Luka Dobrota Camernik

About

Backend developer with over 15 years of experience building web applications and services, working mainly in Go and PHP.

I started out writing PHP to build my own websites, and spent a stint as a QA tester early on, which still shapes how I approach building and shipping software.

Experience

• Birdrave Senior Backend DeveloperMar 2025 – present Design, development and maintenance of backend services in Go and PHP.
• Entain Senior Backend DeveloperOct 2021 – Mar 2025 Backend services for sports betting and gaming products, built to handle high traffic around live events.
• Unikrn Senior Backend DeveloperSep 2018 – Oct 2021 Backend development for an esports betting and entertainment platform, from new features to day-to-day maintenance.
• Möller Ventures GmbH Senior Backend DeveloperFeb 2016 – Feb 2018 Backend development and maintenance of multiple projects started by Möller Ventures.
• Movinga GmbH Backend DeveloperNov 2015 – Feb 2016 In-house tools in Symfony 2, including the Salesforce integration.
• Flexperto GmbH Backend DeveloperMar 2014 – Nov 2015 Core platform in Yii and Yii2, plus Node.js microservices for chat and WebRTC video.
• Édition Lingerie QA TesterJan 2014 – Mar 2014
• E-Prodamo d.o.o. Junior DeveloperMar 2010 – Feb 2012 Custom classifieds platform in PHP and a desktop application in Visual Basic.

Skills

• Go
• PHP

• MySQL
• Docker
• Linux
• Git
• Python
• JavaScript

Older open-source projects

• Docker Runner · waits for slow external disks to mount before starting Docker
• PHP-FPM Docker image · build files for php-fpm, published on Docker Hub
• Bitbucket Notifier · desktop notifications for commits, in Python 3 and PyQt5
• Yii2 Advanced Template · the Yii2 starter with saner defaults

Outside work

Go, the board game. Played in tournaments and reached 3 dan. That's me in the photo.

Video games. I try to get better at anything I set my mind to, games included, and played in a tournament at a young age.