Fazakas István-Zsolt
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Engineer and Developer
Miercurea Ciuc, Harghita County, Romania
Toptal member since November 11, 2024
Fazakas is a seasoned software engineer with vast experience in web development. With a current focus on Ruby on Rails (RoR), he's constantly seeking new opportunities and challenges to contribute his extensive skills and expertise to forward-thinking teams. Fazakas is passionate about writing clean and testable code.
Portfolio
Experience
- APIs - 10 years
- Ruby on Rails (RoR) - 10 years
- RSpec - 10 years
- Ruby - 10 years
- PostgreSQL - 10 years
- REST - 7 years
- Docker - 6 years
- AWS IoT - 4 years
Preferred Environment
Slack, MacOS, Linux, Zoom
The most amazing...
...projects I've participated in, being in the core development team for Toptal, involved building fantastic software for the talent network I'm now part of.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Everon
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines for efficient project delivery, reducing deployment time significantly.
- Introduced application performance monitoring tools like Sentry and New Relic to monitor applications and ensure optimal performance.
- Developed new features for web applications using Vue to enhance user experience.
- Created a new and successful web application with React.
Senior Software Engineer
Toptal
- Contributed to the growth and success of the company by enhancing development processes and fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Set company standards with GraphQL, developed tools for faster feature creation, mentored junior developers, and assisted in conducting scrum meetings.
- Collaborated closely with the engineering manager to ensure efficient project delivery and team coordination.
Senior Software Engineer
3Pillar Global
- Created new features for the needed SPA UI, building relevant application logic and APIs.
- Mentored junior developers and led a small team of engineers working on an enterprise application.
- Helped break down a monolith application into smaller microservices, mainly working on the communication between the services.
Back-end Developer
Halcyon Mobile
- Developed highly available RESTful APIs for mobile applications.
- Automated server deployment and set up with Ansible.
- Managed Apache and NGINX servers for application infrastructures.
Experience
Cybersecurity Project
Car Technical Verification Tracking Application
The user interface is implemented using Bootstrap and HAML within the Rails application itself, utilizing straightforward Ruby views without a separate front-end framework.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania - Targu Mures, Romania
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, Node.js, Vue, React, Sidekiq
Tools
Slack, NGINX, Ansible, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Key Vault, Azure App Service, RSpec, Sentry, Apache, Zoom
Languages
Ruby, GraphQL, Haml
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby on Rails 6, Bootstrap
Platforms
AWS IoT, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, MacOS, Web, Amazon EC2, New Relic
Storage
PostgreSQL, Databases, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Paradigms
REST
Other
Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Distributed Systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), APIs, Amazon Route 53, Amazon RDS, Azure Virtual Machines, Computer Engineering
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