Vlad-Andrei Erculescu
I've discovered early in my life that I had a knack for programming, and I haven't stopped since. I have learned and grown a lot in the past decade, worked for small startups and large corporations alike and made a lot of lasting connections. I have a heavy focus on people, providing support, mentorship, task clarity, and long-term planning.
My Expertise
Core Skills
PHP
Extensive commercial experience with PHP and its main frameworks, Symfony & Laravel.
Architecture & API Design
Expertise in designing scalable system architectures and robust APIs.
Databases
Proficient with RDBMS (MySQL) and NoSQL & Elasticsearch.
Agile Management
Extensive experience in planning features, managing the development load, and implementing Scrum and Kanban.
DevOps
Solid experience and expertise with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
JavaScript & NodeJS
Solid experience in building applications with JavaScript and Node.js.
CSS & HTML
Proficient in front-end fundamentals for web development.
C# & Unity
Limited commercial experience with C# and the Unity game engine.
Career Journey
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Partnerize
Helped build new features around the reporting tooling as well as optimising Docker integration. I got to work with multiple teams, getting an in-depth understanding of the business.
Tech stack: PHP (Symfony), MySQL, Druid, Docker
Hands On Technical Lead
End To End IT
Joined to help establish their product and scale it up from an MVP to true enterprise grade software. My responsibilities covered everything from implementing the development process to the actual release of new features.
Tech stack: PHP (Codeigniter 2 & Symfony), MySQL, GCP, Angular
Lead Engineer
Marketing VF Global
My responsibility was focused on maintaining and improving systems closely related to lead ingestion in a large, well-established company.
Tech stack: PHP (Laravel), MySQL, AWS, React, Node.js
Took a short career break for health reasons from Nov 2020 to Feb 2021.
Platform Team Lead
Hummingbird Technologies
As a team lead, my responsibilities shifted more into higher-level decision-making and larger refactor planning whilst occasionally still getting to do some hands-on development.
Tech stack: PHP (Symfony), MySQL, AWS, Angular, ES
Senior Software Engineer
Vialma (formerly Muzikazoo)
My main focus was restructuring a 3rd party framework into a distributed microservice-based architecture and adding features like music transcoding and a new CRM/Payments system.
Tech stack: PHP (Symfony), MySQL, AWS, Angular, Node.js, ES, C#
Senior Software Engineer
Paddle
Worked on a platform for software companies to sell their products, allowing them to focus on building incredible products.
Tech stack: PHP (Symfony), MySQL, AWS
PHP Developer
DueDil
Contributed to the largest source of free private company information in the UK and Ireland.
Tech stack: PHP (Symfony), MySQL, AWS
PHP Developer
eMAG
Worked at the biggest online marketplace in Romania to gain experience in a corporate environment with highly scalable tools. Developed new features, documented code, and worked within a Scrum team. First experience with Symfony, message queues, and advanced server configurations.
Tech stack: PHP (Symfony 2), MySQL, RabbitMQ, Angular, WordPress, Git, Jira
Let's Connect
Interested in Collaborating?
For consultancy services please visit my company website and book a consultation. For any other inquiries please get in touch directly via email.
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