GENT BAJKO

Software Engineer | 5 years 11 months of experience

// employment_history

Senior Engineer @ Ikons / Enel (Fortune Global 100)

Mar 2025 - Present

Tirana

  • Own all Dell Boomi integration processes handling data flow between internal systems and external energy providers
  • Built a spike/anomaly detection API with Python, FastAPI, NumPy, and SciPy to flag irregular energy consumption patterns in real-time meter readings
  • Designed near real-time stream processing pipelines with AWS Kinesis, Lambda, and SNS for interval data ingestion and portfolio aggregation
  • Built batch data export services for bulk registration and interval feeds to external regulatory systems using TypeScript and AWS Lambda
  • Architected the data collection API layer using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and Redis for high-throughput event ingestion
  • Built centralized logging infrastructure forwarding CloudWatch logs to Splunk HEC via custom Lambda functions for cross-service observability
  • Authored shared TypeScript libraries for structured logging and reference data serving across platform microservices

Founder & Fullstack Engineer @ BusinessDone

Dec 2024 - Present

Tirana

Multi-product SaaS platform suite with a unified user, organization, and subscription system.

OCRDone — Document OCR Processing Platform
  • Architected a production SaaS for document OCR using Python, FastAPI, and AWS Textract
  • Designed an async job pipeline with Redis Queue for background OCR tasks with real-time progress via WebSocket and Redis pub/sub
  • Integrated Stripe for subscription management with webhook handling
  • Built the frontend with React, TypeScript, React Query, and Zustand with real-time WebSocket updates
  • Deployed on AWS with S3 for storage, PostgreSQL for persistence, and Redis for queuing
IssuesDone — AI-Powered Bug Reporting Widget
  • Built an embeddable bug reporting widget (~10KB gzipped) using Preact with Shadow DOM isolation and html2canvas for screenshots
  • Integrated Claude and GPT for automatic bug report analysis, severity classification, and duplicate detection
  • Implemented Linear and GitHub integrations for automated issue creation with AI-generated fix proposals
  • Designed the SDK with TypeScript type definitions, CSS custom property theming, and programmatic control API
ReportsDone — Business Reporting Platform
  • Built a reporting platform with Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL; data processing via Polars and Pandas
  • Implemented scheduled report generation with APScheduler and Excel exports via openpyxl and fastexcel

Senior Fullstack Engineer @ Division5 (Rausgegangen.de)

May 2024 - Jan 2025

Tirana

  • Delivered features including an admin panel and event management system using Python, Django, React, HTMX, and Django Templates
  • Identified and resolved long-standing bugs; led code quality and project structure improvements

Senior Backend Engineer @ Cordoor (SignalXChange)

Mar 2023 - May 2024

Tirana

  • Built backend infrastructure for a stock exchange and wallet management platform using TypeScript and NestJS
  • Integrated Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming; optimized MongoDB queries for speed and data integrity
  • Implemented paper, options, and futures trading features; improved session management and autocomplete with Redis

Backend Engineer @ Honest Solutions (Enerlogico)

Sep 2022 - Jun 2023

Tirana

  • Built an energy trading platform using Python, Spark, and PostgreSQL
  • Architected data pipelines with Databricks for high-volume data processing and analysis
  • Optimized data models and queries for platform performance; managed production databases

Backend Engineer @ Ritech International AG (Comfy / Siemens)

Feb 2022 - Sep 2022

Tirana

  • Worked across 5 microservices using Python, Django, Twisted, AIOHTTP, AWS, Docker, Redis, and OPC Protocol
  • Managed PostgreSQL and CassandraDB databases; upgraded legacy Django 1.1 codebase to Django 3.3

Backend Engineer @ Motomtech

Apr 2020 - Feb 2022

Tirana

Naxxa — Real Estate Platform
  • Built a web scraper with Python and Selenium to collect real estate data; processed millions of records with Pandas and PostgreSQL
  • Designed complex matching queries connecting users with professionals based on survey responses and filters
  • Built data sync scripts between PostgreSQL and HubSpot CRM for real-time updates
Wedax — Universal Web and API Scraper
  • Pitched, designed, and led development of a SaaS web scraping tool; managed a team of three engineers
  • Built a universal scraping library with Puppeteer and anti-captcha integration; connected microservices via Apache Kafka
Algo — Online Ad Profitability Predictor
  • Built classification models with XGBoost, ADASYN, and OneVsRest for ad profitability prediction
  • Developed a K-Means clustering model and Flask API to deliver predictions and insights

// languages

  • Albanian
  • English
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Japanese
  • German

// hobbies

  • Video Games
  • Music
  • Cinema

// contact_info

Gent Bajko

email: gent.bajko@gmail.com

dob: June 20, 1995

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  "languages": ["Python", "TypeScript", "JavaScript"],
  "frameworks": [
    "FastAPI", "Django", "Flask", "Nest.js",
    "React", "Next.js", "HTMX", "Preact"
  ],
  "infra": ["AWS", "Azure", "Docker", "Kafka", "Dell Boomi"],
  "data": ["Pandas", "Polars", "Spark", "Databricks"],
  "databases": ["PostgreSQL", "MongoDB", "Redis", "DynamoDB"]
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