Daniel P.

Daniel P.

Senior Software Engineer | Cloud Engineer | Consultant

Iaşi, Romania
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About Me

Daniel is a Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer who uses Java in combination with AWS native services to design, develop, document, implement, and test innovative software systems. He works with object-oriented Java programming and DevOps techniques to expand the capacity and performance of systems. Daniel understands Agile principles and methodologies and the pressures of regular, short-release cycles.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer
2023 - Present (1 year)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Helping build and improve infrastructure, application, and performance development and ensuring tight security including data encryption, security groups, and environmental scanning.

  • Ensuring high-quality deliverables and implementing DevOps and security best practices in fast-paced environments.

Pragma
Pragma
Senior Software Engineer | Cloud Engineer
2023 - 2024 (1 year)
Remote
  • Implemented advanced systems to provide real-time insights and analytics, significantly enhancing system performance and reliability, attracting new clients, and expanding the customer base.

  • Improved app scalability through strategic infrastructure enhancements, ensuring robust performance during peak user loads without any compromise.

  • Streamlined the deployment process for new clients and facilitated smooth and efficient onboarding to increase client satisfaction and retention.

  • Enhanced the functionality of the game services engine, resulting in an improved user experience and better operational efficiency.

KotlinKtor PythonAWS Lambda AWS CloudWatchAWS S3AWS IAM AWS RDSAWS EC2DockerSnowflakeTerraformPulumiGrafanaPrometheusPagerDuty CI/CD MySQLBashGitAWS ECR AWS SQSAWS ALB JavaScriptBuildkiteAnsiblePackerGoLand AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
LAB577
LAB577
Senior Full-stack Developer
2022 - 2023 (1 year)
Remote
  • Improved application load times by refining database queries and implementing a caching mechanism, significantly enhancing user experience.

  • Reduced cloud costs by reassessing and optimizing the resources utilized by the application in production, leading to more efficient operations.

  • Enhanced the application security by integrating the latest security standards, thereby strengthening overall security facets.

  • Redesigned a secure system for handling cryptography and signing keys, significantly improving accessibility for administrative clients.

Liora
Liora
Founder
2022 - Present (2 years)
Iaşi, Romania
  • Specializing in IT services and providing solutions for clients across diverse industries.

  • Helping businesses enhance tech infrastructure with expertise in software development, cloud architecture, and DevOps.

  • Offering tailored, scalable services designed to meet the unique needs of each client, delivering flexibility and value.

Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Senior Full-stack Developer
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Remote
  • Built and deployed a modern anti-fraud system with business-focused functionalities to detect and report fraud actions.

  • Designed and implemented a browser-based IDE platform to increase the security of releasing software products for the bank.

  • Developed and deployed a testing framework extension to improve test coverage on the internal bank data streaming system.

GoDaddy
GoDaddy
Senior Software & Cloud Engineer
2019 - 2021 (2 years)
Remote
  • Migrated GoDaddy's on-prem microservice architecture for its financial data infrastructure to AWS and established GitOps to minimize infrastructure incidents.

  • Designed and implemented a new mechanism to enhance the transfer of financial records to the finance team.

  • Built a microservices-based mailing, advertising, and feedback report system that increased profits and new clients for GoDaddy.

Ness Digital Engineering
Ness Digital Engineering
Senior Full-stack Java Engineer
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Remote
  • Designed a new microservice-based system to replace its legacy BPM system, increasing revenue by $1M.

  • Released a high-performing and available application, fixed legacy bugs/defects, and increased client satisfaction.

  • Analyzed client requirements to determine current needs and deliver the right functionalities and modules on the project.

UniCredit
UniCredit
Java Developer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Milano, Italy
  • Built and implemented the BankAdvisor platform to help UniCredit employees give the best advice to clients.

  • Designed and implemented different features, functionalities, and solutions to optimize the use of the platform within the bank.

  • Provided expertise to build the platform and other enhancements for UniCredit from idea through to release.

Endava
Endava
Java Developer
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Iaşi, Romania
  • Designed and implemented a new responsive application for users to analyze their company's financial activities.

  • Developed solutions to fix cross-platform incompatibilities and delivered new features to optimize the application.

  • Worked on a new media-sharing microservice-based system that allowed a telecommunication company's clients to share media content.

Levi9 Technology Services
Levi9 Technology Services
Java Developer
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Iaşi, Romania
  • Designed and implemented an internal management app to enhance employee/team communication on the project.

  • Developed different features, functionalities, and modules on the app to increase employee work efficiency.

  • Shepherded clean and concise code through to production to deliver a quality product for the client.

Portfolio

Senior Full-stack Developer - RTFtoAWS
Senior Full-stack Developer - RTFtoAWS

Designed a new microservice architecture, RTFtoAWS, to migrate GoDaddy's in-house on-premise infrastructure with a bad setup to a modern AWS Cloud system, implementing infrastructure and CI/CD best practices. The new solution reduced recurrent infrastructure incidents by 60% by automating processes and using GitOps principles.

Senior Full-stack Developer - R3 Corda Bride
Senior Full-stack Developer - R3 Corda Bride

Worked on new solutions for a Blockchain DLT fintech, implementing a bridge focused on trade finance. Developed solutions to increase security on the ISO 20022 messaging platform, enhancing the messages protocol, making cryptography and signing keys accessible, and adhering to the latest standards.

DevOps Engineer - CodeReady
DevOps Engineer - CodeReady

Built and implemented CodeReady, a secure browser-based IDE that enhanced software development processes within Raiffeisen Bank, increasing the security of delivering new software products by 95% and maximizing employee productivity on projects by 10% using custom tech stacks.

Education

Master's Degree, Distributed Systems and Web Technologies
Master's Degree, Distributed Systems and Web Technologies
Faculty of Automatics and Computer Science of Iasi - Romania
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Gheorghe Asachi​ Technical University of Iași - Romania
2011 - 2014 (3 years)