Mihai Pricope, Developer in Leiden, Netherlands
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Mihai Pricope

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Bio

Mihai is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of industry experience and a solid track record of delivering successful products to small and large companies. Having a dual nature with technical and business acumen, he can operate at all software delivery levels. Mihai has extensive software startup experience, with two successful exits, Adobe and Siemens.

Portfolio

Freelance Clients
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Java, Spring, TypeScript, React, Kotlin...
ServiceNow
Java, MySQL, ServiceNow, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, Full-stack...
Textkernel
Java, Spring, Apache Camel, APIs, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, Full-stack...

Experience

  • Java - 20 years
  • PostgreSQL - 20 years
  • MySQL - 20 years
  • Algorithms - 20 years
  • Spring - 5 years
  • React - 5 years
  • Finance - 3 years
  • TypeScript 3 - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Java, React, TypeScript 3

The most amazing...

...project I've built is a no-code and low-code platform for building automation. It was acquired by Siemens.

Work Experience

Software Developer

2022 - PRESENT
Freelance Clients
  • Developed a KYC and AML workflow for a fintech startup.
  • Moved AWS infrastructure from manual configuration to IoC using Terraform.
  • Research on how to integrate third-party accounting software API.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Java, Spring, TypeScript, React, Kotlin, Material UI, Node.js, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, Spring Boot, Databases, Spark, Relational Databases, Architecture, Full-stack Development, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI)

Staff Software Engineer

2018 - 2021
ServiceNow
  • Led the R&D effort for the new ServiceNow analytical engine, a flexible data warehousing solution for workflow historical data.
  • Managed performance improvement efforts on large legacy code bases and complex business domains.
  • Contributed to PAR roadmap execution, including full-stack development with React, Angular, Seismic, and Java.
Technologies: Java, MySQL, ServiceNow, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, Full-stack, Web Development, REST APIs, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, Databases, Relational Databases, Architecture, Full-stack Development, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI)

Senior Software Engineer | Integrations

2016 - 2018
Textkernel
  • Unified OAuth/JWT for all Textkernel product suite.
  • Distributed a message-based architecture for document processing using Java, Apache Camel, Spring, finite-state machines, RabbitMQ, and Hazelcast.
  • Managed integration into third-party portals, namely Bullhorn.
Technologies: Java, Spring, Apache Camel, APIs, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL, Full-stack, Apache Tomcat, Web Development, REST APIs, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, Spring Boot, Databases, Relational Databases, Architecture, Full-stack Development, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI)

Senior Product Manager

2015 - 2016
Acrolinx
  • Defined the strategy to select and onboard early beta customers for Acrolinx Cloud.
  • Overhauled the implementation of a complete re-design of the web's front end.
  • Defined the partnership integration strategy for Acrolinx Cloud. Designed integration APIs and got hands-on in their implementation. Java, JavaScript, and Chrome plugins.
Technologies: Product Management, MVP Design, REST APIs, Chrome Extensions, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, Full-stack Development, Leadership, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX)

Senior Product Manager

2014 - 2015
Tirendo Holding GmbH | Acquired by Delticom
  • Created and conducted quantitative and qualitative research to understand better user flows, SEO and SEM impact, product availability for market sub-segments, and pricing elasticity.
  • Designed innovative tools, algorithms, and processes for improving SEO and SEM performance.
  • Worked closely with business owners, DWH, CRM, and external data providers to optimize the wheels buying workflow. This workflow matches 50,000 vehicle variants with more than 10 million rim and tire combinations.
Technologies: Product Management, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, Full-stack Development, Leadership, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX)

Engineering Manager and Product Manager

2010 - 2013
J2Innovations
  • Set up an office in Romania and grew a team of engineers. Helped organize a company-wide product lifecycle and quality processes and took our main product from a little more than an idea to a few successful release versions.
  • Contributed to the company's business strategy, including product roadmap, customer onboarding, OEM, and licensing model.
  • Led a team of engineers in building the best solution for BAS visualization and UI.
Technologies: Adobe Flex, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, CTO, Leadership, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX)

Platform Evangelist | Technical Marketing

2008 - 2010
Adobe
  • Evangelized the use of Adobe Experience Platform technologies, including Flash Player, Flex, and Air.
  • Spoke in industry conferences and engaged with key decision makers to facilitate the adoption of Adobe Experience Platform technologies.
  • Built proofs-of-concept, prototypes, and sample applications and worked with product teams to refine product vision.
Technologies: Adobe Flex, Web Development, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX)

Engineering Manager

2006 - 2008
Adobe
  • Worked on Flex Builder 3 in UI and code intelligence. Java on top of Eclipse RCP.
  • Led the team that delivered Flash. JavaScript integration and IIS, Apache integration with the Flex compiler.
  • Managed the integration of my team into Adobe engineering processes and culture. My company InterAKT Online just got acquired by Adobe.
Technologies: Java, Eclipse RCP, Management, Web Development, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, Leadership

Experience

Low-code Node-code Platform for Building Automation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/162D72N_L0jNYBeKK3-MER_Hr90CPxg25/view?usp=sharing
I was a junior partner in the company. Opened a developer office in Romania and built the product from a little more than a PPT demo to a few million dollars in revenue. The company was acquired by Siemens.

New Core Engine for ServiceNow Platform Analytics

Led the R&D effort for the new ServiceNow analytical engine, a flexible data warehousing solution for workflow historical data.

Features we prototyped and implemented were:
• Support for unlimited dimensionality.
• Pre-computing filtering and smart caching.
• Support for querying and aggregating billion data points in seconds, using extremely limited computing resources, including CPU and memory.

InteractiveBrokers Data Import and Analysis

A pet project of mine to keep track of a multi-strategy portfolio and play with some new technologies.

• Imports bulk data from InteractiveBrokers
• allows the grouping/labeling of transactions and their positioning in several strategies
• keeps track of underlying securities' fundamental development

SurfEye

https://surfeye.video
SurfEye does AI-based automatic detection of surfers. Migrated and rewrote the back end from Django/SQLite to Node.js/TypeScript /PostgreSQL. Built AWS staging and production environments IaC (Terraform). Added more eCommerce features to allow network expansions (more cameras) and increase sales.

Education

1999 - 2004

Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications and Computer Science

Technical University of Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania

Skills

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, React, Node.js

Tools

Eclipse RCP, Apache Tomcat, Terraform

Languages

Java, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, TypeScript, TypeScript 3, CSS, Python 3, Python, Kotlin

Storage

Databases, Relational Databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL

Frameworks

Spring, Material UI, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, Adobe Flex, Apache Spark, Spark

Paradigms

Management

Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Other

Algorithms, Full-stack, Web Development, Feasibility Studies, Feasibility, Architecture, Full-stack Development, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), APIs, CTO, Leadership, Mathematics, Finance, ServiceNow, Product Management, MVP Design, Data Warehousing, Chrome Extensions

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