Ion
From Romania (GMT+3)
13 years of commercial experience
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Ion – React, PHP, Laravel
Ion is an experienced professional with 11 years of using diverse languages and frameworks, specializing in PHP, Laravel, and React with a backend-heavy focus. He possesses a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, has a Tech Leading experience and excels in coding. Ion's expertise spans various business domains, including media, labor protection, e-commerce and more.
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Tech Lead
This is an AI-powered personal assistant designed to streamline and enhance the daily operations of CEOs and high-level executives. Its purpose is to provide a comprehensive solution for managing meetings, communications, tasks, and business opportunities efficiently. The vision of the app is to empower executives with advanced AI capabilities, enabling them to make informed decisions, stay organized, and lead their organizations more effectively. By integrating intelligent insights and seamless workflows, the app aims to solve the problem of information overload and fragmented management tools, offering a unified platform for executive productivity.
- Designed and developed the entire application architecture, ensuring scalability and maintainability;
- Led the development of the PHP backend using Laravel and the frontend with React.js, aligning both with project specifications;
- Actively contributed to hands-on coding, ensuring code quality through best practices and using TypeScript for the frontend.
Technical Team Lead
A Romania-based company with expertise in metrological verification, the legal control method ensuring measuring instruments adhere to prescribed accuracy and stability parameters for use.
- Acted as a team lead, spearheading the architecture and development of the entire application;
- Oversaw the PHP backend built on Laravel and the frontend developed with React.js, aligning them with project specifications;
- Contributed with hands-on coding;
- Took charge of server management on AWS, ensuring seamless deployment and performance optimization.
Technical Lead Developer
A UK-based company specializing in facilitating the accommodation change process by providing relocation services, covering essentials: council arrangements, utility setup, broadband and TV connections, and home insurance. Leveraging partnerships with major UK suppliers, the company offers a range of applications for presentation, internal CMS, partner management, and digital customer interaction to streamline the relocation experience
- Was a part of an agile team, working in 2 weeks sprints;
- Wrote new functionalities and modified existing ones;
- Arranged code reviews, unit testing, and browser tests;
- Handled deploys (live and staging) and servers’ management (AWS)
- In collaboration with the product, making sure cards had full specifications and descriptions;
- Improved workflows, security maintenance, and patching to maintain viability.
Technical Lead Developer
A company with headquarters in Romania, its primary goal is to assure labor protection for major companies in RO. Its services include SSM and SSM-SU documentation, assistance with ITM/ISU controls, SSM-SU education, live training, RSVTI, and PSI audit.
- Worked on architecture and development of the whole application using PHP (Laravel) and React.js;
- Handled server management (Digital Ocean), CI/CD;
- Created scripts for automated deployments on both live and staging servers;
- Coordinated a small team (estimates, meetings, cards specifications);
- Provided security maintenance and patching to maintain viability.
Senior Full-Stack Developer
Three websites with identical structures but featuring distinct content from SixCMS. One site offered insights into restaurants, hotels, shops, art, and bars across major global cities, while another focused on unique destinations like Ibiza, Maldives, Mauritius, and more. The final website highlighted exclusive experiences available in the city of Wiesbaden, Germany.
- Wrote new functionalities and modified existing ones;
- Handled deployments and server management;
- Provided security maintenance and patching to maintain viability.
Senior Full-Stack Developer
One of the largest online retailers in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Greece, and Croatia, it offers a wide range of products across various categories, including electronics, home appliances, fashion, beauty, toys, and more. It is a comprehensive e-commerce platform where customers can browse and purchase products from local and international brands.
- Transitioned from a Mid-level role to a Senior position, leveraged expertise to shoulder greater responsibilities, delivering innovative solutions and leadership;
- Harnessed the power of the Symfony framework to maintain, enhance, and develop new in-house applications;
- Actively participated in two-week sprints, engaging in grooming, planning, and rigorous sprint reviews within an agile team;
- Fostered a collaborative culture by diligently reviewing code and actively participating in codebase improvements, resulting in elevated code quality and maintainability.
Full-Stack Developer, Freelancer
A Romanian news website covering topics related to the Oltenia region in southwestern Romania.
- Was dedicated to creating websites from scratch, building custom digital solutions tailored to specific needs;
- Excelled in developing new features and enhancing existing website functionalities, continually striving to improve the user experience;
- Additionally, designed and developed https://www.jurnalulolteniei.ro, a local newspaper website.
Junior Web Developer
A company with a team of excellence-driven programmers and web designers that offer complex software solutions for small and large businesses.
- Entered the world of programming and gained foundational experiences in software development;
- Constructed websites from the ground up using an internal framework, gaining valuable experience in web development;
- Adapted websites, enhancing existing code and integrating new functionalities to improve website performance and user experience;
- Played a pivotal role by contributing to the evolution of the internal framework, continually expanding its capabilities through integrating new modules, and demonstrating commitment to innovation and growth.