Miro Antonijević
dr.sc. iz Zagreb, Croatia

MIRO ANTONIJEVIĆ, PhD, MBAZagreb, Croatia  •  +385 99 364 8470  • [email protected]  •  linkedin.com/in/miro-antonijevicPROFESSIONAL SUMMARYSenior developer...

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MIRO ANTONIJEVIĆ, PhD, MBA

Zagreb, Croatia  •  +385 99 364 8470  • [email protected]  •  linkedin.com/in/miro-antonijevic

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior developer and technical leader with 11 years of experience leading software development teams to deliver complex solutions. Full stack engineer and AI Champion delivering real-time, complex systems (Scada, IoT, AI agents). Co-founder and architect of ChatNav, an AI-agent product for hospitality, webshops and other, built on production Python and Web tech stack, multilingual UX, and booking-engine integrations. PhD in Computer Science (VR and AI) and MBA; experienced in architecture, software development, delivery, and cross-functional leadership.

CORE SKILLS

Python (asyncio), FastAPI, Quart; REST APIs, pytest (unit/integration), CI/CD; real-time messaging/streaming (WebSocket/SSE); TypeScript, Vue.js; LLM applications (OpenAI API, tool/task orchestration); RAG (retrieval-augmented generation): embeddings + vector database/search, MCP (Model Context Protocol); PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL; C#/.NET (.NET Core, Entity Framework); team leadership, planning, budgeting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Končar Digital — Head of APM Software Development

Zagreb, Croatia  |  2025 – Present

  • Building and leading a software development team for a new Asset Performance Management (APM) platform for electric substation assets.
  • Acting as software architect and hands-on developer; defining architecture and integrations while building the team.
  • Developing backend and frontend modules for asset monitoring, analytics, and operational workflows.
  • Tech: .NET/C#, React, PostgreSQL, Python.

ChatNav d.o.o. — Co-Founder & Software Architect

Zagreb, Croatia  |  2024 – Present

  • Co-founded and architected an AI-agent platform for hospitality and customer support, from system design, software development through deployment.
  • Built production Python async services (FastAPI/Quart) for agent execution, integrations, and customer messaging.
  • Integrated OpenAI API for conversational assistants and structured tool calls; delivered multilingual user experiences.
  • Implemented integrations with booking engines and web sources; optimized real-time streaming of assistant responses to web UI (WebSocket/SSE).
  • Implemented knowledge-base grounding for higher answer accuracy (embeddings + vector search).
  • Tech: Python, FastAPI/Quart, asyncio, TypeScript/Vue.js, Tailwind, PostgreSQL, OpenAI API.

Nanobit — Head of Tech

Zagreb, Croatia  |  2023 – 2025

  • Led two development teams (~20 engineers) spanning game development and backend development.
  • Owned delivery planning, budgeting, process improvements, and developer growth/education.
  • AI Champion: evaluated and piloted practical AI tooling across departments to improve production workflows of all company departments.
  • Tech: Python, C#/.NET, Unity, PostgreSQL.

Končar KET / Končar Digital — Head of Software Development

Zagreb, Croatia  |  2016 – 2023

  • Managed and mentored a software team (~12) delivering industrial SCADA and real-time automation systems.
  • Owned system architecture, development, optimization, and stability for critical infrastructure, event-driven systems.
  • Implemented high-performance real-time event handling (Kafka like event loop) and industrial communication protocol integrations.
  • Applied VR/AR technologies in the energy domain, resulting in RTGo — an AR-enabled SCADA maintenance management system. Showcase of RTGo's AR features (links): Video 1Video 2Video 3.
  • Tech: C#, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Unity.

Končar (Energy domain) — Software Developer

Zagreb, Croatia  |  2013 – 2016

  • Developed complex real-time SCADA applications for power plants and substations, focusing on stability, performance, and security.
  • Built frontend and backend modules; contributed to UI tooling using PyQt/PySide.
  • Tech: C#, Python (asyncio), PyQt/PySide, MySQL.

EDUCATION

  • PhD in Computer Science — University of Zagreb (2015 – 2018)
  • MBA (e-Leadership) — Algebra University, Zagreb (2019 – 2021; Best student of generation)
  • MSc in Mathematics and Computer Science — University of Zagreb (2012 – 2014)
  • Participated in dr. Miran Bezjak’s doctoral research on predicting liver transplantation outcomes – developed statistics and AI prediction models

PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

  • VR and AI research (2013 – Present): 13 peer-reviewed papers; presented at conferences (e.g., CIGRE, CIRED, IEEE). Link: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=zh6EHJwAAAAJ&hl=en
  • Best Young Scientist in Economy (2018) — Croatian Academy of Engineering
  • Golden Medal for Innovation (ARCA) (2019) — Croatian Union of Innovators

LANGUAGES

Croatian (Fluent); English (Fluent).