, gaining experience in production workflows and collaborative development.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology at Faculty of Information Technology, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2020
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology at Faculty of Information Technology, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Telecommunications, Software & Internet