Ioan is available for hire

Ioan Bercea

Verified Expert in Engineering

Back-end Developer

Location

Almere, Netherlands

Toptal Member Since

January 6, 2022

Ioan is a passionate IT professional with 20 years of experience in technical leadership and software development, including internationally recognized web products and solutions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he developed solutions for moving live events online by integrating streaming, video playback, social networking, chat, video calls, and more. Ioan is an innovative person with a proactive, entrepreneurial mindset, ready to take on his next big project.

Back-end SaaS Windows PHP Databases MySQL CSS PHP 5 SQL Continuous Delivery (CD)Continuous Deployment NGINX JavaScript Debian Git Apache Data Loss Prevention (DLP)Visual Basic KNIME

Portfolio

Response Concepts

PHP 7, JavaScript, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Databases, KNIME, APIs, Laravel 8...

3Pillar Global

PHP, Symfony 3, Scrum, Symfony, Technical Leadership

CoSoSys

PHP, MySQL, Symfony 2, SaaS, Symfony, Technical Leadership...

Experience

Databases - 20 years PHP - 20 years MySQL - 15 years REST APIs - 8 years Laravel - 5 years APIs - 5 years PHP 7 - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Windows, PhpStorm, PHP 7, Laravel, Redis, MySQL, WebSockets, APIs, NGINX, Ubuntu

The most amazing...

...thing I've accomplished was building and delivering internationally recognized web products and solutions, including the CoSoSys Endpoint Protector.

Work Experience

Technical Leader

2016 - 2021

Response Concepts

Managed a front-end team, two back-end teams, a design team, and a testing team.
Collaborated with the CEO; management board; and sales, business intelligence, and traffic teams.
Aligned the IT department with the company's business requirements, managed third-party providers, and planned for future developments to grow and expand the business.
Developed internal systems that released a few campaign websites each week.
Conducted technical interviews for recruiting IT personnel.

Technologies: PHP 7, JavaScript, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Databases, KNIME, APIs, Laravel 8, PHP 8, REST APIs, PHP, Laravel, Technical Leadership

Technical Leader

2012 - 2013

3Pillar Global

Managed a team of eight programmers and testers to maintain and update the websites of Remedy Health Media, a US-based client.
Improved development and delivery processes by using Agile and Scrum methodology and increasing test coverage and capabilities.
Ensured good coordination and communication between US-based customers, a local team in Romania, and an outsourced team in India.

Technologies: PHP, Symfony 3, Scrum, Symfony, Technical Leadership

Web Developer | Team Leader

2006 - 2012

CoSoSys

Developed two large client-server projects for two platforms: 1) Windows 2003 Server, IIS, PHP, and Microsoft SQL Server, and 2) Linux, Apache, PHP, and MySQL.
Led the team of developers; played a pivotal role in decisions for future product roadmaps; and developed installation procedures, manuals, and tutorials.
Supported the company's international clients and assisted them in using desktop sharing and RDC software.

Technologies: PHP, MySQL, Symfony 2, SaaS, Symfony, Technical Leadership, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Back-end, Product Roadmaps

Programmer | Web Programmer | Designer

2002 - 2005

Marmed Holland

Developed Visual Basic courses and exams sold in the Netherlands on CD-ROM media.
Built an internal system to manage clients' accounts, including subscriptions, courses, and exams.
Designed the database and managed the database administration.
Developed a prototype of online courses to migrate them from CD-ROM to online.

Technologies: JavaScript, PHP, Databases, MySQL, SQL, System Architecture, Visual Basic

Experience

NWO Life and NWO Chains

A product that allows live science events to be moved online during COVID-19. I was the main back-end developer and team lead in providing streaming, chat, and video call functionality for two- and three-day events. We integrated the Gather Town app to increase interactivity among participants.

Endpoint Protector

https://www.endpointprotector.com/

A comprehensive data loss prevention (DLP) application by CoSoSys. I was the lead and primary back-end developer from the start of the product to its release. In addition to development, I made the decisions for the product roadmap and feature integrations.

LiveCast Steaming

https://livecast.stream/

A web application for streamers and event organizers. The application allows users to build pages on the fly (excluding setting up a DNS) and personalize them by performing CMS actions. Streamers can live stream or store their content for future playback.

Skills

Languages

PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, HTML, CSS, PHP 5, SQL, JavaScript 6, PHP 7, Visual Basic

Frameworks

Laravel, Next.js, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, Symfony, CodeIgniter, Symfony 2, Symfony 3

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, React, WebRTC, Node.js, DigitalOcean API

Tools

NGINX, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, PhpStorm, Apache, Webpack

Paradigms

Real-time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Scrum

Platforms

Windows, Debian, DigitalOcean, Ubuntu, KNIME, Oracle, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Storage

MySQL, Databases, Redis, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB

Other

APIs, Agile Sprints, PHP 8, Laravel 8, SaaS, Technical Leadership, Back-end, Product Roadmaps, RTMP, Video Streaming, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Agile Practices, Scrum Master, WebSockets, Physics, Videos, Video Chat, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Video Players, Programming, Algorithms, System Architecture

Education

1994 - 1998

Analyst Programmer Degree in Analytical Programming (Technical School)

"Mihai Viteazul" National College - Turda, Romania

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