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Hi, I'm
Gazmend Kepuska

Senior .NET engineer who has scaled platforms to 200,000+ products across three countries, decomposed 20-year-old monoliths into microservices, and grown engineering teams from 8 to 70 people. I specialise in high-throughput APIs, event-driven architecture, and SQL performance optimisation.

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Gazmend.cs
public class Engineer
{
public string Name = "Gazmend Kepuska";
public int YearsExp = 15; // years
public string Location = "Prishtine, Kosovo";
public List<string> Stack = new() {
"ASP.NET Core", "Microservices",
"Azure", "Kafka", "Docker"
};
}

Technical Skills

Specialised in backend systems, event-driven architecture, cloud deployment, and AI-augmented development workflows.

Microservices & Architecture
Decomposition, event-driven design, legacy modernisation
High-Performance Data Access
SQL optimisation, indexing, ORM design at scale
Full-Cycle Delivery & DevOps
CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, cloud deployment
Technical Leadership
Team scaling, code standards, cross-functional collaboration

Backend & API Development

ASP.NET · REST · Real-time

ASP.NET Core (REST APIs) .NET 8 / Framework MVC Pattern SignalR (Real-time) Hangfire (Background Jobs) Dependency Injection Blazor (Web UI) Razor (Templating)

Frontend Development

SPA · Components · TypeScript

TypeScript (Typed JS) JavaScript (ES6+) React (SPA) Vue (SPA) HTML5 (Semantic)

Data & Persistence

SQL · ORM · Full-text search

Azure SQL (Cloud DB) EF Core (ORM) Entity Framework (ORM) Dapper (Micro ORM) SQLite (Embedded DB) Elasticsearch (Full-text)

DevOps & Infrastructure

Containers · Proxy · Caching

Docker (Containers) Linux (Server OS) Nginx (Web Server) HAProxy (Load Balancer) Redis (Cache / Queue)

Async & Event-Driven

Message brokers · Distributed

RabbitMQ (Message Broker) Kafka (Event Streaming)

CI/CD & Quality

Pipelines · Auth · Testing

Azure DevOps (CI/CD) OAuth (Auth / SSO) Selenium (UI Testing)

AI - Pair Programming Development

Copilots · Code gen · Pair programming

Claude GitHub Copilot Cursor Codex

Languages

AlbanianNative
EnglishAdvanced
GermanNovice

Core Skills

C# / .NET Problem Solving SQL Server Decision Making Leadership Team Management Communication Customer Service

Experience

15 years of progressive engineering roles — from intern to senior engineer and engineering lead.

.NET Senior Software Engineer

Ritech Solutions / ComplySci · New York City

Nov 2023 – Present
  • › Migrated legacy app from .NET 4.7 to .NET 8
  • › +20% efficiency via SQL optimisation and database indexing
  • › +25% user engagement from newly designed features

.NET Senior Software Engineer

Ritech Solutions / Trackforce · San Diego, CA

Jul 2022 – Oct 2023
  • › Decoupled translations into a microservice — startup time from ~1 min to seconds
  • › −20% query execution time, −30% transferred data volume
  • › −10% build time by removing unnecessary project files

Engineering Lead

Gjirafa Inc · Prishtine

Jan 2022 – Jun 2022
  • › Introduced Agile — −25% time-to-market for new features
  • › +40% application performance through targeted optimisations
  • › −15% operational expenses through cost-saving measures

.NET Senior Software Engineer

Gjirafa Inc — Gjirafa50 & GjirafaMall · Prishtine

Jan 2018 – Dec 2021
  • › Scaled Gjirafa50 from 50 products to 200,000+ across Kosovo, Albania & Macedonia
  • › Grew team from 8 to ~70 professionals by 2022
  • › −25% bounce rate, +15% customer retention on GjirafaMall

.NET Software Engineer

Gjirafa Inc — Gjirafa50 · Prishtine

Aug 2016 – Dec 2018
  • › Expanded platform to 3 countries with 200+ global brands
  • › Built in-house WMS integrating with national tax system

.NET Software Engineer

Gjirafa Inc · Prishtine

Oct 2014 – Jul 2016
  • › Built Albanian-language search engine aggregating 300 news portals in <20 seconds
  • › Implemented news relevance ranking algorithms

.NET Software Engineer

iziSurvey LLC · Prizren

Jan 2012 – Sep 2014
  • › −50% API response times through backend optimisation
  • › −70% SQL data weight through query restructuring

Intern Software Developer

iziSurvey LLC · Prizren

Jun 2011 – Dec 2011
  • › Built Android + C# .NET offline/online survey app for remote areas with limited connectivity

BSc — Computer Science, Software Design

University of Prizren

Oct 2010 – Oct 2014 · Prizren, Kosovo

Solid foundation in programming, algorithms, data structures, software development, and computer networks.

ALNative
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Featured Projects

A selection of platforms built and scaled throughout my 15-year career.

iziSurvey (2011–2014)

iziSurvey

iziSurvey.com

Online/offline survey platform with Android app and C# .NET API, built for areas with limited connectivity.

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Gjirafa Inc (2014–2022)

Gjirafa

Gjirafa.com

Leading Albanian-language search engine — news aggregation from 300 portals in under 20 seconds.

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Gjirafa.biz

Gjirafa.biz

Business directory and B2B platform connecting companies across the region.

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GjirafaMall

GjirafaMall.com

General e-commerce marketplace — pioneered from scratch, achieving −25% bounce rate and +15% retention.

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Gjirafa50

Gjirafa50.com

Multi-regional e-commerce — scaled from 50 to 200k+ products with 200 global brands.

.com .al .mk
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Gjirafa50.al

Gjirafa50.al

Albanian regional version with Albanian language and ALL currency support.

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Gjirafa50.mk

Gjirafa50.mk

Macedonian regional version with Macedonian language and MKD currency support.

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Gjirafa50 Migration

Led the migration of Gjirafa50 from a PHP monolithic architecture to Nop Commerce (.NET), improving scalability and maintainability.

PHP → Nop Commerce .NET

Ritech Solutions (2022–Present)

Trackforce

TrackForce.com

Los Angeles, USA

Microservice decomposition of a 20-year-old C# monolith. Developer startup time reduced from ~1 minute to seconds.

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ComplySci

ComplySci.com

New York, USA

Compliance management platform for financial services. .NET 4.7 → .NET 8 migration delivering +20% efficiency and +25% engagement.

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Side Projects

GjakovaPortal

GjakovaPortal.com

Local community portal for Gjakova city news, events, and services.

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Foodery

Foodery.one

Food ordering platform connecting customers with local restaurants.

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Onelyne AI

Onelyne.ai

AI-powered solutions and automation tools for businesses.

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Let's Build Something Great

I thrive where tough problems, bold ideas, and measurable impact meet.
Reach out to discuss your next project.

Email Me

gazmendkepuska@gmail.com

Call Me

+383 49 505 354
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