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Cristian Ceica

Senior Backend Engineer

Seasoned PHP Engineer specializing in cloud-based architectures. Skilled in developing and scaling high-traffic applications, integrating new technologies, and collaborating with international teams. Experienced in working on widely-used platforms contributing to system growth.

EDUCATION

2015 – 2017

Master’s Degree – Computer Science
University of Bucharest

2012 – 2015

Bachelor’s Degree – Computer Science
University of Bucharest

EXPERTISE

Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
PHP, Laravel
Angular, Ionic
AI/ML
AWS
MySQL

WORK EXPERIENCE

2018 – Present

Senior Backend Engineer at Softbinator Technologies

Family Safety and Social Networking App – client from U.S. (San Francisco)

  • Designed and implemented PHP microservices to replace the existing PHP monolith, maintained and developed the core code base using CakePHP framework.
  • Created and maintained APIs that power the client’s ecosystem of hardware devices.
  • Built optimized high-scale, low-latency event streaming architectures capable of handling 10+ billion events per day.
  • Deployed and maintained AWS-based infrastructure, utilizing services like EC2, EKS, DynamoDB, and Kinesis for scalable, distributed computing.
  • Designed horizontally scalable systems to meet growing demand and ensure reliability.
  • Implemented health monitoring, logging, and alerting for backend services to proactively detect and resolve issues.
  • Participated in on-call rotations to handle live incidents and maintain system uptime.
  • Utilized Kubernetes for containerized deployments, for scalability and resource management.
  • Collaboratedwith Staff Engineers on technical specs and mentoring developers
  • Worked with mobile, firmware, and web engineers to design and integrate end-to-end solutions.
  • Tech Stack: PHP, AWS, Kafka Streams, AWS IoT, MQTT, MySQL, DynamoDB, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Web e-shop platform

  • Developed a web platform that allows partner companies to offer their employees a variety of perks in addition to their salary.
  • Tech Stack: Angular 11, Microservices, AWS S3, SQS, Spaces

Sport and nutrition platform

  • Developed a most innovative sport and nutrition platform designed for women. All the exercises and diets are custom-tailored for the users
  • Implemented an AI/machine learning-based engine designed to make automatic recommendations based on progress. All the algorithms behind are the result of deep research conducted for several years.
  • Tech Stack: PHP, Angular, MySQL, AWS, AI/ML

Crypto payment app

  • Developed a payment platform with blockchain nodes for several cryptocurrencies,
  • Merchant on-boarding and account management
  • Middleware security and plugin extension for woocommerce shopping carts in order to enable cryptocurrency payments.
  • Tech Stack: PHP, Angular

2017 – 2018

PHP Engineer at Payscout Bucharest

  • Develop and maintain an admin panel for the solution offered by our company
  • Create API’s for customers to pull all the information about transactions
  • Create a SDK for shopping carts
  • Integrate with other processors like Mastercard and Visa

2015 – 2078

PHP Engineer at Newrosoft

  • Design and create databases for different applications
  • Create UI and CRM for all kind of projects
  • Develop the backend for web based games and mobile applications