Backend & Cloud
Java 21, Spring Boot 3, Quarkus, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and SQL.
Fullstack developer
with experience in IT management.
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TIMIȘOARA, RO • 10+ YRS EXP
Experience in building distributed systems using modern frameworks, cloud-native AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure, while managing a 50+ member team in the IT department.
See my workI build frontend and backend systems and lead engineering teams to deliver Java microservices, cloud infrastructure, local AI tooling, and predictable software releases.
Frontend & Web UI
Angular 21, TypeScript, modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, responsive component architecture, and REST API integration.
Local AI & Data
Self-hosted LLMs via Ollama, structured prompt engineering, IDE code assistants, PostgreSQL, PGVector embeddings, Oracle Database, and Redis.
Management
Direct management of 50+ engineers, department budgets, staffing, senior technical interviews, Jira/ServiceNow.
Production stack ranging from Java 21 microservices to Kubernetes and local LLMs
JAVA 21
Spring Boot 3 • Quarkus • Java EE
K8S // AWS
Docker • Kubernetes • AWS • Terraform
OLLAMA
Local LLMs • PGVector • AI Workflows
SQL & DATA
PostgreSQL • Oracle DB • Redis
CI/CD & UI
Angular 21 • GitHub Actions • Jenkins
50+ LEAD
Budgeting • Hiring •
Recent work.
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Tidings
Tidings is a digital news discovery platform that provides real-time global news, executive summaries, and source verification through a continuous smart stream.
360 Budget Planner
360 Budget Tracker is a privacy-first, high-performance personal finance management web application.
I’m a software engineer and IT manager
with over 10 years of experience.
Senior Manager (Department Leader) • 2022 – Present
- Technical Architecture & Advisory: Guide Java architecture and coding standards across multiple automotive software projects; step in directly to troubleshoot and resolve complex backend roadblocks.
- Modernization & AI Initiatives: Drive architectural upgrades toward Java 21, Spring Boot 3, and Quarkus while testing and integrating local AI models (Ollama, Gemma, Qwen, PGVector) into internal workflows.
- Engineering Leadership (50+ Staff): Lead a 50+ member IT department across cross-functional Agile teams, partnering with Project Managers on resource allocation to keep complex deliveries on schedule.
- Technical Hiring & Mentoring: Conduct interviews for software engineers and lead performance reviews, career progression, and technical coaching.
Senior Java Developer • 2021 – 2022
- Backend Development: Designed and built core Java backend services for automotive applications inside an Agile delivery environment.
- Team Coordination & Code Quality: Mentored junior developers, conducted code reviews, and progressively took over technical coordination for the engineering team.
- Automotive Microservices (BMW ConnectedDrive): Developed and maintained backend microservices for the BMW ConnectedDrive platform, delivering real-time vehicle services including charging station data, service provisioning, and connected mobility features.
- Full-Stack Telecom Development: Built scalable Java backend services and responsive frontend components for enterprise telecommunications systems.
- Performance & API Optimization: Refined RESTful APIs and optimized backend query and application performance to support high-volume traffic.
- CI/CD & DevOps Collaboration: Worked closely with QA and DevOps engineers to harden automated build, testing, and deployment pipelines.
- Agile Delivery: Collaborated across distributed international teams to translate architectural specifications into clean, production-ready code.
- FinTech & Regulatory Banking Software: Developed core backend business logic and reporting modules for the ABACUS banking regulatory reporting suite.
- Frontend Component Engineering: Built and maintained user interface views and client-side workflows using Google Web Toolkit (GWT).
- High-Performance Scientific Computing: Developed numerical simulation software in C and GPU-accelerated algorithms to process and analyze large-scale computational fluid dynamics datasets.
"Directing budgets, staffing plans, and technical reviews for a
50+ member engineering department while hands-on resolving Java 21
backend, frontend, and database bottlenecks."
Publications
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Computers & Mathematics with Applications (Elsevier) •
2020
Two-dimensional off-lattice Boltzmann model for van der Waals fluids with variable temperature.
Physical Review E • 2018
Corner transport upwind lattice Boltzmann model for bubble cavitation.
arXiv / Elsevier • 2017
Lattice Boltzmann model for liquid-vapour thermal flows.
Comptes Rendus Mécanique (Elsevier) • 2015