Mario Kenda_
lead frontend web3 developer
My name is Mario Kenda, and I'm a Software Engineer currently living
in Slovenia. Whenever I'm not writing code for company Strips
Finance, based in Singapore, I am enhancing my coding knowledge as a
Master's student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science.
I have a diverse set of skills, ranging from HTML + CSS +
JavaScript, all the way to ReactJS, Angular, Solidity, Wordpress and
a little bit of Linux server administration.
I am a Software Engineer that enjoys tackling serious problems and
solving them with a minimal set of tools and maximum elegance.
I love working with ReactJS (JavaScript, TypeScript) and I am also
comfortable with Angular, PHP and NodeJS. From early beginnings with
Wordpress plugins and simple algorithms at the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science in Maribor where I got my
Bachelor's degree in computer science, to more complex web
applications, which I encountered working for several different
companies, my goal was always, to get useful experience and provide
the best possible solution for my client’s problem. At U-centrix,
where we had built web applications for a major tourist company in
central Europe called PALMA, d.o.o. (www.palma.si), the first step
towards that goal had been made.
Seeking new challenges, I found my place at Inova IT, where I began
developing consumer and enterprise-grade products, with a focus on
advanced web initiatives, to maintain an advantage in this
fast-moving field of development.
After what had been a very exciting year at Inova IT, I moved on to
Povio Labs, a YCombinator Winter 2014 company based in San
Francisco, where I have spent my time building amazing products for
companies from the Silicon Valley area.
In 2019, after finishing my projects at Povio Labs, I've decided to
put my skills on the market as a freelance developer, where I soon
landed my first contract for an InsureTech startup - Paysure
Solutions. There I was responsible for developing and maintaining
multiple web apps written in the latest versions of Angular and a
mobile app written in Ionic 4. All apps aimed to simplify complex
and resource-intensive internal processes in insurance claims
processing.
After three great years at Paysure, it was time for me to start
working in the ever-evolving cryptocurrency space. I have been very
interested in cryptocurrencies since the 2017 ICO mania and have
been researching crypto projects all those years. This led to my
first job in this space at Strips Finance, where I'm developing from
scratch and maintaining a dApp (https://app.strips.finance/) for
trading interest rate derivatives on Arbitrum using ReactJS,
Ethers.js, and Hardhat.
I am always on the lookout for new tools and my curious nature
drives me towards learning new things on a daily basis. Most of all,
I am full of energy and my outgoing personality makes me a perfect
addition to any project. For these reasons, I am confident I can add
my piece of the puzzle to any future tasks that come my way.
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, MARIBOR
2017 - present
Master of Computer Science and Information Technologies
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, MARIBOR
2014 - 2017
Engineer of Computer Science and Information Technologies
SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING, PTUJ
2010 - 2014
High School Graduate
STRIPS FINANCE - LEAD FRONTEND WEB3 DEVELOPER
Strips Finance is a platform that allows users to trade interest rate derivatives. Our exchange allows for the trading of interest rate swaps derivatives, allowing users to swap variable interest rates for fixed rates in any yield farm or funding rate. Strips Finance offers leverage, 24/7 liquidity and the best yield farms to trade. Strips Finance aims to be the foundation infrastructure layer for future decentralised finance fixed-rate products.
LEAD FRONTEND WEB3 DEVELOPER
Oct 2022 - present
SENIOR FRONTEND WEB3 DEVELOPER
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
PAYSURE SOLUTIONS LTD. - LEAD FRONTEND DEVELOPER
Paysure Solutions is an InsureTech startup founded in May 2017 and have developed a suite of working & tested applications focused on automating and processing claims.
Feb 2019 - Oct 2021
POVIO LABS (YC W14) - FRONTEND DEVELOPER
Povio Labs is a Y-combinator backed company that has built apps for Silicon Valley’s fastest growing tech companies, like Flexport, Toymail, Editas Medicine, Rainforest QA, Flaviar, and Trulo.
July 2018 - Feb 2019
INOVA IT D.O.O. - FRONTEND DEVELOPER
September 2017 - July 2018
U-CENTRIX D.O.O. - WEB DEVELOPER
July 2016 - August 2017
UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR - WEB DEVELOPER
Jan 2016 - Feb 2018
TYPESCRIPT 90%
JAVASCRIPT 95%
HTML5 90%
REACTJS 90%
ANGULAR 90%
Web3 80%
CSS 95%
Solidity 70%
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