I joined Swat.io — an enterprise social media management platform — in August 2020 via Honeypot. Despite coming from a Vue background, I convinced the team to give me a React trial, and within two weeks I was hired. After relocating to Vienna mid-COVID, I worked on-site for ~1 year before continuing remotely from Melbourne until Feb 2023. At Swat.io I contributed to large-scale UI refactors (notably the Inbox overhaul), improved performance/reliability, and supported migrations from legacy systems — collaborating daily with designers, backend engineers, and product managers.
Evolve and stabilize a large, multi-codebase platform (legacy PHP + older React app + new SPA) while shipping improvements to critical, high-usage workflows like Inbox and Publisher — and doing so without disrupting enterprise teams’ daily operations.
Contributed as a core frontend dev during a platform overhaul with a focus on Inbox. Helped refactor and rebuild core Inbox components into a new design system, modernized interaction patterns, improved reliability and performance, and integrated with GraphQL/REST backends. Supported targeted fixes/migrations from legacy PHP islands when needed.
Inbox shipped with a cleaner, faster UI and stronger component architecture. I gained deep experience shipping inside a mature SaaS codebase and collaborating tightly with design, backend, and product. Still on great terms — shout-out to CEO Johannes Nagl.
