Hello
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. At SES, I took over a platform facing decommissioning and rebuilt it into a product the business now relies on to manage more than $10 billion in satellite assets. Most recently, I led product at Symphonee, an AI-powered recruitment platform.
I do my best work where design, engineering and product meet: turning ambiguous problems into a clear direction, then shipping it alongside the team.
Outside of work, I stay active through sports and follow developments in blockchain and financial markets.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from the Faculty of Information Technologies in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the IEEE Design Thinking program at La Trobe University.
Experience
Symphonee London, United Kingdom
Head of Product
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.
May 2025 - Jun 2026
SES Satellites Betzdorf, Luxembourg
Design Lead & Full-Stack Developer
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.
Apr 2024 - May 2025
Kriptomat Ljubljana, Slovenia
Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer
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.
Oct 2023 - Apr 2024
AssistYou Rotterdam, Netherlands
Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer
Designed and built dashboards for training, monitoring and managing AI models, including voice analysis and transcription, making client workflows twice as fast.
Nov 2021 - Sep 2023
Appy Ventures London, United Kingdom
Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer
Designed and built platforms for SMEs and FTSE 100 companies, including a sports finance dashboard and an NFT marketplace with a companion mobile app.
Jul 2021 - Sep 2022
Emaq Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Frontend Developer & UI/UX Designer
Designed and developed web and mobile applications for healthcare clinics, including dental clinic management tools built with Vue.js, React and .NET.
Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
Freelance Remote
Full-Stack Developer & UI/UX Designer
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.
May 2014 - Jul 2021
BreakPoint Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lead UI/UX Designer
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.
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
Dvlpmt Team Belgrade, Serbia
UI/UX Designer & Full-Stack Developer
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.
Mar 2016 - Mar 2018
DataPrint Zivinice, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Product Designer
Started my career as a product designer, learning the fundamentals of design, product markets and client work.
2012 - 2014