Zühlke Meetup Niš #1: Software Engineering Stories

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Join us for the first-ever Zühlke Meetup in Niš and hear real-world engineering stories from production systems — from medical software to scalable cloud architectures.

We are organising this event in collaboration with Centrala Hub, bringing together engineers and technology enthusiasts to explore how modern software systems are built under real constraints.

📅 Date: Tuesday, April 28
🕕 Time: 18:00 – 20:30
📍 Location: Centrala Hub, Kraljevića Marka 23, Niš

Talks

The hidden complexity of building medical software
Kristijan Ilić

Building software for a medical device may sound familiar at first: apps, APIs, backends, release plans, and architecture decisions. But once regulation, risk, multi-team integration, custom OS constraints, and market-specific requirements enter the picture, the “best” technical decision is no longer just the newest or cleanest one.
In this talk, Kristijan shares how medical software reshapes engineering trade-offs across architecture, releases, testing, and daily development — and why that pressure can make engineers better, not just more cautious.

Event-driven & scalable architecture with Azure
Vukan Čekić

Explore how to design and implement scalable, loosely coupled systems using Azure’s event-driven services.
This session covers core concepts such as asynchronous communication and message-based integration, with practical insights into tools like Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, and Azure Functions.

Speakers

Kristijan Ilić
Expert Mobile Engineer at Zühlke
Kristijan specialises in Android development (Kotlin, Java), with experience across the medical, fitness, and entertainment industries. Alongside development, he occasionally works as a coach and consultant. His interests include mobile technologies, IoT, backend systems, and AI, with a focus on building useful and engaging software solutions. He graduated from the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš.

Vukan Cekić
Advanced Software Engineer at Zühlke
Vukan works on the retail e-commerce platform, contributing to scalable and reliable systems handling millions of transactions weekly. His focus is on architecture and infrastructure using Microsoft Azure. He is particularly interested in distributed and event-driven systems. He graduated from Singidunum University with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Software Engineering.

Event Agenda

• 18:00 – 18:15 → Arrival & welcome
• 18:20 – 18:40 → Talk 1 (Kristijan Ilić)
• 18:40 – 18:50 → Q&A
• 18:50 – 19:10 → Talk 2 (Vukan Cekić)
• 19:10 – 19:20 → Q&A
• 19:20 – 20:30 → Networking (Food and drinks)

After the talks, join us for networking in a relaxed setting with drinks and catering provided - a great opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and continue the conversation with fellow engineers.

Reserve your spot and see you on April 28!