Nicu Chiciuc
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Chisinau, Moldova
Toptal member since October 29, 2018
Nicu started as a national representative in important programming competitions. He has developed logical thinking and focus to the way he approaches commercial projects. Nicu has incorporated different technologies on both enterprise projects and startups.
Portfolio
Experience
- JavaScript - 9 years
- Node.js - 7 years
- TypeScript - 7 years
- React - 7 years
- Docker - 4 years
- Meteor - 3 years
- AWS Lambda - 3 years
- Next.js - 3 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
The most amazing...
...team improvement I’ve implemented was transitioning the whole team from using JavaScript to TypeScript.
Work Experience
Technical Co-founder
Robolex
- Implemented AI document extraction into the main app, overseeing both the business logic and deployment pipeline.
- Implemented a reactive text editor, which allows users to preview the document that will be generated.
- Added observability using OpenTelemtry and Honeycomb and migrated to a monorepo architecture.
Full-stack Engineer
Gorgias
- Participated in the Chat Team and later transitioned to the HelpCenter Team.
- Spearheaded efforts to optimize loading times for customer-generated help centers.
- Contributed significantly to achieving Gorgias's focus on scale.
Full-stack Software Engineer
Planable
- Added video conversion and trimming using Amazon Elastic Transcoder and Video.js.
- Created online video editor for Instagram stories using FFmpeg on Lambda and Fabric.js. The display was optimistic. While the video was being processed, the users could see a fake rendering using a canvas, which looked and behaved like the final video.
- Added an optimistic media upload system and media library management to the existing application. It allowed media files to be used while being uploaded and processed.
- Started the transition of the project to TypeScript and managed correct Git usage.
- Introduced basic CI/CD capabilities using GitHub Actions.
Software Developer
Stefanini
- Developed a web application for internal factory management.
- Developed internal projects for resource management.
- Contributed to the programming of the back end of a financial product.
Part-time Consultant
National Agency for Quality Assurance in Professional Education
- Helped maintain the official site.
Front-end Developer
Spark Research Labs
- Wrote mainly AngularJS and created several interactive data visualization interfaces in D3.
- Served as the main developer.
Junior Software Engineer
Bully! Entertainment
- Created small features for existing VR projects.
Junior Programmer
National Center of Space Technologies
- Created small programs for visualizing data from external sensors.
- Helped code Arduino boards for other small projects.
Experience
Iterative Function System
Impossible-Object
https://nicu-chiciuc.github.io/impossible-object/Fractal Circles
https://nicu-chiciuc.github.io/fractal-circles/Multi-Spirograph
https://experiments.withgoogle.com/multi-spirographEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Technical University of Moldova - Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Erasmus Undergraduate Mobility Studies in Computer Science
Warsaw University of Technology - Warsaw, Poland
Skills
Libraries/APIs
D3.js, React, Node.js
Tools
Git, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), WebStorm, Vim Text Editor
Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, C, C#.NET, Elm
Frameworks
Next.js, AngularJS, Angular, Qt, Unity, .NET, Serverless Framework, NestJS, Django
Platforms
MacOS, Meteor, AWS Lambda, Docker, Arduino, Joomla, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), DigitalOcean
Paradigms
Functional Programming
Storage
Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB
Other
Amazon Elastic Transcoder, Computer Science
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