Fullstack Engineer (Backend-heavy) with 14+ years of experience building and maintaining high-load production systems across GovTech, iGaming, E-commerce, Cybersecurity, and Social Discovery. Deep hands-on expertise in Node.js, Python and PHP, with a proven record of owning the full development and support lifecycle — from greenfield architecture to log triage, root-cause analysis, targeted patch delivery, and regression validation.
Experienced in microservices design, REST API integration, and working with distributed teams. Strong documentation discipline and a pragmatic, language/framework-agnostic approach to solving various engineering problems.
DYNO SOFT
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Implemented features via Spec-Driven Development using modern AI tools like Claude Code / Codex. Working among different outsourcing projects on Laravel, Node.js and Python
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Debugged and resolved backend issues on a high-frequency iGaming platform (99.9% uptime SLA). Analyzed slow-query logs and Redis cache-miss patterns under traffic spikes; applied targeted fixes. Supported Web3 wallet (MetaMask/Phantom) and crypto payment gateway integration issues.
Integrated Metabase for BI — validated embedded analytics behavior across environments post-deploy. Improved Vue/Nuxt.js frontend components; contributed to Risks team fraud & cheating detection.
Chisinau
Debugged and stabilized Node.js/Fastify microservices during monolith-to-microservices migration. Investigated and resolved API & payment integration issues; lifted conversion rates by 15%. Established architecture and code standards; mentored junior/mid engineers on debugging & testing. Introduced AI-assisted QA and SRE tooling. Developed Telegram mini apps and bots.
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Owned log analysis and issue triage via AWS CloudWatch across distributed Express.js-based services. Refactored ETL pipelines (Pandas/PySpark) with the Data Engineering team — cut processing time by 40%. Optimized AWS Lambda (Node.js/Python) cold starts and resource allocation — reduced cloud spend ~30%. Documented known issues, fixes, and workarounds; improved tech writing processes. Lead cross-functional team of 6 engineers + QA.
Collaborated with SRE/DevOps teams to identify bottlenecks. Splitted monolith repos to scalable microservices. Integrated DDD/Clean/Hexagonal architecture approaches. Conducted technical interviews for hiring.
Chisinau
Debugged and validated DKIM/SPF/DMARC authentication flows and antivirus API integrations. Deployed and troubleshot services on Docker Swarm; supported uptime and horizontal scaling incidents. Applied penetration testing strategies to validate platform security posture. Implemented Mock API servers for the engineering team.
Chisinau
Developed and tested NestJS microservices for restaurant ordering; validated API behavior post-deploy. Collaborated with DataOps and DevOps teams to improve build and deployment pipelines.
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Automated online store operations. Developed custom e-commerce plugins. Integrated Sylius backends with custom ERP/Warehouse. Implemented business processes on the projects, including Scrum/Jira/. Hired engineering team members.
Leads Trade
Real-time chat & lead-gen tools, Node.js/Socket.io, PHP/Laravel
Thirteen Elements
Symfony 2, Node.js/Socket.io, social network, e-commerce plugins
Ladela Interactive
WordPress/jQuery, Symfony 2/Angular 1, RabbitMQ
Cybernetics & Economic Informatics
React/Next, Vue/Nuxt, jQuery(legacy)
Microservices / scalable monolithic architecture across GovTech, iGaming, SaaS, e-commerce
MySQL · PostgreSQL · AWS RDS/Aurora/Redshift (high-load query tuning, indexing, schema optimization, configuration)
Design, integration & testing via Postman · Insomnia · CURL-based flows
DataDog · Sentry · Bugsnag · AWS CloudWatch · ELK · OpenTelemetry · LGTM — log analysis & staging reproduction
GitHub Actions · GitLab CI · CircleCI · PR workflows · Jenkins · deployment pipelines
AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch) · Docker · Kubernetes · Docker Swarm
PHP 8 (Symfony, Sylius, Laravel, Yii2) · Node.js (Express/Nest.js) · Python (Boto3/FastAPI/Django) ·
Claude Code · Codex · GitHub Copilot · Junie · Gemini — AI-assisted development & QA workflows
Fullstack
Real-time chat & lead-gen tools, Node.js/Socket.io, PHP/Laravel
Fullstack
Symfony 2, Node.js/Socket.io, social network, e-commerce plugins
Fullstack
WordPress/jQuery, Symfony 2/Angular 1, RabbitMQ
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B2
C2