KAROLINA
BITTMAN
Apple retail
Specialist · 2022 - 2025
Customer-facing role in a high-performance retail environment, advising customers on Apple products and digital solutions. This role strengthened my understanding of technology, user needs, and clear communication — skills I actively apply in my digital and front-end work. Key takeaways: User-centred thinking · technical understanding · communication · problem-solving
TAO Infinity | Sustainible Yoga & Activewear Brand
Founder & E-Commerce Developer · 2023 - Present
Built and managed a real e-commerce brand as a hands-on digital project, covering design, front-end work, SEO, and platform management. The store was initially developed using WordPress & WooCommerce and later migrated to Shopify as the brand and product range grew.
Project background
TAO Infinity started as a small WooCommerce store to test products, content, and SEO. As the number of products, collections, and marketing activities increased, I evaluated the technical and operational limitations of WooCommerce and decided to migrate the store to Shopify to improve scalability, performance, and day-to-day workflow efficiency.
What I did in practice
Built the first version of the store using WordPress + WooCommerce
Structured product pages, categories, and content with SEO in mind
Managed products, descriptions, images, and metadata in WooCommerce
Identified performance, maintenance, and scalability challenges as the store grew
Planned and executed the migration from WooCommerce to Shopify
Rebuilt product pages, collections, navigation, and content structure in Shopify
Optimised product titles, descriptions, tags, and metadata for SEO after migration
Ensured responsive behaviour and usability across devices
Continuously iterated on structure, content, and performance based on real usage
Skills applied
Shopify · WooCommerce · WordPress · Front-end Fundamentals · UI structure · SEO · E-commerce architecture · Platform migration
Key takeaway
Building the same store on two different platforms gave me practical insight into real-world trade-offs between flexibility, scalability, performance, and long-term maintenance in e-commerce projects.
Hospitality & Gastronomy | Bar & Service Roles
Barkeeper, Cocktail Bartender, Service, Chef de Bar
Worked for several years in fast-paced gastronomy environments, often with responsibility for entire locations, bar operations, and customer experience. These roles developed strong reliability, organisation, and teamwork skills that directly support my professional approach today. Key strengths developed: Responsibility · time management · teamwork · working under pressure
AI & LLM Engineering
Agentic RAG pipelines, MCP servers, multimodal (vision) workflows, and evaluation. Claude, Vercel AI SDK, Voyage embeddings, pgvector.
Full-Stack Product Development
React 19, Next.js App Router, TypeScript, Supabase (Postgres, Auth, RLS, edge functions), Stripe. From schema to deployed app.
Mobile & Cross-Platform
Expo / React Native with native integrations (HealthKit, camera, OCR), shipped through real App Store review.
UX & Interface Design
Token-based design systems, from Figma wireframes to production components. Design and build by the same hands means nothing gets lost in translation.
AI & LLM Engineering
Claude · Vercel AI SDK · MCP · pgvector · Voyage Agentic RAG · multimodal vision · embeddings & reranking
Front-End
React 19 · Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind App Router · state management · token-based design systems
Backend & Data
Supabase · Postgres · Stripe · Zod Auth & row-level security · edge functions · payments & webhooks
Design & Prototyping
Figma · Framer · Affinity UI design · wireframing · component systems
Tooling & Deployment
Claude Code · Git · Vitest · Vercel Testing · CI · EU hosting · production debugging
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