Paul H.

Paul H.

Senior Web Developer

Bucharest, Romania
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About Me

Paul is a Senior Front-end Developer with 10+ years of experience developing, testing, documenting, and delivering quality solutions to meet client needs and iterating websites and interactive, user-friendly apps. He acts as an important technical resource for industry best practices and modern standards-based approaches in the deployment of web services that fit requirements for data analysis and visualization.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Front-end Developer
2020 - Present (5 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

Finetune
Finetune
Senior Web Developer
2022 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Working on performance improvements and key features of AP Classroom, an online learning platform used by 10+ million AP students and teachers across the US annually.

  • Resolving tickets and addressing critical issues reported by teachers and students daily.

  • Upgrading core parts of the platform like the question bank, authoring, and assignment features, resulting in a smoother, more reliable AP Classroom experience nationwide.

FITSS
FITSS
Cross-disciplinary Solution Engineer
2020 - Present (5 years)
Remote
  • Identifying essential user tasks and developing simple interfaces to make technology accessible and helpful in everyday life.

  • Developing intuitive digital solutions that simplify complex processes for end users.

  • Identifying users' core needs and determining the minimum viable features.

GraphNets - University of Bucharest
GraphNets - University of Bucharest
Data Engineer (Internship)
2018 - 2020 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Designed and developed robust, scalable solutions to collect and analyze datasets and create and maintain data pipelines, data structures, and reports.

  • Evaluated, recommended, and executed new technologies and updates to existing infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and efficiency.

  • Championed the process for optimizing the storage solution for a portion of the MaG graph data, improving time to explore and analyze the data.

OKAPI
OKAPI
Web Developer
2015 - 2019 (4 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Participated in all phases of the development lifecycle of interactive user-friendly apps for clients, focusing on coding, testing, and debugging of solutions.

  • Worked on the maintenance or enhancement of existing solutions, debugging and fixing live production systems on the go, without affecting end users of websites.

  • Created reusable bug-free components for a membership management system on a mobile app with features for an intuitive notification system.

Freelance
Freelance
Web Developer
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Botosani, Romania
  • Developed websites and service-oriented systems for clients using an array of technologies, tools, and frameworks.

  • Developed a webpage to show free and occupied parking spaces from an IP camera for a client.

  • Performed technical assessment of apps and software solutions to ensure technical integrity and compliance with client-specific design requirements.

WMTek
WMTek
Junior Web Developer
2013 - 2013
Botosani, Romania
  • Participated in the development and implementation of a DIY website builder and related web applications.

  • Provided support to non-technical stakeholders on the use of the DIY platform.

  • Contributed to technical discussions and processes to improve components on the solution.

uGotFICO
uGotFICO
Junior Developer
2012 - 2012
Botosani, Romania
  • Worked on the development of an internal app for the management of uGotFICO's clients and cases.

  • Followed best practices and procedures, improved the development of UI components, and served as a point of contact for technical issues.

  • Adhered to the company's core values in the implementation of programming concepts and managed live server administration.

Portfolio

Software Developer - Cazare Camin
Software Developer - Cazare Camin

Cazare Camin is a platform developed for and used by the Faculty of Sociology to receive and facilitate student housing requests on the University of Bucharest's campus. It helps the accommodation committee to store and manage available spaces for students. Built the platform interface using client-specific requirements for better user-app interaction. The app has two components - one used by students (600+ register for places on the platform every academic year) and another used by a committee of 10 members in allocating places to students.

Data Engineer - Iconic
Data Engineer - Iconic

The goal of the Iconic project is to analyze the plethora of academic research on the network of Scopus and find the most productive ways to showcase the works of the best scientists on the network and how they can cooperate effectively. Handled data scraping, engineering, and visualization for analysis and published one manuscript with three research papers on the project in progress.

Software Developer - Be an Insider
Software Developer - Be an Insider

Insider is an all-in-one public relations app designed by, and for, entrepreneurs to refine the narrative of their offerings, secure a role at high-level forums and events, and meet investors and partners. Worked on the mobile application to build the API and features for notifications and in-app purchases. The app was successfully published with 200+ downloads and 80+ regular users.

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Sociology
Bachelor's Degree, Sociology
University of Bucharest - Romania
2016 - 2019 (3 years)