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Software Engineer
Sightly•  January 2022 - June 2023
Backend Software Engineer position specializing in Web Development, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and improve APIs using technologies such as NodeJS, Express, and PostgreSQL alongside Snowflake, Git, Jest, Knex and others. - Worked closely with a diverse team of professionals to deliver business capabilities on two APIs. - Guided team by onboarding new developers, spearheading planning, refinement, and standup, and representing the team in larger company discussions, leading to a seamless transition during team shuffling. - Boosted team productivity and delivery through implementing a new meeting strategy, resulting in effective collaboration during shelling, swift resolution of blockers, and highly effective peer programming sessions. The optimized approach led to exceptional output and accelerated project success. - Elevated code quality with enforced ESLint rules and comprehensive test suites integrated into the CI/CD pipeline, fostering a cleaner and bug-resistant codebase.
Developer
24g•  July 2020 - April 2021
Versatile remote backend developer role, managing diverse, time-sensitive projects for premier clients. Demonstrating exceptional adaptability taking projects from inception to completion partnering with multifunctional teams, utilizing NodeJS, Express, AWS, MySQL, alongside other technologies such as Sequelize, SQLite, Datadog, Redis, Lambda, S3, SQS, Git, and more. - Built a suite of applications and online streaming platforms for live events using NodeJS and AWS. - Programmed an image sharing tool, leveraging SQLite, RDS, SQS, S3, and a local queuing system. The tool provided seamless cloud uploads at event locations with spotty Wi-Fi/power. - Successfully delivered a feature-rich website, featuring calendar-scheduled video conferences via Vimeo, in-house website analytics, and a gamified point system. Implemented invite-based sign-ups, enabling the client's smooth transition to online experiences during the lockdown. - Fine-tuned multiple projects by replacing outdated raw SQL queries with Sequelize, resulting in a reduction of bugs and a more maintainable and efficient codebase. - Enhanced logging and observability by integrating Datadog into the API layer, enabling seamless monitoring and analysis. This promoted faster triaging which led to time and cost savings.
Software Engineer
Homee Inc•  August 2019 - April 2020
Fast-paced back-end engineer role at a start-up, working on a small team using agile methodologies to support the company's SaaS infrastructure and deliver quality features, developing an API serving both web and mobile applications. Collaborating closely with design, management, and Q&A to ensure seamless integration and exceptional performance of the applications. - Implemented a seamless and efficient deep background compliance integration with Checkr, significantly enhancing customer safety and enabling rapid monetization for the provider. Displayed exceptional adaptability by gaining a strong command of PHP for the first time and gaining valuable AWS exposure, all contributing to the company's success. - Optimized user avatar management, ensuring scalability and efficiency by organizing them into proper S3 subfolders, based on leadership advice, using AWS CLI. - Enhanced user experience through a streamlined invoice creation microservice utilizing PDFKit, Node, Serverless, and AWS Lambda. Reduced processing time, optimized readability, and standardized invoice layout for optimal efficiency, positively impacting the company's invoicing process. - Took ownership of neglected unit/integration tests and lint errors in Express API, consolidated and refactored them so PRs could be validated before merge via Circle CI. This helped mitigate bugs and improve readability, increasing long term productivity.
Education
University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest
Veterinary Medicine, MS•  October 2015 - May 2018
During my time as a student I learned a lot and developed technical and analytical skills that I feel will be relevant in any field.