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Engineering Manager → Senior Engineering Manager (Platform Ownership)IU Group N.V., München, GermanyJanuary, 2024 - Present
  • Leads two engineering teams (7 engineers) with full dual ownership of MyCampus Classic (Moodle) and MyCampus 2.0 - serving 100,000+ students at Germany's largest university.
  • Consolidated 15+ repos into a shared NestJS monorepo, reducing maintenance overhead by ~45% and improving team mobility across both platforms; reduced microfrontends from 15 to 10.
  • Introduced observability and DORA-aligned metrics achieving ~60% proactive issue detection; delivered the first zero-downtime, zero-incident major student intake in 8+ years (October 2025).
  • Drove ~90% student migration to MyCampus 2.0 while maintaining full Classic platform stability in parallel.
  • Co-designing data flow architecture with two peer Heads of Engineering; selected for the cross-company data unification task force alongside HoEs and Directors.
  • Rebuilt team structure through 3 reorgs with zero attrition - through structured change management, coaching, and 1:1 development.
  • Regular contributor to quarterly HoE alignment with the Director of Engineering on cross-platform strategy and org planning.
Technologies used:  TypeScript   NestJS   Vue 3   Moodle 4   Docker   GitLab CI/CD   Node.js   Fastify   Cypress   Jest   OpenAPI   Kafka   K6   PHP 
Senior Software Engineerremberg GmbH, München, GermanyJanuary, 2022 - December, 2023
  • Engaging in technical discussions and contributing to architectural decision-making.
  • Refactoring and improving code quality by rewriting backend features to NestJS and conducting code reviews.
  • Assuming the role of lead developer on two key projects, involving the migration of email functionality from Mailgun to AWS SES and the addition of new capabilities to the file management feature, including the implementation of a folder structure. Making pivotal architectural decisions and choosing the most suitable technologies to address project requirements and support software scalability.
  • Participating in the hiring process by conducting screening and technical interviews. Assisting in onboarding new team members to the projects and acquainting them with the current software and system architectures.
Technologies used:  Typescript   NestJS   ExpressJs   Mongoose   Docker   NxJs   MongoDB   OpenAPI   Angular >=v14   NgRX   Angular Material UI   Jest   CypressJS   SCSS   Agile Development, Jira, Gitlab, Docker 
Software Engineer - Lead Backend EngineerThinxNet GmbH, München, GermanyJune, 2019 - December, 2021
  • Advancing the API-Gateway and transitioning old monolith features to new Microservices.
  • Daily codebase maintenance and refactoring, modernizing older web applications (frontend and backend) with updated technologies.
  • Implementing MVPs and proof of concepts.
  • Building a backend team of 5 from scratch, actively involved in the hiring process to ensure alignment with the company's vision.
  • Onboarding team members and familiarizing them with current software and system architectures.
  • Collaborating with Product Owners and the Head of Software to plan sprint backlogs to meet company goals.
  • Mentoring junior developers, guiding the team through technical challenges, and overseeing system enhancements.
Technologies used:  Javascript/Typescript/Node/Express/NestJS/Mongoose/TypeORM   MongoDB/PostgreSQL/Redis/RabbitMQ/Kafka/API-Gateway   Mocha/Chai/Sinon/Jest   bash/lwc   HTML/SCSS/Vuejs   Agile Development, Jira, Gitlab, Docker 
Fullstack Web DeveloperTravador GmbH, München, GermanyNovember, 2016 - May, 2019
  • Developing and implementing new features and UI components in collaboration with the design department.
  • Daily maintenance and code refactoring for the existing codebase.
  • Leading the planning process for enhancing the booking platform, website, and full-stack Microservices development.
Technologies used:  HTML5/CSS3(Twig, SCSS, EJS)   Javascript/ES6/Vuejs/jQuery/AngularJS/Nodejs/Webpack   CakePHP/CackeLaravel/Lumen/MySQL/   AWS(Lambda, S3, Cloudfront)   Agile, Jira, Git 
Web DeveloperSMAL GmbH, Toluna Group, Seopa Ltd, BLIPhead GmbHApril, 2012 - October, 2016
  • Developed responsive prototypes, marketing sites, and web applications for agency and in-house clients.
  • Built and maintained PHP/MySQL backends; deployed hybrid mobile features and performed server maintenance.
  • Created an internal knowledge base with reusable code snippets; conducted code reviews and client planning sessions.
Technologies used:  HTML5   CSS3   JavaScript   jQuery   AngularJS   PHP (CakePHP)   MySQL   Drupal 

Education

Computer Science StudiesWest University, Timisoara, Romania2009-2012BA: Development of an Web App