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Dragos Mihai
Dinu

Highly skilled software engineer specialized in web and cloud apps. In my 12 years of professional experience, I have worked with various technologies and built many apps in a variety of fields. I have a strong work ethic and very high standards for the quality of my work. My vast knowledge and experience along with my passion for high quality software architecture allow me to undertake any software related technological challenges. My entrepreneurial side is proven by building my own software services company. The successful collaborations that I had working with a vast number of teams and companies were also enabled by my friendly and proactive attitude, which make my skills suitable for both large companies and startups.
Senior Software Engineer | Amsterdam, Netherlands | dragos.dinu9@gmail.com | +40765980407 | oakbits.co

Work Experience

Cisco

Dec 2021 - Current
Grade 10 Software Engineer

Being part of the AppDynamics team at Cisco, I am working on some key components of the upcoming AppD Observability Cloud offering. Through this new platform, it is possible to enhance the existing features through custom solutions which can be developed by other parties. I am a key developer in my team, having developed many of the features of our services and being involved in all the important decisions. My proactive attitude has significantly impacted the capability of our team to speed up the development and meet expectations. I am also responsible for helping and guiding other developers and I contribute to organizing and planning our team’s work.

Skills used: Golang, Kubernetes, Knative, OTEL

Oakbits SRL

Oct 2018 - Current
Founder | Software Consultant

I've built Oakbits because of my desire to help other companies and startups achieve their goals through technology and build their products in a qualitative way, by taking the best technical decisions and having a reliable partner throughout the entire lifetime of their products. Together with my carefully chosen team, we’ve been working with great startups which achieve remarkable success into their industries. Some of our clients were acquired by leading tech companies.

Software stack: NodeJS, Angular, React, Typescript, AWS, MongoDB, Dynamo, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes etc.

gun.io

Mar 2019 - Current
Freelance Contractor

I am a vetted developer on the Gun.io platform.

arc.dev

Nov 2017 - Current
Freelance Contractor

I am a vetted developer on the arc.dev platform.

Nov 2016 - Oct 2018
Independent Software Contractor

I was focused on using my acquired experience as an ex-startup CTO to help other startups build their products sustainably and launch them. My work involved not only the technical know-how and the coding work, but also helping the clients make the best decisions in regard to the technologies used and the resource management (budget, time).

Aznog Technologies Ltd

Apr 2014 - Mar 2017
Co-founder and CTO

I've been in charge of development for Aznog, a VoIP/communications app which I co-founded. I started as an individual developer and built the Android client and backend APIs from scratch. After more than 1 year, I increased the team to 4 people and worked with my team to improve the product and build new features.

Technologies used: Android Development, PHP, MySQL, Bootstrap, Javascript , Linux, Apache

eZuce, Inc.

Nov 2013 - Mar 2014
Software Engineer

I worked on a B2B unified communications solution. There, I had to rewrite a module of the core product in C++ responsible for notifying the availability of the users inside a company using IP phones/softphones. I independently created a tool to stress test this module with very high load which gave us important feedback at that time.

Technologies used: C++, VoIP, SIP

1&1 Internet, AG

Mar 2012 - Oct 2013
Software Engineer

I worked on a company product offering telecom services to customers in Germany. There I took responsibility for a new project whose purpose was to capture, store and query all the call data from our servers. I participated in related open-source projects. I implemented features which impacted 5 millions of users of our telecom service. One of my most complex features was saving call data real time inside a MySQL database, so I had to optimize the process in multiple ways (temporary memory tables, optimizing indexes, MySQL events and triggers, sharding, storage engine optimization).

Technologies used: C, PHP, MySQL, Linux, Bash

Education

Politehnica University of Bucharest

2012 - 2014
M.S. IT Management

Bucharest, Romania

Politehnica University of Bucharest

2008 - 2012
B.S. Computer Science

Bucharest, Romania

Projects

Vodafone SmartHomies

Jan 2020 - Current
Software Engineer

I have joined Replex, a German company, to build an app for Vodafone Germany dedicated to property and smart device management. Bringing my full-stack expertise to the table, I've been building important features required by the client, while keeping and enforcing high coding standards and securing tight deadlines. Technologies used: NodeJS, Typescript, GraphQL, VueJS

Noblechild Salesforce App

Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Software Engineer

I have built a POC for a Salesforce App used to track attendance to different campaigns.

Technologies used: Salesforce, JS

CarLabs

Mar 2019 - Mar 2020
Software Engineer

I worked on technologies related to conversational bots for the biggest car manufacturers (Hyundai, Kia, BMW etc.), involving NLP-related technologies.

I have quickly and successfully assisted Carlabs in building a custom project for Hyundai which helped them close the sale. Then, I continued to contribute to their existing platforms. Lastly, I have started to build from scratch the new generation SaaS self-service platform for our customers which is the new backbone of our products.

Technologies used: React, Angular, Typescript, NLP

Sanofi AMP

Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
Software Engineer

I've helped build an internal web platform from scratch for Sanofi - a global pharmaceutical company. I've had a lead role in the development and took key decisions which helped us deliver a good result, despite of the very tight deadline and of the difficulties created by a newly formed team without prior experience in working together. Technologies used: NodeJS, Typescript, Graphql, React

Askdata

Jan 2018 - Jul 2020
Front-End Software Engineer

I've built several web platforms for configuring and using AI bots and advisors. Clients of the platform include big European banks and an important pharmaceutical company and are planning to help any user to access data in the easiest way possible. Client has been accepted into the YCombinator 2019 batch with this product and eventually sold the company to SAP.

Technologies used: Angular, Bootstrap

RunLive

Nov 2018 - 2019
Software Engineer

I was in charge or rewriting the backend of Runlive, a VC-backed app dedicated to running enthusiasts who want to compete with each other in real time. I implemented a better architecture, improved scalability and added more features.

Technologies used: NodeJS, Typescript, AWS Cognito, AWS Appsync, GraphQL, Elastic Beanstalk.

Feather

Jun 2018 - Jan 2019
Software Engineer

Feather was an app to make maintenance simple and fun. I built an B2B cloud service which allows brands to create tickets (work orders) for different service providers when a technician is needed to fix an issue.

Technologies used: Angular and AWS services (Appsync, Cognito, Dynamo, Lambda etc.).

MWater

Sep 2018 - Current
Database Developer

I've been in charge of migrating a complex database which used an old technology (Sybase SQL) to MariaDB. I've also done research projects to figure out the feasibility or migrating some databases in the cloud or to a different DB engine and studied the performance impact.

Flysoft Systems

Apr 2018 - Sep 2018
Full-Stack Mobile Developer

I have built a point-of-sale mobile app for restaurant businesses using React Native and NodeJS. The app allows waiters to create orders for tables, update them, add extra items, browse the menu, search items, pay using different payment methods etc. The managers can review invoices, view and edit items and categories, visualize reports, add users and roles, create tables etc.

UnitPal - Hotel management web application

Apr 2017 - Feb 2018
Software Engineer

I've build multiple backend and frontend features for the UnitPal app, based on the needs of the hotel managers which use our app. Features I've built include: extending bookings/metrics/housekeeping reports with new details, added useful UI components (modals, date-pickers, various new elements to pages), created patches to modify and extend existing production data without disabling the service, added new information on invoices, extended API's to support new operations, Booking.com integration features and many more. Technologies used: Typescript (frontend and backend), Angular, SailsJS, MongoDB.

Velimo Bus App

Nov 2017 - 2018
Software Engineer

I have worked on extending the functionality of an onboard entertainment app for buses. I have worked both with Android Native as well with React Native. I have rewritten a big part of the app in RN for a white-label version for a new client. Also, I have implemented several important native features like captive portal in-app handling, scan and connect automatically to bus wifi, keep the connection on when there is no Internet etc.

Haru App

2017 - 2017
Software Engineer

I've built an MVP for a web app designed to bring together people interested in doing the same activities. The app allows creating and managing groups of friends, choosing favorite activities, creating events and distributing them to the chosen groups of friends, visualizing and replying to invites, sending emails to invited users, visiting users' profile pages, registration and login using email or phone number etc. Technologies used: Typescript, Angular, SailsJS, MySQL

Software Engineer

Decadoo is a website which offers personalized gifts suggestions (based on gender, relationship, age, personality etc.), by filling up a questionnaire. I have improved the already existing app, added a feedback page, build an API for creating emails with custom gifts suggestions and deployed the service to a new hosting provider.

Skills

  • Angular
  • Vue
  • React
  • HTML/CSS/SCSS
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • DynamoDB
  • InfluxDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • Typescript
  • Javascript
  • Bootstrap
  • Golang
  • Java
  • Oauth2
  • Bash
  • Linux
  • AWS
  • GraphQL
  • REST
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Knative
  • Istio
  • Dialogflow
  • SaaS
  • Open Telemetry
  • Salesforce