Currently available for remote full‑time and contract frontend engineering roles

dave.dev

About

Product engineer in the messy middle.

I like being close to the whole thing — design, build, ship. Not just taking a ticket and closing it, but being part of how it gets decided in the first place.

Experience

How I got here.

It started with selling templates on ThemeForest — which taught me the basics, but more importantly, taught me that I liked building things people actually paid for. From there I moved into startup environments, where I picked up the rest: how to think product-first, how to talk to the business side, and how to actually ship the technical thing, not just design it.

Closing the gap between an idea and the shipped product became the thread through everything after that. I led frontend on Curoflow, a healthcare platform now live in 130+ clinics across Scandinavia, then built a compliant publishing tool for pharma and biotech teams at a life sciences startup, with a handful of freelance builds mixed in along the way. Now I'm building two products of my own — Oppli and Eunoia. Eventually, I want to be part of something big.

git log --oneline
1d2a7f3 (2016) ThemeForest
2f9d4b2 (2018) feat: Quantum workflow
3b8e4d2 (2020) feat: Curoflow
4c3a9e1 (2024) feat: pharma content platform (stealth startup)
5e7c3a1 (2024) feat: ship Oppli
6a1f8d4 (2025) wip: Eunoia
package.json
1$ cat package.json
2{
3"name": "david-rakic",
4"role": "senior-frontend-engineer",
5"location": "europe/cet",
6"dependencies": {
7"product-sense": "latest",
8"react": "latest",
9"typescript": "latest",
10"roadmaps": "latest",
11"design-systems": "latest",
12"shipping": "latest"
13}
14}

Stack

Tech stack I use.

I've built the same kind of feature in React, then Next.js, then with AI doing half the boilerplate — the tools keep changing, the judgment underneath doesn't. What I actually bring to a startup is knowing which corners are safe to cut this week and which ones cost you in six months. That's harder to list than a tech stack, but it's the part that matters.

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsReact NativeSCSSTailwind CSSFigma → codeDesign systemsAI-assisted delivery

Open to

What I’m looking for.

Selectively open — not every opportunity is a fit. Here's what I'm most interested in right now, alongside building Oppli.

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Hire

Senior frontend IC

Staff-track roles at product-led companies — complex UI, design systems, and high-trust flows in fintech, SaaS, and founder tools.

Co-founder

Founding engineer / co-founder

Early-stage with real equity and ownership. I bring senior frontend craft plus product sense from day one.

Consulting

Embedded or sprint

Short sprints or long embeds. 0→1 builds and rescue passes are where I do my best work.

03 · Contact

Have something to ship?

Tell me where you are — idea, live product, or messy middle. I'll tell you honestly if I'm a fit and what engagement makes sense.

Let's talk →