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Nadia Makarevich

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia18 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Authored two books on React and web performance.
  • Led major initiatives at Atlassian for Jira Frontend Platform.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused Full-Stack Engineer with a strong emphasis on frontend performance.

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Skills

Core Skills

Full-stack DevelopmentSoftware Design & ArchitectureFrontend DevelopmentWeb Performance

Other Skills

ReactNode.jsPostgreSQLAWSVercelAST parsingreal-time editing algorithmsdependency modernizationbundle-size trackingperformance monitoringbundle-size optimizationHTMLSoftware DevelopmentSoftware ArchitectureJavaScript

About

Software engineer with 20+ years of experience, specializing in frontend development (React, Typescript) and web performance engineering. Proven record of technical leadership, guiding cross-functional teams, setting architectural direction, and delivering scalable solutions across complex codebases. At Atlassian, served as Staff Engineer / Frontend Architect on the Jira Frontend Platform (2M+ lines of code, 300+ contributing engineers). Led initiatives in dependency modernization, bundle-size optimization, performance monitoring, and platform consistency, directly improving product reliability and developer productivity across multiple business units. Beyond industry roles, recognized as a thought leader in performance engineering as the author of two books (Advanced React and Web Performance Fundamentals) and creator of the Developer Way blog, with 500k+ yearly readers. Regular speaker at international conferences on frontend scalability, performance fundamentals, and architectural best practices. KEY SKILLS **Full-Stack Development**: End-to-end experience across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure. **Web Performance**: Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS), Lighthouse, Chrome DevTools, flamegraphs, profiling, advanced caching strategies, bundle optimization. **Software Design & Architecture**: Large-scale frontend systems, monorepos, dependency management, cross-org modernization, code quality enforcement. **Algorithms & Data Structures**: Applied knowledge of core data structures and algorithms, with hands-on experience in AST traversal and code transformations. **Testing & Reliability**: CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks (Cypress, Jest), monitoring and error tracking (Sentry, DataDog), performance monitoring. **Leadership & Collaboration**: Cross-org projects, stakeholder alignment, technical strategy, distributed team leadership, coaching/mentoring, thought leadership.

Experience

18 yrs
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
6 mos
Current Experience

Heatseeker

Principal Engineer

Nov 2025Present · 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Remote

Shipmate labs

Co-Founder

Nov 2024Jul 2025 · 8 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Remote

  • Took concepts from idea to shipped product, owning technical direction and implementation end-to-end.
  • Built full-stack solutions (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS/Vercel), covering frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Delivered a performance-sensitive visual editor for React (AST parsing, real-time editing algorithms) to support real-time editing workflows.
ReactNode.jsPostgreSQLAWSVercelFull-Stack Development+1

Pyn

Founding Engineer

Feb 2021Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Championed architectural improvements to a production-stage frontend and reshaping the codebase for long-term scalability and maintainability.
  • Introduced modern frontend practices and tooling, improving developer experience and delivery speed across the team.
  • Operated as a full-stack engineer, shipping customer-facing features and handling infrastructure from backend APIs to cloud deployments.
  • Led end-to-end feature development: translated high-level requests into concrete requirements, defined the technical approach, and iterated with product, design, and support to deliver solutions that met customer needs.

Atlassian

2 roles

Staff Engineer/Frontend Architect

Promoted

Jan 2018Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos · On-site

  • Core member of the Jira Frontend Platform team (2M+ LOC, 300+ engineers), working on the architecture, scalability, and performance of one of Atlassian’s largest codebases.
  • Introduced and rolled out org-wide initiatives such as dependency modernization, bundle-size tracking, and consistency enforcement - changes that shaped the entire Jira codebase and are still referenced today.
  • Designed and deployed an advanced dependency update system optimized for performance and stability, adopted across multiple product teams within the repository.
  • Led a large-scale dependency upgrade program, coordinating with dozens of teams to modernize the codebase without disrupting delivery.
  • Developed tooling and automated frameworks to enforce best practices, monitor regressions, and drive compliance at scale across hundreds of engineers.
  • Transformed the Jira Frontend rotation program (known internally as “Disturbed Rotation”) into a highly sought-after two-week residency where engineers from across teams joined the platform, gained repo expertise, answered support questions, and delivered improvements - creating a multiplier effect for performance and code quality.
  • Mentored engineers across Jira, raising frontend standards through React best practices, dependency strategies, and scalable architectural patterns.
  • Worked with product and design to define and uphold architectural standards, ensuring consistency in UI and performance across Jira.
dependency modernizationbundle-size trackingperformance monitoringWeb PerformanceSoftware Design & Architecture

Frontend Developer

Mar 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · On-site

  • Joined the Design Systems team during the early stages of Atlaskit; initially contributed as a developer, then took ownership of core React components implementation as the system was rewritten in React.
  • Selected for the Austin task force, one of a handful of engineers sent internationally to accelerate a major product rewrite and support a new team.
  • Transitioned into the Jira Navigation team, integrating Atlaskit components into Jira and establishing a reputation for solving complex frontend challenges.
  • Chosen as one of six engineers across Jira to form the Jira Ops “startup within Atlassian”, delivering a new product from scratch in under three months.
  • Promoted to Staff Engineer and shortly after transitioned into the Jira Frontend Platform team.

Rt labs

Senior Front-end Developer

Jan 2015Mar 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Moscow, Moscow City, Russia · On-site

  • Frontend development for enterprise-grade application.

Video international/imho vi

Senior Front-end developer

Nov 2012Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Moscow, Russia · On-site

  • Built internal tools using JavaScript, HTML, and jQuery.

Infox

Front-end developer

Nov 2008May 2012 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Moscow, Russia · On-site

  • Built and maintained frontend (JS/HTML/jQuery) for an online news portal.

Trilan

HTML/CSS Developer

Nov 2006Aug 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos · Moscow, Russia · On-site

  • Worked at an agency creating HTML/CSS for various client websites, ensuring responsive layouts and
  • consistent design across different projects.

Education

Technische Universität Wien

Executive Master of Business Administration

Oct 2022Nov 2024

Tula State University

Engineer's degree

Jan 2000Jan 2005

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