Marian C.

About Me

Full Stack Developer with 9+ years in building high traffic video chat and dating websites. I have been facilitating the development by getting involved from concept to deployment, ensuring maintenance, doing system architecture, setting automation, CD/CIs, ensuring the quality and readiness of the work being done.

Frontend

Backend

Database

DevOps

QA & Testing

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Full Stack Developer
2019 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Create and develop innovative software solutions for different clients across a broad range of industries.

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

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Generation 8 Media LLC
Generation 8 Media LLC
Full Stack Developer / Team Lead
2016 - 2020 (4 years)
Remote
  • Building and maintaining live streaming, social and analytics applications using modern web-based technologies.

  • Recruited and formed a productive remote development team in a few weeks. Coordinated the delivery a production version of a complex live streaming SPA in 4 months.

  • Managed to cut down servers and storage cost to more than 50%. Developed a traffic tracking system on top of ElasticSearch, Django REST and ReactJS.

NetCounted
NetCounted
Team Lead
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Led the development for a network of dating websites, setting up system architecture and infrastructure for new projects.

  • Implemented Kanban development process and XP core practices. Implemented PHP coding and maintenance of high traffic sites.

  • Coordinated the design/UX process from wireframes and mockups to testing and improvement. Executed cost and performance optimizations like data partitioning, software rearchitecting or infrastructure refactoring.

ZedMedia B.V
ZedMedia B.V
Technical Team Lead
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Led the development of tube and online games websites that sum up to 6M uniques/day or 16K live uniques.

  • Recruited and formed a remote development team. Took a cross-functional role while being involved in initiation and across the whole SDLC.

  • Managed infrastructure migration, consolidation and software architecture shifts. Led the scalability improvements efforts.

YHOW LLC
YHOW LLC
Senior Developer
2011 - 2012 (1 year)
Remote
  • Recruited and trained new members of the development team. Created a live streaming and videochat application using ActionScript and Java.

  • Wrote specifications, user stories and documentation. Developed various high traffic websites, BI or anti-fraud apps using PHP.

  • Developed the chat and video streaming server and for backend services using Java. Created a sustainable workflow for a virtual team environment.

2PTOH
2PTOH
Team Lead
2010 - 2011 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Managed a medium size development team for 2PTOH, a company that operates a portfolio of online entertainment websites that sum up about 5 million unique visitors per day.

  • Led the development of 3 large, high traffic websites. Managed the products backlogs, epics, use cases and both technical or functional specifications

  • Reduced the infrastructure cost by leading migrations, optimisations and refactoring tasks.

1&1 Internet Development
1&1 Internet Development
Senior PHP Developer
2010 - 2010
Bucharest, Romania
  • Handled releases and deployments in a multi clustered environment along with revision control and build automation tools.

  • Developed both unit and functional tests as high quality was a requirement for most of the tasks.

  • As a project lead i assisted the project managers with the technical aspects from initiation to delivery.

NetSource
PHP Developer / Team Lead
2008 - 2010 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Designed, prototyped, developed, upgraded and partially tested the software needed to be deployed on a clustered servers architecture with 50+ web, database, flash, content and caching servers.

  • Worked with Master/Slave DB architectures, horizontal data partitioning and sharding in order to accommodate the growing data and memcached, CDN and other technologies meant to sustain a high traffic.

  • Managed projects that involved other huge-traffic tube and dating websites, by starting from minimal business needs/ideas, defining clear objectives and requirements, and coordinating developement tasks.

Showcase

Team Lead - Generation 8 Media LLC
Team Lead - Generation 8 Media LLC
  • VoyeurHouse is a live streaming application with features including unlimited recording/replay, automated media creation, and real-time chat.

  • It utilizes a combination of technologies like ReactJS, Redux, SocketIO, AWS TDD, CI/CD, Wowza Media Server, Nginx, Haproxy, PHP, Symfony, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, and RabbitMQ.

  • The application focuses on providing a comprehensive platform for live content creation and distribution.

Team Lead - flirtoid.com
Team Lead - flirtoid.com
  • Flirtoid.com is a dating network with over 2000 daily signups across 3 European countries.

  • The platform supports advanced whitelabeling technologies.

  • It utilizes a variety of technologies including PHP, NodeJS, TDD, and databases.

Full Stack Developer - NetCounted
Full Stack Developer - NetCounted
  • Isaff affiliates.com an affiliate system offering advanced real-time reporting, traffic detection, and complex redirect rules.

  • It supports whitelabels with custom offering for businesses.

  • The system utilizes technologies including ReactJS, Redux, PHP, Phalcon, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ.

Technical Team Lead - ZedMedia B.V
Technical Team Lead - ZedMedia B.V
  • Seeme is an adult website providing live video chat and dating services.

  • Seeme handles over 1 million unique users daily.

  • The platform utilizes technologies including Python/Django, Wowza Media Server, PostgreSQL, and SOLR.

Senior Developer - YHOW LLC
Senior Developer - YHOW LLC
  • MakePrivate is a ready-made adult video chat solution.

  • It offers pre-built components like affiliate, studio, and models.

  • The solution utilizes PHP, Symfony Flash/Flex, Java, Wowza Media Server, and MySQL.

Team Lead - 2PTOH
  • A large network of tube sites with over 4 million unique daily users.

  • The platform offers a unified database and administrative system for unlimited whitelabels, languages, and content separation.

  • The system has been integrated with production studios and content providers.

Team Lead - NetSource
Team Lead - NetSource
  • Webcam.com is a video chat website with high traffic (over 2M unique users/day).

  • It utilizes a cross-network model sharing and external steaming APIs.

  • The technology stack includes PHP, Symfony, Flash, and Flex.

Education

Education
Master's degree, Management Information Systems and Services, IT Audit and Financial Systems
Spiru Haret University
2008 - 2010 (2 years)
Education
BA Banks and finances
Spiru Haret University
2005 - 2008 (3 years)
Education
BA Navigation and Naval Transportation
Maritime University of Constanta
2003 - 2008 (5 years)
Education
Professional Scrum Master ; AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate ; Linux Professional Institute - LPIC-1 ; Security + ; Network+ ; Java SE 7 Programmer ; CAPM, Certified Associate Project Manager ; Certified MySQL Developer ; Certified MySQL Database Administrator ; Zend PHP Certification ; Comptia - A+
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