Hi, I’m Vladimir Horvat, a Senior Tech Lead and seasoned full-stack developer. I’ve spent over 15 years steering end-to-end product development, with JavaScript for 25 years and PHP for 24 years, plus deep Drupal expertise as an Acquia-certified developer. I love turning ideas into robust software, architecting APIs, building delightful frontends with React, and delivering scalable backends. I’ve led teams at Fermicoding and EXIT Festival, delivered large Drupal-powered portals, REST/GraphQL APIs, and DevOps pipelines. I thrive on collaboration, continuous learning, and solving complex problems for international projects, all while keeping a friendly, hands-on approach.

Vladimir Horvat

Hi, I’m Vladimir Horvat, a Senior Tech Lead and seasoned full-stack developer. I’ve spent over 15 years steering end-to-end product development, with JavaScript for 25 years and PHP for 24 years, plus deep Drupal expertise as an Acquia-certified developer. I love turning ideas into robust software, architecting APIs, building delightful frontends with React, and delivering scalable backends. I’ve led teams at Fermicoding and EXIT Festival, delivered large Drupal-powered portals, REST/GraphQL APIs, and DevOps pipelines. I thrive on collaboration, continuous learning, and solving complex problems for international projects, all while keeping a friendly, hands-on approach.

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Hi, I’m Vladimir Horvat, a Senior Tech Lead and seasoned full-stack developer. I’ve spent over 15 years steering end-to-end product development, with JavaScript for 25 years and PHP for 24 years, plus deep Drupal expertise as an Acquia-certified developer. I love turning ideas into robust software, architecting APIs, building delightful frontends with React, and delivering scalable backends.

I’ve led teams at Fermicoding and EXIT Festival, delivered large Drupal-powered portals, REST/GraphQL APIs, and DevOps pipelines. I thrive on collaboration, continuous learning, and solving complex problems for international projects, all while keeping a friendly, hands-on approach.

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Language

English
Fluent
Serbian
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Tech Lead / Senior Full-Stack Developer at Fermicoding Internet Engineering
January 1, 2010 - Present
End-to-end product development; team leadership; frontend (React, ES7/TypeScript), backend (PHP, Drupal, NodeJS, Python); testing with Selenium, Puppeteer, Jest, RTL; architecture and API design; AWS/DevOps practices.
Head of Web Development at EXIT (State of EXIT, Novi Sad) festival
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2018
Led web development for festival platforms; multi-site Drupal-based ecosystems; performance optimization and integrations with social, GIS, and e-commerce components.
Development Team Leader at EXITMusic.tv / MyEXIT
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2009
Led development teams for EXITMusic.tv and MyEXIT projects; contributed to architecture and implementation of web platforms.
Web Developer at Eton Digital Ltd, London
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008
Drupal developer; site builds, theming and module development.
Web Team Consultant at Mensa Serbia (IQ Society)
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2007
Web team consultant; webmaster, web development.
Web Developer at Mensa Serbia (IQ Society)
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2006
Webmaster / webmaster, web development.
Assistant Developer at Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) e-learning portal
January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004
E-learning portal assistant developer.
Junior Web Developer at Dramin Ltd., Novi Sad
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2003
Junior web developer.
Junior Assistant at Petnica Research Station
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2002
Junior assistant.
Freelance Web Designer at Photon Tide, NGO
January 1, 1999 - December 31, 2003
Freelance web design projects.
Computer Maintenance at Birooprema
January 1, 1997 - January 1, 1997
Computer maintenance.

Education

MSc in Computer Science at Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2016
BSc in Computer Science at Polytechnical College, Subotica
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2004
Computer Science Engineer at Polytechnical College, Subotica
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2003

Qualifications

Aquia Certified Drupal Developer (D4.7 – D11)
January 11, 2030 - December 23, 2025
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
October 1, 2023 - October 1, 2023
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
December 23, 2025 - December 23, 2025
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
August 1, 2023 - October 1, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Education, Government, Healthcare, Non-Profit Organization, Retail