Hi, I'm Danijel Popović, a Software Engineer with over three years of experience in developing AI-driven software solutions. I am passionate about AI and constantly expanding my skills in both web and mobile development. In my free time, I enjoy working out and tackling new challenges. I am a creative problem-solver who thrives in collaborative environments, bringing both technical expertise and an engaging personality to any team.

Danijel Popović

Hi, I'm Danijel Popović, a Software Engineer with over three years of experience in developing AI-driven software solutions. I am passionate about AI and constantly expanding my skills in both web and mobile development. In my free time, I enjoy working out and tackling new challenges. I am a creative problem-solver who thrives in collaborative environments, bringing both technical expertise and an engaging personality to any team.

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Hi, I’m Danijel Popović, a Software Engineer with over three years of experience in developing AI-driven software solutions. I am passionate about AI and constantly expanding my skills in both web and mobile development. In my free time, I enjoy working out and tackling new challenges. I am a creative problem-solver who thrives in collaborative environments, bringing both technical expertise and an engaging personality to any team.

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Language

Croatian
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Software Engineer at Walaris
October 1, 2024 - April 2, 2025
Developing real-time AI/ML image processing systems for airspace surveillance and drone detection. Optimizing systems to run efficiently on low swap devices such as NVIDIA Jetson.
Data Scientist at Comping
October 1, 2023 - October 1, 2024
Training machine learning models (XGBoost, LR, LSTM, Transformer-based) using Python for gas consumption prediction. Designed architecture and pipelines for continuous re-training and prediction of the project. Implemented RESTful API server in Flask for ML model re-training and prediction. Deployed ML projects and monitoring services using Docker containers to OpenShift. Analyzed and prepared data for model training.
Data Scientist at Megatrend poslovna rješenja
March 1, 2022 - October 1, 2023
Trained transformer-based ML models using PyTorch for phishing email and URL detection. Implemented email parsing solution in Python GUI to gather data for phishing detection. Developed semantic search solutions suited for Croatian language using transformer-based models. Analyzed and prepared data for model training.
Machine Learning Intern at doXray
June 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021
Tested and evaluated Transformer-based Machine Learning models using Python.

Education

M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering at FER(University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing)
October 1, 2020 - February 28, 2023
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering at FER(University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing)
October 1, 2017 - September 30, 2020

Qualifications

Finalist, Algebra LAB incubator - Demo Day - Startup Pitch Competition
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
5,000€ in Tribe credits, powered by Infobip, INVENTO Summit 2024 - Startup Pitch Competition
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Participation, AI BattleGround
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Energy & Utilities, Government, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Transportation & Logistics

Experience Level

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