Octavian I.

Backlight is a SaaS platform for media project management, production tracking, and collaborative review, serving entertainment and media clients globally.

• Optimized SQLAlchemy ORM usage through custom query construction and relationship-loading strategies, improving API response times across production services
• Systematically enforced secure coding principles, reducing the frequency and average severity of vulnerability reports by more than 80%
• Parallelized unit tests in CI, reducing test execution time by 50%, and eliminated test suite bottlenecks, cutting local execution time by a further 33%
• Configured the PLG stack (Promtail, Loki, and Grafana) for centralized log monitoring across cloud infrastructure
• Maintained infrastructure components using Helm, Kubernetes on GCP, Ansible, and Terraform, and improved CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Docker
• Implemented security and data protection measures aligned with SOC 2 principles and GDPR requirements
• Integrated GitHub Copilot into development workflows, accelerating code reviews and reducing time spent on repetitive tasks

EPAM Systems is a global software engineering and IT services company. This engagement was with Liberty Mutual UK, a leading international insurance group.

• Developed cloud-native microservices using Python and AWS Lambda to support high-volume financial transaction APIs
• Led infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and CI/CD automation, standardizing deployment pipelines across the team
• Built comprehensive unit test suites for backend services, ensuring consistent test coverage
• Contributed to bug fixes and conducted peer code reviews as part of a 15-person cross-functional Agile team

ING Hubs Romania is a product and engineering hub delivering core banking solutions for ING Bank across France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

• Built and maintained core banking system features using a proprietary in-house language, developing deep expertise in the core banking ecosystem
• Developed organization-wide internal tools that automated semi-manual reporting processes, saving the team hours of effort each day
• Automated more than 200 test scenarios and developed custom shell scripts to populate Docker images for integration into functional test pipelines

ALTEN Romania is an engineering and technology consulting firm. This engagement was contracted with Autodesk, a global leader in design and engineering software.

• Developed REST API endpoints for Autodesk Revit integrations, enabling seamless third-party data exchange
• Streamlined API testing procedures, reducing issue resolution time and improving delivery speed

Megatech Trading & Consulting is a Romanian industrial automation firm that builds QA inspection and monitoring systems for manufacturing clients, including Bosch, Continental, and Zentiva.

• Developed industrial QA inspection applications and computer vision systems for automated packaging and production lines

• Automated production line processes using OMRON proprietary technology, reducing manual intervention and downtime

• Implemented remote data logging solutions (temperature, humidity, pressure) using Modbus/RTU over RS-485 and PHP-powered web applications

• Built a traceability system for precision wheel mounting on train axles, capturing and printing force-to-distance diagrams from hydraulic press equipment

• Supported critical production systems through remote and on-site troubleshooting, maintaining near-zero machine downtime

• Designed and developed a custom in-house historical financial data-fetching system using MATLAB;

• Implemented multiprocessing and async for real-time data updates;

• Tested traction and braking electrical drive systems for public transportation;

• Conducted electrical fault analysis and thermal endurance testing;