Octavian – Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL

A project management, production tracking, and media review platform used by creative teams to plan projects, manage production workflows, track assets, and streamline collaboration across content creation pipelines.

• Engineered and refined backend systems leveraging Python and FastAPI;
• Integrated AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude Code into development workflows;
• Utilized agentic development in building production-ready full-stack product features;
• Employed AI in design review, security review, performance review, and deployment and rollback planning;
• Enhanced API response times through strategic caching and deep optimization of SQLAlchemy ORM usage;
• Executed production deployments of patch releases to global cloud-based customers using Jenkins;
• Integrated and configured the PLG stack for comprehensive log monitoring;
• Maintained and improved infrastructure components using Helm charts, Kubernetes on GCP, Ansible, and Terraform;
• Streamlined CI/CD processes by implementing GitHub Actions and Docker;
• Identified and remediated bottlenecks within the unit test suite, reducing runtime by one-third;
• Contributed to parallelizing unit tests in the CI pipeline, resulting in a 50% reduction in runtime;
• Increased unit test suite coverage by 10%;
• Optimized unit tests for the public Python API client following its migration to Python 3;
• Implemented security and data protection measures aligned with SOC 2 principles and GDPR requirements;
• Managed the cybersecurity backlog, prioritizing and addressing security-related tasks;
• Enforced secure code principles systematically, reducing the frequency and average severity of incoming vulnerability reports;
• Elevated codebase quality through bug fixing and thorough code reviews;
• Performed code refactoring activities to improve code quality and maintainability;
• Conducted software testing to validate functionality and performance;
• Provided technical support to improve customer satisfaction by fixing user issues.

Served as a Software Engineer and DevOps Cloud Engineer for an outsourcing company supporting a leading global insurance provider.

• Developed cloud microservices utilizing Python and AWS Lambda handling 100k+ requests per month, with a peak load of 50-200 requests / second;
• Provided technical leadership in software architecture and design decisions;
• Designed software architecture to support scalable and maintainable systems;
• Spearheaded infrastructure-as-code initiatives and CI/CD automation efforts;
• Designed and delivered robust, idempotent APIs designed for financial transactions;
• Constructed comprehensive unit test suites for developed backend services, ensuring thorough test coverage;
• Addressed software defects and performed peer code reviews.

Core banking platform supporting retail and commercial banking operations across multiple European markets. Delivered backend services and platform enhancements for high-volume financial systems serving customers in France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

• Functioned as a Development / Security Engineer delivering core banking solutions for a major European retail bank across France, Germany, and the Netherlands;
• Utilized a proprietary in-house coding language and its associated core banking ecosystem;
• Contributed to existing in-house tooling and libraries using Java;
• Built and maintained core banking system features developed using the proprietary technology stack;
• Constructed and maintained custom shell scripts to populate Docker images with initial data for testing, facilitating functional test suite integration into the CI/CD pipeline;
• Developed and maintained organization-level internal tools that reduced daily semi-manual reporting efforts;
• Automated over 200 test scenarios, enhancing the quality of deliverables;
• Mentored junior developers and led knowledge-sharing sessions;
• Resolved software defects and conducted peer code reviews.

API development for a global-scale commercial product, supporting high-volume integrations, business-critical workflows, and enterprise customers across multiple regions.

• Developed REST API endpoints for Autodesk Revit integrations for Autodesk;
• Streamlined API testing procedures, contributing to faster issue resolution and improved delivery timelines;
• Performed code refactoring of key modules for better readability;
• Conducted thorough software testing to ensure coverage for all of the delivered code;
• Increased application speed by making use of existing performance optimization techniques;
• Applied Agile methodologies to enhance project management and delivery.

Contributed to industrial automation projects, developing and supporting software solutions for process control, monitoring, and automation systems used in industrial environments.

• Engineered industrial quality assurance and inspection applications for leading manufacturing, automotive, and pharmaceutical companies;
• Automated production lines utilizing OMRON proprietary technology;
• Implemented computer vision systems as integral components of QA processes for automated packaging lines;
• Developed and deployed custom parameter monitoring desktop applications for tracking temperature, humidity, and productivity;
• Established remote data logging solutions using MODBus/RTU over RS-485 devices and custom PHP-powered web applications;
• Instituted a traceability system for precision wheel mounting on train axles using hydraulic press equipment;
• Provided remote and on-site troubleshooting support for critical systems, ensuring minimal to zero machine downtime.

Contributed to the development of software solutions for a financial services provider offering trading and investment products.

• Designed and developed a custom in-house financial historical data fetching system using MATLAB;
• Designed real-time historical data updating mechanisms using cron jobs, async, multiprocessing, and queueing;
• Mentored new team members on the tools and languages used and conducted knowledge-sharing sessions on maintaining the data fetching system.