MD

Products, Not Code 

Profile

My name is Mina Demian and I'm an experienced front-end engineer, with experience also in full-stack development. With 7 years of experience in a modern web stack and 18 years overall in tech, I am passionate about building meaningful, high-impact products that scale.

I believe that code and technology are tools and not the end. I maintain agnosticism about technology, which helps me focus on using the right tool for the job. With the right tools, focus, and strategy, technology helps us build the right product!

Good products are for people by people, and I enjoy working with both types of people! Products are also built collegiately by people, and teamwork is where real magic happens.

Mina Demian

Skills

Web
HTML
CSS
TypeScript
JavaScript
TailWind
MUI
SASS
React.js
Next.js
Angular
Node.js
Koa.js
Express.js
Kubernetes
Google Cloud
Postgres
IaC

Experience 

  • Full-Stack Engineer @Fondo

    Jan 2023-Feb 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden

    Reduced time spent on internal back-office system by 70% after overhauling system. Built a TypeScript micro-service to implement an audit trail for the new back-office system. Took the initiative to update documentation for both on-boarding and the API documentation for core micro-services.

  • Front-End Developer @Consid

    Sep 2021-Dec 2022 | Stockholm, Sweden

    Worked for Swedish government: led the front-end team (3 people) to implement two effectual and important web applications that vastly improved the job-seeking process for those in long-time unemployment. Implemented the build and deployment chain in Redhat Openshift from scratch for the front-end Angular application. Decreased time spent on ineffective local testing by mirroring the Openshift environment locally with Docker. Took over the overhaul of skolverket.se and brought it over the finish line.

  • Software Developer @One Agency

    Jan 2019-Feb 2020 | Stockholm, Sweden

    Spearheaded the front-end team (3 people) to build a CSS Grid-based dashboard for a monitoring web application. Improved the CI/CD flow in CircleCI to avoid unnecessary failed builds and reduced unnecessary resource wastage in AWS. Took ownership and resolved critical bugs that had been threatened the relationship with the client’s top influencer bloggers..

  • Front-End Developer @Kivra

    Aug 2016-Dec 2018 | Stockholm, Sweden

    Worked on core features in app.kivra.com, such as the phone and e-mail verification flows. Built the "Print" feature for app.kivra.com. Built the first PoC of Kivra’s mobile iOS app in Swift 3 when the company was considering moving away from hybrid mobile apps, powered by Ionic. Built an internal tool that generated SVG files of company logos, sent into the Kivra back office. This enabled back office to reduce time and effort by 70%, spent on manually editing and uploading logos to the Kivra system.

Education 

  • Google Project Management: Professional Certificate

    2023-present | Coursera

    Completed the following modules: Foundations of Project Management, Project Initiation: Starting a Successful, Project Agile Project Management.

  • Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering and Multimedia Systems, Joint Honors

    2004 | Oxford Brookes University

    Relevant courses included data structures, database design, computer networks, UI, multimedia networks, multimedia systems, and computer science