// building systems that survive production
Miha Friskovec — Freelance Backend Engineer
I help teams build and improve Kotlin and Spring Boot backends, APIs, and integrations.
10+ years across enterprise software, adtech, and medtech. Available for scoped projects and ongoing work, 10–20 hours per week.
Best fit
- Architecture reviews
- Scoped backend integrations
Services
- Backend & API developmentproduction-ready backend services from day oneongoing or project based
- Architecture review & discoveryindependent review with a comprehensive reportongoing or project based
- System integrationsthird-party APIs, data pipelines, internal systemsongoing or fixed scope
- Startup consultingworkable and well scoped PoC of your ideaproject based
- AI integrationAI solutions for projects or processesproject based
How I work
A few clients at a time
I take on a small number of clients so I can fully understand the domain and deliver a quality solution.
Production-grade is the baseline
Security, monitoring, tests, and documentation are not extras — they are what production-ready means. Ten years across SAP, Teads, and medtech set that bar.
AI-augmented, standards unchanged
Coding assistants and LLM workflows speed up prototyping, testing, and review. They do not lower the bar but help me deliver high quality solutions faster.
Built to hand off
I write code the next developer picks up without a walkthrough, and I leave you the context to run and extend it long after the engagement ends.
Experience
2025 — Present
Senior Software Engineer
SAP

2022 — 2025
Senior Software Engineer
Medifit

2020 — 2022
Software Engineer
Zemanta (Outbrain, Teads)

2015 — 2020
Software Engineer
SMARTIS
Writing
- Your “Clean” Code Is Slow, Bloated, and Impossible to Debug
- Java is Finally Over: Why Kotlin Won the War in 2026
- The Testing Pyramid — What You Might Get Wrong About Testing
- Unlocking the Power of Observability
Contact
Have a project in mind? Book a 30-minute call or email me directly. Based in Europe/Ljubljana (CET/CEST). I reply within 24 hours.