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Back-end Developer
Location
Budapest, Hungary
Toptal Member Since
November 2, 2022
Throughout his career, Barnabás gathered valuable knowledge from different areas of the software industry. He helped startups achieve success in new development lifecycles, led a small team refactoring old codebase in a traditional multinational company, and contributed to a medical project in image processing with machine learning in academic R&D. Barnabás loves creating back ends, testing out new ideas on the side, and finding new ways to solve problems.
Portfolio
Allianz
Agile Software Development, Automation, Python, Dynatrace, Confluence, Jira...
Rottenecker Consulting Ltd
Web Scraping, Python, ChatGPT, Beautiful Soup, Scrapy, Scraping, Data Scraping...
Daniel Del Vecchio
Python, Web Scraping, API Integration, SMS, Automation, Scraping, Data Handling
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Windows, MacOS, Git
The most amazing...
...project I've contributed to is the development of a medical R&D project that helps doctors segment CT scans faster.
Work Experience
Software Engineer
2022 - PRESENT
Allianz
- Created robust pipelines for the deployment of alerting configurations to the external monitoring hub (GitHub Actions CI/CD).
- Refactored custom application monitoring solutions written in Python, moving them to the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), containerizing, and reducing costs. Used Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure.
- Designed and developed a solution (API gateway in Azure functions) for rolling out monitoring agents on hosts automatically via multiple deployment vehicles (Ansible and custom Perl scripts).
- Led an urgent optimization effort and achieved a 60% reduction in charged data ingestion into an external monitoring service.
- Designed UMLs and BPMN diagrams for business cases and software solutions to be more transparent and understandable.
- Tracked and fixed bugs using Jira as a reporting tool and used Confluence for documentation.
Technologies: Agile Software Development, Automation, Python, Dynatrace, Confluence, Jira, Software Architecture, System Design, Monitoring, Grafana, RabbitMQ, Microservices, New Relic, Windows PowerShell, Data Handling
Web Scraping Expert (via Toptal)
2023 - 2023
Rottenecker Consulting Ltd
- Scraped multiple sites containing information about human rights organizations using Python.
- Made a Python program to export scraped data into a human-readable format, Excel sheet, and CSVs.
- Utilized pandas, Beautiful Soup, and Scrapy for achieving the task.
Technologies: Web Scraping, Python, ChatGPT, Beautiful Soup, Scrapy, Scraping, Data Scraping, Website Data Scraping, Pandas, Automation, Data Handling
Python Developer
2023 - 2023
Daniel Del Vecchio
- Created an automation process for monitoring Gmail account for new leads from different sources.
- Developed SMS automation to send SMS along with email inquiries.
- Developed a robust solution to extract the necessary information for statistical purposes and the automation pipeline.
Technologies: Python, Web Scraping, API Integration, SMS, Automation, Scraping, Data Handling
Python Developer
2023 - 2023
Toptal Client
- Developed a Python app that scrapes a popular quiz archive and converts the scraped data into Anki flashcards.
- Tracked and version-controlled software using Git.
- Finished and packaged the software product so that it could be extended to the client's needs later on.
Technologies: Python, Anki, Scraping, Web Scraping, Tkinter, Data Scraping, Data Handling
Software Engineer
2022 - 2022
Semmelweis University
- Handled an R&D project aiming to improve the speed of the diagnosis process.
- Helped implement the vision and ML-based algorithms to solve vertebrae segmentation from CT scans using UNet++.
- Contributed to developing a classifier that assigns labels to segmented vertebrae to determine if it has any unhealthy deviation.
- Designed and developed the workflow and implemented the augmentation of the inputs.
Technologies: Python, Torch, NumPy, TensorFlow, Linux, Python 3, Poetry, Git
Software Engineer | Solution Architect
2021 - 2022
DATAGROUP
- Contributed to the automation of business processes and back-end development of a custom web portal that provided user-friendly interaction with the underlying SAP systems.
- Contributed to redesigning the architecture of the outdated web page and its back end.
- Tracked and fixed issues through the Jira system and used Git as a versioning system.
Technologies: PHP, Node.js, Python, Grafana, SAP, Bash, Vue, Linux, Poetry, Python 3, JavaScript, SQL, Agile Software Development, Git, Software Architecture, Automation, REST APIs, APIs, REST, Full-stack, CSS, HTML
Software Engineer
2021 - 2021
H3Tech
- Developed a streaming platform called Pullstart.tv using microservice architecture. Refactored old code, developed new modules, and wrote unit tests. Used Poetry, FFmpeg bindings for Python, RTSP, and shell scripting.
- Reworked the inner stream system to use FFmpeg bindings instead of the CLI version, making it easier to add layers from and to IP camera output in service.
- Contributed to the development of a cryptocurrency exchange simulator mimicking Binance API.
- Developed a web scraping solution for a cryptocurrency wallet info site called DeBank to gather information about open interest and leveraged tokens.
Technologies: Python, Asyncio, WebSockets, Bash, Web Scraping, Data Scraping, Flask, Docker, Poetry, Multiprocessing, Processing & Threading, REST APIs, Linux, Python 3, Agile Software Development, Git, Cryptocurrency, Software Architecture, APIs, Web Services, Microservices, REST, Selenium, Scrapy, Data Processing, Data Handling
Software Engineer
2019 - 2021
Objection
- Developed embedded software for different ESP32-based devices, which monitors users' movements, entry, and spent time in different areas.
- Used ESP-IDF framework, Git for versioning, and embedded C for the BLE beacon devices.
- Contributed to the experimental development of firmware for PineTime open source smartwatch.
- Helped decide the inner software design and coding guidelines.
Technologies: C++11, Embedded C, Sensor Networks, Bluetooth LE, Bash, Linux, Agile Software Development, Git, Software Architecture, Docker, C++
Software Engineer
2019 - 2019
Telcotrend Consulting
- Contributed to the integration of new middleware into Telekom HU's new invoicing pipeline.
- Tracked and fixed issues through the Jira system and used Git as a versioning system for integration scripts.
- Developed an XML converter responsible for the IO format conversion between new pipeline elements.
Technologies: Python, Bash, Linux, Agile Software Development, Git
Experience
Live TV Platform
https://pullstart.tv/A microservice architecture-based streaming platform based upon Flask, written in Python, I oversaw the recording and communication service implementation. The first was responsible for the IP camera broadcast, and the second was the communication center utility.
AlertJack
AlertJack introduces an integrated solution to indoor and outdoor location, location visualization, and personal and property protection services taking advantage of Bluetooth Smart wearables and GSM-GPS trackers integrated into a centralized solution with easy-to-use mobile apps. I was responsible for the development of software solutions for custom hardware products, mainly ESP32 microcontrollers with different modular sensors and emitting capabilities.
DATAGROUP In-house CRM Solution
Developed a web-based CRM application, which task was to automate internal relations and product management with the clients of the company in a way that hides the repetitive and lengthy SAP-heavy subtasks from the customers. I contributed to the development of the back-end API services as a full-stack developer, ultimately fine-tuning them and refactoring the inefficient endpoints.
Education
2017 - 2021
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering
Pazmany Peter Catholic University Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics - Budapest, Hungary
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, Twilio API, Asyncio, Node.js, Vue, NumPy, TensorFlow, SQLAlchemy, Selenium API, Beautiful Soup, Pandas
Tools
Git, Grafana, Dynatrace, Confluence, Jira, Anki, RabbitMQ, ChatGPT
Languages
Python, Python 3, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, Google Apps Script, Bash, C++11, Embedded C, C++, CSS, HTML
Platforms
Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Twilio, Bluetooth LE, Docker, Windows, MacOS, New Relic
Paradigms
Automation, REST, Agile Software Development, Microservices
Frameworks
Flask, Django, Selenium, Scrapy, Windows PowerShell
Other
Web Scraping, Data Scraping, APIs, Data Handling, Poetry, Cryptocurrency, Software Architecture, Full-stack, Scraping, Sensor Networks, WebSockets, SAP, Torch, Algorithms, Mathematics, Multiprocessing, Processing & Threading, Web Services, Streaming, RESTful Microservices, Bluetooth, Microcontrollers, ESP32, Navigation, Data Processing, System Design, Monitoring, Tkinter, API Integration, SMS, Website Data Scraping
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