[e-spres-oh]

Technical Lead • June 2021 - present

I am privileged to be promoted to a Tech Lead role.

My main focus is to help the backend team to deliver as much quality as possible. I'm constantly searching for ways to improve the environment, workflow, procedures, and collaboration methods in order to have a healthy work context.

[e-spres-oh]

Senior Web Developer • November 2019 - May 2021

[e-spres-oh] is a web & product development company. They specialize in small-to-enterprise web and mobile applications.

It was my privilege to return to [e-spres-oh]. I worked in a small-to-mid team, both frontend and backend. On the frontend, I worked with Angular (JavaScript and TypeScript) and on the backend with Laravel (PHP).

notify

Founder & Chief Technical Officer • October 2020 - present

Notify offers affordable and scalable SMS notifications for e-commerce businesses.

Working at Notify is a dream come true for me. I always wanted to work on my SaaS and I'm glad that I have great partners in this journey.

I am responsible for the technical side and the product. I'm maintaining and developing the mobile app, WordPress plugin, web app and API. It's a great challenge!

Sanna

Founder & Administrator • October 2018 - present

Sanna is a natural health store that promotes a healthy way of living, treating, and eating.

I'm responsible for the overall customer experience, store presence, and financial aspects.

TPARK

Product Owner • January 2019 - October 2019

The TPARK Platform which I'm responsible for consists of 4 products from the parking business domain: TPARK, 2Park, Parking Manijak, and the Control Enforcement. These products have a total of more than 350.000 monthly average users and more than 12 million all-time transactions.

During these months I had the privilege to experience the business side of a software company. I had almost no code interaction and my main focus was to bring value to the business.

I worked with a team of six people and we used the SCRUM methodology. As for day-to-day activity, I was constantly communicating with the stakeholders and the development team, in order to successfully deliver valuable features to the product ecosystem.

TPARK

Chief Technical Officer • May 2018 - April 2019

TPARK is the market leader in the parking management solution, providing an innovative system for mobile parking payment. The system is deployed in over 50 cities across Romania and over 60 cities across Hungary. It has over 650,000 users, over 800,000 registered cars, and over 8 million transactions processed (exclusively for parking).

Undoubtedly, working at TPARK as a CTO was a big challenge for me. I've come across many difficulties and I constantly learned in the field of development, management, and business.

My main responsibilities were:

• maintenance of a big codebase of web and mobile technologies
• adoption of new technologies and tools for better development processes
• management of the development team
• involvement in extending the development team by hiring new people

Overall I was very satisfied for having such an opportunity to learn and grow.

[e-spres-oh]

Web Developer • November 2016 - April 2018

[e-spres-oh] is a web & product development company. They specialize in small-to-enterprise web and mobile applications.

The [e-spres-oh] team is great. I was very happy to be part of the team and to work on their biggest project.

I had the opportunity to work with technologies and libraries as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, Laravel, MySQL, React Native, and Electron. I worked both frontend and backend.

On the main project that I worked on, I mostly used Test Driven Development and I did my best to improve the codebase. I also worked on two internal projects. On the first project, I had the opportunity to lead the team on a proof of concept mobile application. For the second project, I had the opportunity to be on the product team for a small web application.

123FormBuilder

Web Developer • July 2015 - October 2016

123FormBuilder is a product company that delivers software as a service to clients all around the world. It's in the top 5 in the world and it has thousands of active users.

For me, 123FormBuilder was a big challenge. It was for the first time to work in a company, on-site, day by day. I learned a lot about technologies, teamwork, workflows, and procedures.

My main responsibilities were to develop new features, fix bugs, and improve the code quality. I worked both frontend and backend, but I also did some DevOps and QA automation tasks. I did my best to improve the workflows, the code quality and to help the business thrive.

As for technologies and libraries, I worked with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and jQuery. When possible, I used techniques like Test-Driven Development and Behaviour-Driven Development. I also worked on setting up continuous integration with Jenkins and I helped the company to migrate from SVN to GIT.

Microdevt Web Solutions

Founder & Chief Technical Officer • July 2014 - June 2015

Microdevt Web Solutions was my personal web development, web hosting, and web training agency. We were a team of three people and we had more than 15 clients.

Having my own business was a great experience for me. My crew and I worked hard for satisfying our client's needs by giving them quality work and support in the small details. I learned the basics of having a business, how to talk with clients, how to manage a team, what is important and what js is not important than managing a team, and how to prioritize tasks.

Also, during this time I mentored over 30 people at the Institutul Multimedia Romano-Elvetian. I teach the basics of web development in one-season courses, which would conclude with an exam taken with me and teachers from HEG Institute.

UpWork

Web Developer • September 2012 - June 2014

Upwork (formerly Elance) is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals connect and collaborate remotely.

I had over 20 clients from all over the world, I worked on both frontend and backend technologies. Being a freelancer was a big plus to my experience and it was awesome to learn so many things.

Soft-Build

Junior Web Developer • May 2012 - August 2012

Soft Build is a web development agency that specializes in websites, e-commerce websites, and other web services.

At Soft Build I had my first interaction with a software company. In these few months, I learned a lot about making websites and working in a team, even though I worked remotely. I was very excited to have my first job!

I worked on the frontend and backend, and I also did some SEO. As for technologies and libraries, I used HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, CodeIgniter, jQuery.

Self-Employed

Junior Web Developer • January 2010 - April 2012

During this time, I started working as a web developer. I learned by myself how websites work and are developed. After that, I watched tons of tutorials and worked on real projects as a volunteer in order to gain some experience and build a portfolio.