Marian D.

About Me

I like building software products, teams and happy-customers portfolios. I have 10+ years of Senior Programming, Enterprise Architecture and Project Lead experience. My specialities are front and back-end and mobile app development with my technical preferences in PHP, jQuery, Angular, and Ionic framework among others. I enjoy working with clients to determine strategies to develop software that solves problems and improves user interaction.

Frontend

Backend

Database

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2017 - Present (8 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for various 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.

Instant Factoring
Instant Factoring
Software Development Manager
2021 - Present (4 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Leading a high-performing dev team for a fintech platform that provides flexible working capital financing through invoice financing for small businesses and micro-companies.

  • Overseeing the development of software solutions including modeling, transformation, reporting, and insights for the platform.

  • Identifying opportunities in business processes, system capabilities, and delivery methodologies for continuous improvement.

Intermedia Activ
Intermedia Activ
Software Architect
2016 - 2018 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Designed, implemented, and coordinated the development team for an online travel application.

  • Defined product strategy, managed the product roadmap, and prioritized and managed the product backlog.

  • Developed the UI using JavaScript/Angular and RESTful API.

  • Created the product architecture. and wrote user stories.

  • Implemented application architecture using Symfony and worker queues using RabbitMQ.

Rinf Tech
Rinf Tech
Mobile Developer | PHP Team Lead
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Developed an eCommerce website, CRM, and internal API using PHP, Symfony, JavaScript, and Git.

  • Designed and developed iOS and Android apps using Ionic and Angular, Git as a VCS, and automatic deploy using Travis.

  • Set up and maintained a BDD Behat environment and Vagrant virtual machine and implemented UIs using HTML5 and SCSS.

  • Deployed Android app on Google Play using Android Studio and iOS on Apple Store using Xcode.

Cegeka
Cegeka
Senior PHP Developer
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Managed the development of multiple high-profile projects and the company's e-sales platform.

  • Created app architecture and implemented new customer developments on front/back end.

  • Led remote pairing in a cross-country environment (Belgium and Romania).

  • Automated application testing on the unit and integration layers and wrote tests using PHPUnit.

  • Performed application maintenance including implementing new promotions, changing functionality on the front end, and automating flows.

  • Distributed a media processing application using Symfony 2 framework and web API.

  • Implemented new features, maintained and refactored current modules, led RESTful API integration, and wrote system specifications.

Liquid CRM
Liquid CRM
Senior PHP Developer
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Implemented CRM applications and developed custom modules for Sugar CRM platform.

  • Led analysis and development, including for new modules for the SugarCRM framework.

  • Created queries, stored procedures, and functions for MySQL databases.

  • Integrated various software components to work with CRM solutions.

  • Managed API integration, wrote specifications, fixed applications issues, and worked with CRM consultancy team to identify appropriate solutions to clients’ needs.

eMAG
eMAG
Senior PHP Developer
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Analyzed, developed, and implemented new functionalities for existing applications and developed new applications.

  • Created queries, stored procedures, and functions for MySQL databases.

  • Wrote specifications and fixed application issues.

  • Refactored and redesigned existing code based on design patterns, principles, and coding standards using a set of metrics to measure the quality of the object-orientated design.

Showcase

Software Developer - Etouraptor
Software Developer - Etouraptor
  • Etouraptor is a cloud application designed to organize travel agency customers using a dedicated CRM.

  • The product strategy, roadmap, and architecture were defined, and a backlog of tasks was created and prioritized.

  • The development team was coordinated, and the back-end system and third-party API integration were developed.

Software Developer - WizerFi
Software Developer - WizerFi
  • WizerFi is a portable hotspot providing fast, unlimited WiFi connectivity globally.

  • The project includes website and CRM development, a REST API, API integration for recharging devices and SMS sending, a mobile app, and deployment of three applications.

  • The project utilizes technologies such as PHP, Symfony, Twig, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, Ionic, Angular, and Cordova.

Mobile Developer - Onus
Mobile Developer - Onus
  • Onus is a social app for medical practitioners and health users to register, recommend practitioners, and share medical stories.

  • The application architecture, development, and UI implementation were led by the developer.

  • The app was deployed to both the Apple App Store (iOS) and Google Play Store (Android).

Education

BSc Computer Science
BSc Computer Science
University of Pitesti - Romania
2002 - 2006 (4 years)