I'm Marin Dulja, a backend-focused full-stack developer with 4 years of professional experience shipping production software across fintech, trading, banking, and SaaS. I specialize in Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot, with experience in monolithic and microservice architectures, and growing frontend capabilities in React to own end-to-end product delivery. I'm currently leading a live SaaS product — personal-finances.app — architecting, developing, and deploying solo from design to payments and user-facing UI.

Marin Dulja

I'm Marin Dulja, a backend-focused full-stack developer with 4 years of professional experience shipping production software across fintech, trading, banking, and SaaS. I specialize in Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot, with experience in monolithic and microservice architectures, and growing frontend capabilities in React to own end-to-end product delivery. I'm currently leading a live SaaS product — personal-finances.app — architecting, developing, and deploying solo from design to payments and user-facing UI.

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I’m Marin Dulja, a backend-focused full-stack developer with 4 years of professional experience shipping production software across fintech, trading, banking, and SaaS.

I specialize in Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot, with experience in monolithic and microservice architectures, and growing frontend capabilities in React to own end-to-end product delivery. I’m currently leading a live SaaS product — personal-finances.app — architecting, developing, and deploying solo from design to payments and user-facing UI.

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Language

English
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Italian
Intermediate
German
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Work Experience

Backend Software Engineer at ADUS Technologies
October 20, 2025 - October 20, 2025
Part of a remote AI-trading platform project; implemented core backend features to support AI-generated trading signals for crypto, forex, and futures. Delivered end-to-end signal ingestion, validation, processing, and distribution; managed payloads, signal pricing, and real-time recommendations; extended signal coverage to new instruments and enabled real-time streaming via WebSocket for subscribed clients; integrated RabbitMQ for messaging and added per-asset alert preferences and monitoring.
Backend Java Developer at Noema Consulting
February 20, 2025 - February 20, 2025
Delivered backend features for the MyPumaSecurity mobile app (Alarm management system) with 500+ users; integrated external GraphQL and REST APIs; implemented microservices patterns and centralized config management; contributed to service discovery and gateway routing; supported ongoing maintenance and enhancements.
Backend Developer at Sabanet Albania
May 20, 2023 - May 20, 2023
Improved backend application for the MyPumaSecurity mobile app (Alarm management system) with 500+ users; contributed to a 10+ microservice architecture using Spring Cloud; implemented service discovery, gateway routing, and centralized configuration; integrated external APIs as needed.
Full-Stack Developer at Comdata Group
October 20, 2022 - October 20, 2022
Joined as a junior developer and delivered 50+ tasks; progressed to independent contributor; worked with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud; improved load times and rendering; contributed to architecture decisions and REST/API layers; supported continuous delivery and integration.
Backend Java Developer at Candidate GmbH
December 20, 2023 - December 20, 2023
Sole backend developer in Vienna, Austria (Remote from Albania); refactored and extended Tiger web crawlers; integrated external GraphQL and REST APIs; mentored junior developers; left due to limited long-term growth opportunities.
Full-Stack Developer at Self-Employed
November 1, 2025 - Present
Building and operating personal-finances.app — a webapp product with real users (see Featured Project below). Sole ownership from system design through deployment and payment integration.
Backend Software Engineer (Contractor) at ADUS Technologies s.r.o
April 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025
Built core backend infrastructure for a real-time trading intelligence platform delivering AI-generated signals across crypto, forex, and futures markets to support 10,000 users. Delivered 70+ end-to-end tasks in 7 months; engineered real-time trading signal pipelines using RabbitMQ, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB; shipped revenue-critical features including community chat, Stripe subscription billing, and push notifications; increased stability through integration tests; owned feature lifecycle from design to deployment.
Backend Software Engineer (Contractor) at Noema Consulting
August 1, 2024 - March 1, 2025
Designed and maintained RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Kotlin and Spring Boot for scalable service communication; improved test coverage including OpenFGA authorization scenarios; earned Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204).
Backend Java Developer (Contractor) at Candidatis GmbH
May 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Maintained and evolved a job advertisement platform; optimized a Spring Boot web crawler reducing runtime by 30% and improving data freshness; integrated REST and GraphQL APIs to enhance interoperability; mentored junior developer.
Java Developer at Sabanet Albania
November 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023
Upgraded 8+ microservices from Java 11 to Java 17; contributed to microservice architecture incl. service discovery, API gateway routing, and centralized configuration; added a new microservice using Retrofit for third-party API integration.
Java Full-Stack Developer at Comdata Group
July 1, 2021 - October 1, 2022
Completed 50+ frontend and backend tasks; rapidly progressed from junior to independently owning features across the full stack; implemented robust data persistence with PostgreSQL, Hibernate, and Spring Data JPA.

Education

Master of Science at University of Tirana
October 1, 2018 - July 1, 2020
MSc Computer Science at University of Tirana
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
BSc Computer Science at University of Tirana
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)
January 11, 2030 - October 29, 2025
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)
January 11, 2030 - March 10, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Financial Services