Andraz Brodnik

About Me

As Co-Host of Ogrodje—Slovenia's premier tech podcast and community—I'm deeply invested in fostering our local technology scene and helping engineers grow their skills. There's something special about connecting with fellow technologists and sharing the lessons we've learned in the trenches.

Ljubljana, Slovenia
Senior Developer

Background

My work centers around helping organizations navigate complex technical challenges. Whether it's architecting resilient cloud systems on AWS and GCP, implementing rock-solid CI/CD pipelines, or designing disaster recovery strategies that actually work when you need them, I focus on building solutions that scale with your business.

I particularly enjoy the intersection of strategy and execution—taking broad technical visions and turning them into concrete, maintainable systems. From Kubernetes orchestration to ETL pipeline optimization, I believe the best technology solutions combine solid engineering principles with a deep understanding of business needs.

When I'm not consulting or podcasting, you'll find me mentoring development teams and contributing to the broader tech community. After all, the best systems are built by empowered teams who understand both the 'what' and the 'why' behind their work.

Ready to tackle your next technical challenge? Let's build something remarkable together. I'm a passionate software developer with over 8 years of experience building scalable web applications and distributed systems. I love exploring new technologies, writing clean code, and sharing knowledge with the developer community..

Technical Skills

Languages & Frameworks

Python
Bash
Go
JavaScript
Elm

Tools & Technologies

Kubernetes Docker AWS GCP Apache Airflow Prefect Terraform Ansible Helm Redis Cassandra HashiCorp Vault CI/CD K6

Experience

Co-Host & Technology Consultant

2015 - Present

Ogrodje Podcast & Brodul s.p.

Co-hosting Slovenia's leading tech podcast while providing strategic technology consulting and training on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, disaster recovery, and modern development practices. Building ETL systems and managing complex cloud architectures across AWS and GCP.

Senior Software Engineer

2023 - 2024

Shovels

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and data engineering of extremely cost-effective data pipelines for construction industry analytics platform.

Senior Software Engineer

2020 - 2022

RenaissanceRe

Migrated multiple in-house applications to Kubernetes clusters, integrated HashiCorp Vault, and automated complex data migrations with Ansible. Created Airflow DAGs and testing frameworks while improving multi-region disaster recovery scenarios.

Senior Software Engineer

2019 - 2020

GlobalWebIndex

Built automated CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI, Helm and Kubernetes. Managed cloud infrastructure on GCP including Apache Cassandra clusters and Redis HA for low-latency big data business decisions.

Software Engineer

2015 - 2017

Reciprocity (ZenGRC)

Delivered features in Python/JS/Go, maintained critical infrastructure managing 20+ RDS and AWS EC2 instances. Core security team member responsible for SOC2 compliance process and automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.

Interests & Hobbies

Podcasting

Co-hosting tech podcast and building community

Hiking

Exploring Slovenia's beautiful mountains and nature

Hardware

PCB design and electronics projects

Let's Work Together

I'm always interested in new opportunities and exciting projects. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, feel free to reach out!