Fullstack engineer in Bucharest.

Projects

• cursuri.ici.roWeb platform

  Paperless enrollment for accredited courses at ICI.

• wecarecompany.roWeb platform

  Booking, medical records and invoicing for a vet clinic.

• ai-filter.aesthetic.meiOS app

  Edit photos by describing the change. Built for GlowUp.

• nearbychat.appiOS app

  Offline chat and games between nearby phones. My own app.

With client teams

Property Finder, Marks & Spencer, GlowUp, Video Widget.

Experience

• IndependentFullstack Engineer

  Building and running web platforms and apps for clients.

• Marks & SpencerSenior Software Engineer

  Product page and basket rebuild in one of the UK’s largest retail apps.

  Details

  • Core part of the product detail page rearchitecture; helped refactor the entire basket module in under two months.
  • Accessible, polished UI (VoiceOver, Dynamic Type) and rendering performance work.
  • GraphQL integration and asynchronous data flows, backed by unit and UI tests.
• Salt BankSenior Security Engineer

  Mobile security for one of Romania’s first digital-native banks.

  Details

  • Runtime self-protection and jailbreak/root detection.
  • Source code security reviews and MASVS-compliant penetration testing.
  • Evaluated and selected the bank’s mobile security vendors.
• ToptalSenior Fullstack Engineer

  Contracts with startups and enterprises in real estate, fintech, compliance and consumer apps.

  Details

  • Property Finder (MENA’s leading real-estate marketplace): principal engineer; shipped remotely configurable SSL pinning and performance work.
  • fiskaltrust: adapted point-of-sale compliance software for the Spanish and Italian markets, including a receipt-printing engine and a move to new hardware security modules.
  • Payments and marketplaces: Stripe and Plaid cashback flows for an eco-products marketplace, and payments plus Apple/Google sign-in for a subscription product.
  • Mobile and back-end lead on an MVP built on AWS and PostgreSQL, from product concept to scheduled launch; more fintech MVPs as lead architect.
• ICI BucharestSenior Researcher · Head of Cybersecurity

  Research on national and EU-funded projects, from engineer to head of the cybersecurity team.

  Details

  • Architected a scalable, microservice-based system with a cryptography provider that validates the authenticity of sales data from Romania’s next-generation cash registers.
  • Led security audits and introduced a vulnerability-analysis method that made the work about 50% faster.
  • Built a digital identity wallet with biometric authentication and encryption.
  • Co-authored a comparative study of AI-driven cybersecurity solutions.
  • Mentored junior researchers; co-authored research on verifiable credentials.

Process

AI writes much of the code, under rules I set. Tests gate every change, I review every release, and I monitor and update what I ship.

Writing

• AI-driven solutions for cybersecurity: comparative analysis and ethical aspects2024

  Romanian Journal of Information Technology and Automatic Control

• Shaping the educational landscape: the rise and potential of Verifiable Credentials in higher education2023

  International Conference on Virtual Learning

• eDIS: Electronic Diploma Integrity Service2021

  Romanian Cyber Security Journal

• Validarea rapoartelor electronice emise de casele fiscale de marcat: Aplicația ExportValidator2020

  Research article

• ICI Learning: Platform Dedicated to Online Learning2020

  Romanian Cyber Security Journal

Education

Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, University of Bucharest. Certified Ethical Hacker (EC-Council).

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