Catalin L.

About Me

I have a 15-year experience in professional software development, 12 in JAVA and related technologies and frameworks. I like to produce real business value for my clients not just completing tasks. I prefer to work with an up-to-date technology stack. I like to produce quality code with no bugs and 100% test coverage. I am good at mentoring and teaching other developers and I am a perfectionist both when it comes to my own work and the work of the people in my team.

Frontend

Backend

Database

QA & Testing

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Java Developer
2018 - Present (7 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.

Endava
Endava
Java Design Lead
2017 - 2021 (4 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Led the ideation and creation of a social payment platform for one of Endava's payment provider clients.

  • Wrote quality code and performed code reviews.

  • Established healthy continuous integration practices and procedures for client applications.

Luxoft
Luxoft
Technical Lead
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed technical and implementation plans for a core banking application in line with the new EU GDPR regulations.

  • Gathered technical requirements and proposed solutions for the development cycle of various projects for the anti-financial crime department of a major investment bank.

  • Liaised with technology and business groups to define project specifications.

Societe Generale
Societe Generale
Technical Lead
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed a front-to-back application managing a special type of investment banking instrument, the Dynamic Portfolio Swap, for end users, traders, and salespersons.

  • Managed a team of 6 managers, liaised with different departments (HR to Operational Support), offered help to junior members, and mentored interns and new recruits.

  • Acted as a technical point of contact for the front aggregator application used for booking various types of trades within Societe Generale.

ENEA
ENEA
Senior Software Developer
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Led the development and maintenance of the in-house Eclipse distribution and plugins for the client.

  • Provided regular product/technical support to the client and end users of different products.

  • Developed, monitored, and improved all written policies, standards, and work procedures for Eclipse distribution and plugins.

Orange Romania
Orange Romania
Senior Software Developer
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed and maintained the websites of Orange Romania.

  • Developed and maintained internal applications for SMS notifications, voucher emission/consumption, and monitoring tools.

  • Enhanced system performance through system analysis and unit tests, CIs, and testing using different tools.

King Crown Online
King Crown Online
Senior Software Developer
2010 - 2012 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed a payment system application for deposits, withdrawals, and reports for a client.

  • Engineered an admin utility for the payment processing system application.

  • Built and deployed a middleware software to link various platforms running online games to the unified payment processing system.

Luerzer’s Archive
Luerzer’s Archive
Software Developer
2009 - 2010 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed and maintained Luerzer's Viscom website, which handles about 100,000 magazine subscriptions.

  • Built and deployed crawler programs to gather and filter data on photographers and graphic artists on the web.

  • Managed various scripts and procedures of applications for sales personnel in Romania.

Eurospider Information Technology
Eurospider Information Technology
Software Developer
2005 - 2008 (3 years)
Remote
  • Developed and maintained small and medium web applications and databases for clients.

  • Built and maintained pre-processing tools for data sorting and analysis for the company's main search engine, Relevancy Search.

  • Provided support and guidance in developing a Microsoft Word add-in for users to connect and retrieve live information from client-side databases.

Phobos Soft
Phobos Soft
Junior Developer
2002 - 2005 (3 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed and maintained the database of Hewlett-Packard's EMEA training program.

  • Designed, developed, and maintained the web application interface for Hewlett-Packard's EMEA training program database.

  • Performed various technical support tasks working in a multinational and multi-cultural environment.

Showcase

Design Lead - Quantum
Design Lead - Quantum
  • A social payments platform for a payment provider client.

  • It streamlines Facebook payments, enhancing money transfer experiences.

  • The Lead played a role in both technical and architectural design.

Technical Lead - Demeter
Technical Lead - Demeter
  • This project involves a front-to-back application for a specialized investment banking instrument: the Dynamic Portfolio Swap.

  • The application is designed for traders and salespeople within Societe Generale.

  • The project focuses on a technical leadership role, likely involving architectural and implementation aspects.

Technical Lead - Data Retention
Technical Lead - Data Retention
  • Developing a core-banking application focused on assisting with new EU GDPR regulations.

  • The project's primary goal is to implement data retention policies as per GDPR.

  • The project involves technical leadership and data retention aspects.

Education

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2021 - 2021
PhD Sociology
PhD Sociology
University of Bucharest - Romania
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
Master's Degree, History and Philosophy of Science
Master's Degree, History and Philosophy of Science
University of Bucharest - Romania
2008 - 2010 (2 years)
Bachelor's Degree, Sociology
Bachelor's Degree, Sociology
University of Bucharest - Romania
2005 - 2008 (3 years)
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics
University of Bucharest - Romania
1999 - 2005 (6 years)