I'm a Catalin, a software engineer with high primary skills in Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Docker, AWS, MySQL. I'm leveling secondary skills in ReactJS, nodeJS, Typescript, Objective-C, Swift, Python.

I'm married, I have two great kids and two playful dogs.

I'm playing a lot of video games and learning how to edit videos on YouTube, while also trying to find time to watch movies, solve puzzles, assemble small replicas.

Position: Senior Software Engineer

At Toptal, I'm a core member of the team, working on projects involving Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, nodeJS, Typescript, ElasticSearch, and Kafka.

Noteworthy achievements include refactoring monolithic applications, ensuring test coverage, and performing seamless data migration.

Position: Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead, DevOps

At 2Performant.com, I've made significant contributions as a Tech Lead, overseeing infrastructure migration from Metal to AWS Cloud, redesigning monolithic platforms into microservices, improving test coverage with RSpec, mentoring teams of 5-9 members, and implementing robust development flows.

I also focused on stress testing, optimizing uptime, ensuring data integrity and security, and handling massive traffic influxes during events like Black Friday.

Position: System Architect (app.raportare-fepra.ro)

As a System Architect at Fepra.ro and app.raportare-fepra.ro I've designed and implemented a robust system that perfoms flawsly since 2018. The system is built using Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Docker, AWS, MySQL, Redis, Sidekiq, nodeJS, Typescript.

Notable achievements include Blockchain integration with Ruby on Rails API and implementing PDF and Graphic manipulation and generation capabilities.

Position: Senior Software Engineer (Aircall.io, S4M, SWRVE.com)

During my time at ThoughtWorks, I worked on multiple projects involving Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Docker, AWS, MySQL, Redis, Sidekiq, and Typescript.

Highlights include developing a platform audit tool using Ruby on Rails and MySQL at SWRVE and spearheading the redesign and migration of monolithic applications to microservices architecture at Aircall.io.

Position: Senior Software Engineer

At Deindeal.ch, I worked as a Ruby on Rails Developer, migrating the database layer from MongoDB to PostgreSQL and unifying the mobile and desktop shopping cart for a seamless user experience.

Position: Lead Developer

At Intuo.io, I played a pivotal role as a Lead Developer, pushing the platform from its early stages of seeding rounds. I facilitated a migration from single-tenant to multi-tenant architecture, using Ruby on Rails, EmberJS, Rspec, and Capistrano, while leveraging Azure Cloud infrastructure.

Positions: Lead Developer

As a Lead Developer for 2Parale.ro (migrated to 2performant.com), Romania's largest Affiliate Marketing platform, I contributed extensively to its success. Technologies involved were Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, RSpec, MySQL, MongoDB, HTML5, Angular.js, jQuery, CoffeeScript, Memcached, Solr, Sphinx, nginx, Puma, Unicorn, and Capistrano.

Highlights include developing a product feed parser, creating an iOS application using Objective-C, and upgrading legacy code to newer versions.

Position: Software Engineer

As a freelancer, I took on various web development projects and iOS applications, working with clients such as McDonald's US and Stylitics.com, Teatrul National de Opereta Bucuresti, Policolor SA, Magnolia Labs, Ziarul National, JTI Romania, Ministerul Educatiei, Mazda Romania, Columbus Imobiliare, Klar Automotive, and Tiriac Auto.