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Minica Ionut Cristian, Full-stack Web Developer in Palermo, Province of Palermo, Italy
Minica Ionut Cristian

Full-stack Web Developer in Palermo, Province of Palermo, Italy

Member since May 31, 2020
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.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Palermo, Province of Palermo, Italy

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Linux, MacOS, Windows, Google Docs, Slack, Firefox, Postman, Terminal, 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.

Employment

  • Freelance Senior Chrome Extension Developer

    2021 - PRESENT
    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.
    Technologies: Chrome Extensions, Web Extensions, CSS, JavaScript, REST, WordPress, PostgreSQL, ECMAScript (ES6)

  • Freelance Senior Full-stack Developer (React, Node.js)

    2020 - 2021
    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.
    Technologies: YARN, Responsive UI, Responsive Design, Slack, VS Code, RESTful Microservices, Authentication, JSON, HTML, API Gateways, Jest, TypeScript, Git, NPM, Express.js, Node.js, JavaScript, Full-stack, Microservices, Zuora, Design Systems, UX Design, NestJS, GraphQL, React, REST, ECMAScript (ES6)

  • Full-stack Developer (Node.js, Vue.js, MongoDB)

    2019 - 2021
    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.
    Technologies: VS Code, JSON, HTML, Responsive UI, Responsive Design, Responsive Layout, Git, Progressive Web Applications (PWA), PWA, Vue, Full-stack, CSS, Mongoose, Ubuntu, Vue 2, NPM, Express.js, JavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB, REST, ECMAScript (ES6)

  • Technical Lead (AWS, MongoDB, Node.js, Vue.js)

    2015 - 2021
    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.
    Technologies: Microservices, Slack, VS Code, JSON, HTML, Responsive UI, Responsive Design, Responsive Layout, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, PWA, Progressive Web Applications (PWA), Web Scraping, Data Scraping, React, Data Processing, RabbitMQ, Chai, Jest, Mocha, CSS, Mongoose, RESTful Microservices, PHP, Ubuntu, Vue 2, NPM, Express.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, API Gateways, Full-stack, AngularJS, Email Authentication, Authentication, MongoDB, Chrome Extensions, XSLT, Ant, AWS, Vue, Bootstrap, Node.js, REST, TensorFlow, ECMAScript (ES6)

  • Freelance Senior Chrome Extension Developer (React, MongoDB, Node.js, AWS)

    2020 - 2020
    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.
    Technologies: VS Code, JSON, HTML, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, Web Scraping, Data Scraping, CSS, Mongoose, Ubuntu, NPM, Express.js, JavaScript, Full-stack, Email Authentication, Authentication, SCSS, Bulma, Node.js, AWS, MongoDB, React, Chrome Extensions, REST, ECMAScript (ES6)

  • Game Engine Developer

    2013 - 2014
    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.
    Technologies: VS Code, JSON, HTML, Git, Full-stack, CSS, Django, Python, C++

Experience

  • Bytes Route
    https://bytesroute.com/

    Bytes Route is a service that improves user onboarding. I was in charge of the technical part as well as building, training, and managing the team. The value proposition is to create user onboarding tours without writing any code.

  • Advanced Installer Website
    http://advancedinstaller.com

    The presentation and documentation website for Advanced Installer. It has millions of users, and I was in charge of the UI revampment and modernization of the old website. I had strict requirements to maintain the old codebase, performance, and SEO. I also had to make the website responsive and apply new layouts and styles. We ended up using a new build system.

  • Installer Analytics
    http://installeranalytics.com

    A SaaS analytics service for Windows installers. I worked on new report generation, analytics, presentation, and UI improvements for the front end along with DevOps, database administration, and RESTful microservices on the back-end side.

  • Padopto
    https://padopto.com/

    A mobile app for checklists. It allows the user to generate reusable checklist templates, upload or download checklist templates from the gallery, view analytics, and embed a checklist widget in a web page.

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, Windows API, Keras, PyTorch

  • Tools

    NPM, Git, Mongoose, Mocha, RabbitMQ, VS Code, Terminal, Postman, Slack, Google Docs, Robomongo

  • Paradigms

    Responsive Layout, REST, Test-driven Development (TDD), UX Design, Microservices, RESTful Development

  • Storage

    JSON, MongoDB, PostgreSQL

  • Other

    AWS, Chrome Extensions, APIs, Full-stack, API Gateways, Data Scraping, Data Processing, Responsive Design, Responsive UI, 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 APIs, RESTful Services

  • Platforms

    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Android, iOS, Firefox, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Unix, Ubuntu, WordPress

  • Industry Expertise

    Security

Education

  • Master's Degree in Software Engineering
    2014 - 2016
    University of Craiova—Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics - Craiova, Romania
  • Bachelor's Degree in Automation and Applied Information Technology
    2010 - 2014
    University of Craiova—Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics - Craiova, Romania

Certifications

  • PyTorch Essential Training: Deep Learning
    JANUARY 2021 - PRESENT
    LinkedIn
  • Building RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express.js
    JUNE 2020 - PRESENT
    LinkedIn
  • Programming Foundations: Web Security
    JUNE 2020 - PRESENT
    LinkedIn
  • UiPath RPA Developer
    FEBRUARY 2020 - PRESENT
    Udemy
  • Machine Learning
    MARCH 2018 - PRESENT
    Stanford Online University

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