Minica Ionut Cristian
Full-stack Web Developer
Cristian is a full-stack web developer with several years of experience building beautiful, performant mobile and web applications that meet or exceed industry standards. Thanks to his enthusiasm for tech, Cristian also has several side projects in a range of areas, including machine learning. Working with Cristian, you’ll soon see that his innate curiosity and willingness to ask hard questions quickly is an asset to any project.
Portfolio
Experience
JavaScript - 6 yearsNode.js - 5 yearsMongoDB - 5 yearsVue - 3 yearsReact - 2 yearsChrome Extensions - 2 yearsMachine Learning - 1 yearLocation
Availability
Preferred Environment
Linux, MacOS, Windows, Google Docs, Slack, Firefox, Postman, Terminal, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was porting a 3D game engine to Windows Phone 8 that powered the AAA mobile game, Assassin's Creed: Pirates.
Work Experience
Freelance Senior Chrome Extension Developer
US Services Company (via Toptal)
- Created the UI/UX for an extension popup and in-page presentation.
- Integrated for a client a custom search engine in a Chrome extension.
- Set up a packaging system for deployment in the Chrome Web Store.
Freelance Senior Full-stack Developer (React, Node.js)
Global Fertilizer Company (via Toptal)
- Developed the front-end features with React and GraphQL for a SaaS app that helps farmers manage, monitor via satellites, and make better decisions about their crops.
- Worked on GraphQL and Nest.js microservices backed by PostgreSQL database.
- Handled billing, subscription, and payments via Zuora.
Full-stack Developer (Node.js, Vue.js, MongoDB)
Padopto
- Set up servers in Node.js and MongoDB on DigitalOcean.
- Created a RESTful API in Node.js with proper JWT authentication mechanism.
- Created a Vue.js single-page application with Bootstrap.
Technical Lead (AWS, MongoDB, Node.js, Vue.js)
Caphyon
- Developed an onboarding service from scratch called Bytes Route. It has two parts: a single-page web application and a Chrome extension.
- Led a project that involved the UI revamp of Advancedinstaller.com(based on XML and XSLT).
- Contributed, oversaw launch processes, and managed production services for multiple user-facing and admin web applications, including Installeranalytics.com.
- Oversaw the creation, training, management, and mentoring of a team of web developers.
- Provided technical know-how about web development to interested parties inside the company.
- Setup a processing pipeline with three MongoDB clusters and one RabbitMQ cluster that can handle billions of data points.
Freelance Senior Chrome Extension Developer (React, MongoDB, Node.js, AWS)
US Global Analytics Company (via Toptal)
- Developed a complex Chrome extension that helped people create a profile and share data from various sources like Netflix, Amazon, and Spotify and get paid for it.
- Built scrapers for multiple data sources including Spotify, Amazon, and Netflix history.
- Constructed a beautiful interface using React and Bulma.
- Created and managed AWS servers with self-hosted MongoDB and Node.js/Express.js.
Game Engine Developer
Ubisoft
- Ported a 3D game engine written in C++ for the Modern Windows platform.
- Created a packaging and signing server application in Django (Python) to simplify the building and testing of the game.
- Oversaw the launch process in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 application stores.
Experience
Bytes Route
https://bytesroute.com/Advanced Installer Website
http://advancedinstaller.comInstaller Analytics
http://installeranalytics.comPadopto
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, ECMAScript (ES6), TypeScript, GraphQL, Python, C++, PHP, C#, Java, Swift, XSLT, SCSS
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Express.js, AngularJS, Jest, NestJS, Laravel, Angular, Django, Bulma, YARN
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Vue, React, Vue 2, jQuery, Chai, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Pandas, TensorFlow, Puppeteer, Windows API, Keras, PyTorch, REST APIs
Tools
NPM, Git, Mongoose, Mocha, RabbitMQ, Terminal, Postman, Slack, Google Docs, Robo 3T (Robomongo)
Paradigms
Responsive Layout, REST, Test-driven Development (TDD), UX Design, Microservices, RESTful Development
Storage
JSON, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
Other
Chrome Extensions, APIs, Full-stack, API Gateways, Data Scraping, Data Processing, Responsive Design, Responsive UI, Front-end Architecture, RESTful Microservices, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), UiPath, Authentication, Email Authentication, PWA, Progressive Web Applications (PWA), Web Scraping, Screen Scraping, Scraping, Machine Learning, Ant, Design Systems, Zuora, Web Extensions, Web Security, Web App Security, RESTful Services
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Android, iOS, Firefox, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Unix, Ubuntu, WordPress, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Industry Expertise
Security
Education
Master's Degree in Software Engineering
University of Craiova—Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics - Craiova, Romania
Bachelor's Degree in Automation and Applied Information Technology
University of Craiova—Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics - Craiova, Romania
Certifications
PyTorch Essential Training: Deep Learning
Building RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express.js
Programming Foundations: Web Security
UiPath RPA Developer
Udemy
Machine Learning
Stanford Online University