Cezar-Mihail Berea, Developer in Iași, Iași County, Romania
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Cezar-Mihail Berea

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Cloud Developer

Iași, Iași County, Romania

Toptal member since April 3, 2020

Bio

Cezar-Mihail has been entertaining his passion for coding and problem solving by building web applications and services for the past 10+ years. JavaScript is his weapon of choice, and he likes to be involved in all layers of the stack: low level (OS and networking), back-end, database, CI/CD, and front-end SPAs. He's a Linux aficionado, and he writes all his code using vim.

Portfolio

Hindawi Limited
React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Node.js
Appsbroker Ltd.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, React, TypeScript

Experience

  • JavaScript - 10 years
  • Linux - 8 years
  • Node.js - 6 years
  • React - 5 years
  • SQL - 5 years
  • Docker - 2 years
  • Cloud - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

SSH, Git, Bash, Vim Text Editor, Linux

The most amazing...

...thing that I've built was a distributed and resume-able browser upload system that was able to handle files up to 5TB in size.

Work Experience

Full-stack Technical Lead

2019 - 2020
Hindawi Limited
  • Developed an application that manages the syndication process for scientific articles published in 200+ journals to 300+ indexer databases.
  • Organized and ran training programs with teams and individuals on software development topics.
  • Participated in the recruiting process by overseeing and running the technical interviews.
  • Improved the CI/CD pipeline by introducing automated deployments using AWS-CDK.
  • Introduced Typescript as an alternative to plain JavaScript and offered support for engineers without working experience with Typescript.
Technologies: React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Node.js

Principal Engineer (JavaScript)

2018 - 2019
Appsbroker Ltd.
  • Developed client applications for financial platforms used by traders and banks. I also took over the flagship project and managed the transition processes from the development center in the UK to the one in Romania.
  • Participated in the beta-testing program for a new Google Cloud Platform service (unable to disclose which).
  • Developed and architected proof of concepts and proposals for prospective clients.
  • Managed and ran JavaScript and React training programs for engineering teams.
Technologies: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, React, TypeScript

Experience

Cubuapp

A personal hobby project for home automation. Using ES8266 boards, a soldering iron, and some clever C++ code, I was able to hack some sensors and relays that make my life a bit easier around the house. Everything comes together using MQTT, a Node.js web server, MySQL, Redis, and a Node-RED instance.

Education

2006 - 2010

Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Robotics and Mechatronics

"Gh. Asachi" Technical University of Iasi - Iasi, Romania

Certifications

SEPTEMBER 2018 - SEPTEMBER 2020

Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js

Tools

Vim Text Editor, Git

Languages

JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, Bash, GraphQL

Paradigms

REST, DevOps, Test-driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI)

Platforms

Docker, Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes

Storage

NoSQL

Other

Cloud, SSH

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