Kristian Cupurdija, product designer and full-stack engineer

I'm Kristian, a product designer and full-stack engineer based in Split, Croatia. For more than a decade, I've designed and built software for startups, FTSE 100 companies and enterprise teams, most recently leading product at Symphonee.

Experience

• Head of Product, Symphonee

  May 2025 - Jun 2026 · London, United Kingdom

  Led product strategy, UX and delivery for an AI-powered recruitment and workflow automation platform. Defined the product vision with the founders, built and maintained the design system, and contributed directly to key features alongside the engineering team.

• Design Lead & Full-Stack Developer, SES Satellites

  Apr 2024 - May 2025 · Betzdorf, Luxembourg

  Took over a platform initiative facing decommissioning and redesigned it from the ground up into an adopted product for managing satellite yield and resources valued at over $10 billion. Led the design and built key features with Angular, .NET, Docker and AKS, including machine learning models to forecast yield.

• Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer, Kriptomat

  Oct 2023 - Apr 2024 · Ljubljana, Slovenia

  Led design and front-end development of a crypto platform for buying, trading and investing. Built it with Nuxt 3 and server-side rendering for performance and SEO, with real-time and historical price charts.

• Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer, AssistYou

  Nov 2021 - Sep 2023 · Rotterdam, Netherlands

  Designed and built dashboards for training, monitoring and managing AI models, including voice analysis and transcription, making client workflows twice as fast.

• Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer, Appy Ventures

  Jul 2021 - Sep 2022 · London, United Kingdom

  Designed and built platforms for SMEs and FTSE 100 companies, including a sports finance dashboard and an NFT marketplace with a companion mobile app.

• Frontend Developer & UI/UX Designer, Emaq

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2022 · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Designed and developed web and mobile applications for healthcare clinics, including dental clinic management tools built with Vue.js, React and .NET.

• Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer, Freelance

  May 2014 - Jul 2021 · Remote

  Designed and built cross-platform products for small and medium-sized businesses, from product websites to complex software, owning both the UI/UX decisions and the implementation.

• Lead UI/UX Designer, BreakPoint

  Feb 2019 - Aug 2019 · Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Rebranded the company and created its design system, then designed a suite of web, desktop and mobile apps for restaurants and cafés that made staff workflows 2.5x faster.

• UI/UX Designer & Full-Stack Developer, Dvlpmt Team

  Mar 2016 - Mar 2018 · Belgrade, Serbia

  Led design and built web applications for clients in the betting industry, with work ranging from branding to UI/UX design and front- end development.

• Product Designer, DataPrint

  2012 - 2014 · Zivinice, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Started my career as a product designer, learning the fundamentals of design, product markets and client work.

Projects

• Safebit: Safebit case study: a cryptocurrency wallet app for buying and managing crypto assets. Lead UI/UX design by Kristian Cupurdija.
• Taxi Rainer: Taxi Rainer case study: passenger and driver apps for booking a ride in three taps. Lead UI/UX design by Kristian Cupurdija.
• Config Analysis: Config Analysis case study: a mobile business analytics app connected to an existing POS system. Lead UI/UX design by Kristian Cupurdija.
• Kriptomat: Kriptomat case study: a server-side rendered crypto prices platform built with Nuxt 3 for speed and SEO. Front-end development by Kristian Cupurdija.
• All Sports Finance: All Sports Finance case study: dashboards connecting athletes, clubs and lenders to finance sports deals. Designed and built by Kristian Cupurdija.
• Stars4U: Stars4U case study: a digital greetings and gift card platform with mobile and web apps. Full-stack development and UI/UX design by Kristian Cupurdija.
• Travelo: Travelo case study: a cross-platform app for booking trips with local travel agencies, built with Flutter and .NET. Designed and built by Kristian Cupurdija.

Education

Bachelor of Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technologies, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. IEEE Design Thinking program, La Trobe University, Australia.

Contact

Email hi@krisn.co, or find me on LinkedIn, GitHub, Dribbble and Behance. Prefer a regular page? See the classic portfolio or about me.