Flavius Cojocariu

Resume

Engineering Manager → Senior Engineering Manager (Platform Ownership)IU Group N.V., München, GermanyJanuary, 2024 - Present

Leads two engineering teams (7 engineers) responsible for IU's learning, student, and on-campus exam platforms, serving 100,000+ students across MyCampus Classic (Moodle) and MyCampus 2.0, with full dual technical ownership across both platforms.
Driving cross-team service unification under a shared NestJS monorepo to improve delivery speed, dependency management, and team mobility between Classic and 2.0.
Co-designing the data flow architecture for student platforms with two peer Heads of Engineering under the Director of Engineering; separately selected for the cross-company data unification task force alongside HoEs and Directors to align data across pre-sales, sales, and post-sales.
Oversaw the migration of MyCampus Classic to Moodle 4.5, modernizing infrastructure and improving maintainability; partnered with DevOps to containerize legacy systems, consolidated repositories and reduced microfrontends, improving developer experience and accelerating feature delivery.
Introduced observability and DORA-aligned metrics to enhance visibility, incident discoverability, and lead time to change.
Rebuilt team structure and morale through change management, coaching, and structured 1:1 development.
Regular participant in quarterly Head of Engineering alignment meetings with the Director of Engineering, contributing to cross-platform strategy, team structure, and organizational planning.

Technologies used: TypeScript NestJS Vue 3 Moodle 4 Docker GitLab CI/CD Node.js Fastify Cypress Jest OpenAPI Kafka K6

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.;
Engaging in technical discussions and contributing to architectural decision-making.

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;
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(former Ziba Design), München, GermanyFebruary, 2015 - October, 2016

Developed responsive prototypes and web applications;
Actively participated in client planning sessions and technical discussions;
Conducted thorough code reviews to maintain high-quality standards;

Technologies used: HTML5/CSS3(LESS/SASS) Javascript/jQuery/AngularJS PHP(cakephp)/MySQL/Drupal(frontend part)

Web DeveloperMultiple Employers, Germany and RomaniaApril, 2012 - February, 2015

Implementation of product white labels. I had learned PHP / MySQL, part of the internship. Company: Seopa Ltd Timisoara, Romania;
Implementation of online questionnaires in ConfirmIT. Implementation of a knowledge base on the intranet, with code snippets. Implementation of responsive landing pages and layouts for questionnaires. Translation of the Actionscript tool in HTML / CSS / JavaScript / jQuery.For 3 weeks I taught my colleagues who work in Actionscript a basic course in HTML / CSS and Javascript / jQuery. Company: Toluna Group Timisoara, Romania
Implementation of new features for an existing hybrid mobile application. Deployment and simple maintenance processes of Ubuntu Server. Implementation of responsive websites. Company: BLIPhead Gmbh München, Germany

Technologies used: PHP MySQL Javascript jQuery hammerjs GreenSock js html css3 bootstrap sass/compass gulp ionic git, jira

Education

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