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Filip Gajtanovski · Founder & CTO, ScaleTapp

Nearly two decades building the software people depend on.

911 dispatch for US police and fire departments. Surgical technology at Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Telemedicine, media at 100M+ monthly visitors, a city's parking and AI agents. Filip has written the code, led the teams and designed the architecture, and today he leads ScaleTapp.

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Filip Gajtanovski
Ohrid, North Macedonia · clients in Europe and the US
Since 2007in software, from teaching fellow to founder
20+engineers and architects led at once
12+ yearsworking with US and international clients
4languages: Macedonian, English, Bulgarian, Serbian

Career

From the classroom to the architect's chair to his own company.

Every step added a level of responsibility: code, then systems, then teams, then whole platforms and the businesses that run on them.

2007 – 2008

Learning and teaching

Teaching Fellow, Multimedia · European University, Faculty of Informatics

Taught multimedia while finishing a degree in software engineering, after building and running the university's SCORM e-learning system on Moodle.

2008 – 2012

Engineer

Software Engineer · Cube Systems

Delivered more than fifteen web solutions and commercial applications for government and private clients, from database design to client presentations.

Software Engineer · LifeWatch

Telemedicine software for a US and Israeli health monitoring company: REST services behind its iOS and Android apps, plus web front and back ends.

2012 – 2013

Senior engineer

Senior Software Engineer · GigaVoice, for Internet Brands

Services for a media group reaching more than 100 million unique visitors a month across automotive, health, shopping and travel.

Senior Software Engineer · IT Labs

A custom multi-tenant CMS on ASP.NET MVC, with rapid prototyping and technology research.

2013 – 2018

Lead and manager

Software Development Lead · MentorMate, Sofia

Led a team of 20+ to rebuild a major platform from scratch for more than 20,000 users across a dozen clients, while keeping the old one running. Everyone migrated, and the platform was later acquired.

Software Development Manager and Solution Architect · MentorMate, Sofia

Managed and mentored 20+ developers and architects across international projects: a healthcare app using BLE beacons for service tracking, a recruiting network for high-school athletes on AWS, and a loyalty platform with location-based push.

2019 – 2025

Architect

Solutions Architect and hands-on engineer · Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Led two core products, Media Catalog and Workflow Catalog, for a fast-growing surgical innovation division. Event-driven systems on Kafka, facial recognition, image processing and single sign-on, with an international team.

Technical Solutions Architect · Contract Communicator

Designed the authorisation and approval system across a microservices platform on AWS.

Tech Lead and Senior Solution Architect · 911 Systems

Architected a next-generation computer-aided dispatch platform used by US law enforcement and fire departments: multi-tenant with agency isolation, real-time dispatch and unit tracking, and geospatial intelligence.

2025 – today

Founder

Founder and CTO · ScaleTapp

Builds and runs platforms for Ohrid's public parking, Plasnomic in US collision repair, DoorFi in US delivery and DakaLift, with a senior team that works alongside AI agents.

Expertise

Hands-on across the whole stack, from devices to AI.

Each of these is something Filip has shipped to production, not studied.

Computer vision

  • Johnson & Johnson MedTech: facial recognition and image processing for surgical media
  • PnP: AI licence-plate checks from a parking controller's phone
  • R&D: vehicle and people counts from CCTV cameras already on the wall

AI agents and applied AI

  • Collision repair: voice agents that answer a company's phone line
  • Plasnomic: an industry assistant grounded in carmaker repair guidance
  • ScaleTapp: AI agents working inside every build, with people reviewing every change

NFC, QR and physical identity

  • DoorFi: NFC and QR tags on doors that prove a delivery reached the right one
  • Plasnomic: a permanent ID and repair history for every certified part

IoT, devices and displays

  • MentorMate: BLE beacons tracking healthcare services
  • PnP: a bridge to government fiscal devices
  • R&D: IP cameras over RTSP, and always-on Android TV displays updated live from a phone

Real-time and mission-critical systems

  • 911 Systems: dispatch and unit tracking on Kafka, Redis and WebSockets
  • Johnson & Johnson MedTech: event-driven product platforms on Kafka
  • DakaLift: live technician maps over SignalR

Mobile and field apps

  • LifeWatch: telemedicine services behind iOS and Android apps
  • DakaLift: offline-first apps for technicians inside lift shafts
  • DoorFi: installer and self-install apps for fitting door tags

Payments and hard integrations

  • PnP: SMS billing through both national telecoms and 3D-Secure card payments
  • DoorFi: subscriptions and usage-based API billing through Stripe

Platforms at scale

  • Internet Brands: services for sites reaching 100M+ monthly visitors
  • MentorMate: a rebuilt platform for 20,000+ users, later acquired
  • ScaleTapp: multi-tenant SaaS for cities, an industry and US delivery
Public safetyHealthcare and MedTechGovernment and citiesAutomotiveLogisticsBuilding infrastructureMediaEducation

Leadership

A manager who still writes the hard parts.

Teams of 20+

Managed and mentored developers, architects and engineers across international projects, and brought agile practice to the organisation.

Enterprise and startup

From Johnson & Johnson MedTech and 911 dispatch to early-stage products, with C-level communication on both sides.

Credentials

BSc in Software Engineering, European University. Microsoft Certified Professional.

Work together

Filip leads every ScaleTapp engagement.

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