Senior Backend Engineer, Cluj-Napoca

I build backends that stay fast when it matters.

An engineer, not a frameworker. PHP, Go and Python in production; TypeScript and AI agents for everything else.

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Open to senior backend and full-stack roles

Capabilities

What I work with

Grouped by layer, with the roles and projects where I used them.

  1. Backend

    • PHP
    • Symfony
    • Laravel
    • API Platform
    • Node.js
    • NestJS
    • Go
    • Python
    Used in

  2. Frontend

    • TypeScript
    • JavaScript
    • React
    • Next.js
    • Astro
    Used in

  3. Data & messaging

    • MySQL
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis
    • Elasticsearch
    • RabbitMQ
    • BullMQ
    • Kafka
    • Couchbase
    Used in

  4. Infrastructure

    • AWS
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
    • Terraform
    • Cloudflare Workers
    • Prometheus
    • Grafana
    • Linux
    Used in

  5. AI tooling

    • Claude Code
    • MCP
    • Cursor
    • Agentic workflows
    • Prompt engineering
    Used in

  6. Practices

    • OOP
    • SOLID
    • Design patterns
    • Static analysis
    • CI/CD
    • Profiling
    Used in

Experience

Where I have worked

Full experience
  1. Present

    Senior Backend Developer (PHP)

    FameUpRemote, Romania

    • Built an agentic bug-fixing pipeline: bugs reported in Slack are picked up, fixed and tested by an agent; developers only review and merge.
    • Cut network traffic by 95% by moving image delivery from S3 to Cloudflare Images: every image is resized on the fly to the exact format the mobile apps or the backend ask for, cached with targeted invalidation, and served from Cloudflare’s global CDN.
    • Improved CI/CD for agentic development: automatic deployment on merge, parallel tests, PHPStan at max level and AI code review.
    • PHP
    • Cloudflare Images
    • PHPStan
    • CodeRabbit
    • Claude Code
    • MCP
    • CI/CD
  2. 2 yrs, 3 mths

    Senior Backend Developer (PHP, Go & Python)

    freshful.ro (eMAG)Remote, Romania

    • Cut pipeline runtime by almost 50% with parallel tests, fixture-based test databases and isolated Elasticsearch indexes.
    • Built DSO (Driver Shift Optimization), an OR-Tools service in Python and Go that lowered delivery costs by 37%.
    • Led technical analysis for large projects and acted as backend owner for OTP verification, vouchers and promotions.
    • PHP
    • Go
    • Python
    • OR-Tools
    • Elasticsearch
    • Redis
    • RabbitMQ
    • AWS
    • Kubernetes
    • Grafana
  3. 1 yr, 10 mths

    PHP Developer

    NetRom SoftwareCraiova and Timișoara, Romania

    • Developed and maintained high-traffic PHP applications.
    • Built internal REST microservices in Node.js.
    • Integrated third-party APIs and reduced response times of core flows.
    • PHP
    • Node.js
    • REST APIs
    • MySQL

Education

  • Master’s in Software EngineeringPolitehnica University of Timișoara
  • B.Sc. in Computer EngineeringFaculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics, Craiova

Projects

Things I built and shipped

All projects

  1. 01Product2025

    elivo

    A telemedicine platform connecting patients with verified specialists across Romania.

    Booking, video consultations, live chat, medical file uploads, Google Calendar sync and Stripe Connect payouts, built end to end in six months of spare time.

    • NestJS
    • Fastify
    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis
    • +4

    elivo.ro(opens in a new tab)

  2. 02Client work2026

    alexandraghionea.ro

    A nutrition guide shop and a 320-post Instagram archive, static-first on Cloudflare.

    Astro prerenders about 330 pages; a small Cloudflare Worker only handles Stripe checkout, the payment webhook and signed PDF downloads from private storage. Lighthouse scores 100 for SEO and best practices.

    • Astro
    • TypeScript
    • Cloudflare Workers
    • R2
    • Sanity
    • Stripe
    • +3

    alexandraghionea.ro(opens in a new tab)

  3. 03Work project2026

    Fixie

    A bug-fixing agent that lives in Slack: it triages reports, opens Jira tickets and turns bugs into tested pull requests.

    My idea, architecture and build at FameUp: OpenClaw orchestrating Claude Code subagents, plus a read-only MCP server that answers with live data.

    • Claude Code
    • OpenClaw
    • MCP
    • Slack
    • Jira
    • OAuth 2.0
    • +3

  4. 04Work project2024

    DSO (Driver Shift Optimization)

    A constraint solver that assigns drivers to orders and cut delivery costs by 37%.

    Built at freshful.ro with Google OR-Tools to reduce overtime and idle time for delivery drivers.

    • Python
    • Google OR-Tools
    • Go
    • PHP

More projects

  1. Agri24

    A platform that helps farms run more efficiently.

    Client work · 2024

    • NestJS
    • Fastify
    • Next.js
    • TypeScript

  2. Property management platform

    SSO integrations, new features and performance work on a US property management SaaS.

    Client work · 2024

    • PHP 8.3
    • Laravel
    • Vue.js
    • PostgreSQL

  3. Parking booking shops

    Booking and payment webshops for parking operators in Germany.

    Client work · 2024

    • PHP
    • Flow Framework
    • MySQL
    • Apache

  4. B2B asphalt materials shop

    A custom B2B webshop for asphalt materials, built from scratch.

    Client work · 2025

    • PHP 8.2
    • Sylius
    • Symfony
    • MySQL

  5. gometry

    A pluggable telemetry package for Go.

    Open source · 2024 · Archived

    • Go
    • Prometheus
    • GitHub Actions

Impact

Numbers I can point to

lower delivery costs, from an OR-Tools driver assignment service
37%
shorter CI pipelines, after reworking the test infrastructure
~50%
years shipping production backends
5+

Writing

Notes from the terminal

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Contact

Let’s build something that lasts.

Open to senior backend and full-stack roles, and to interesting side projects.

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