Description

Independent Technical Lead & Java Engineer with 10+ years of backend experience, including 4 years in technical

leadership. Currently operating as a contractor, leading the delivery of a transaction authorization service orchestrating split

payments across distributed systems — directly unlocking a key business revenue stream. Expert in building and scaling

cloud-native Java platforms in fintech environments, from architecture decisions through CI/CD and production.

• Java 17 · Spring Boot · Spring Security · OAuth2 · Microservices · AWS (ECS, ECR) · Docker

• Technical leadership: architecture, code reviews, mentoring, incident ownership, team of 5–7 engineers

• Fintech expertise: payment systems, account & identity management, European regulatory compliance

• Full lifecycle ownership: development → CI/CD → production → maintenance

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Romanian
Native or bilingual
French
Basic

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Edenred PayTech
Technical Lead (Independent Contractor)
BANKING AND INSURANCE
December 2025 - Today (7 months)
Beziers, France
Engaged as an independent contractor to lead the design and delivery of a transaction authorization service orchestrating split payments across distributed internal systems — directly enabling a key business revenue stream.
• • Architecting and delivering scalable, high-performance authorization flows across distributed services
• • Driving architecture decisions, code quality standards, and engineering best practices
• • Technologies: Java 17, Spring Boot, Spring Security, OAuth2, AWS, Docker, PostgreSQL
Java Spring boot Microservices AWS Fargate Cloud
Edenred Digital Center
Technical Lead
January 2022 - December 2025 (3 years and 11 months)
Bucharest, Romania
Led a team of 5–7 engineers with full ownership of 5 microservices across their entire lifecycle on a platform processing 15M+ requests/month.
• • End-to-end technical leadership: architecture, code reviews, mentoring, incident response and production stability
• • Drove continuous improvement across workflows, tooling and shared libraries — reducing overhead and improving velocity
• • Collaborated with architecture, product, DevOps and compliance for European regulatory alignment
• • Established structured engineering practices: code review standards, observability, library governance
• • Technologies: Java 11/17, Spring Boot, Spring Security, OAuth2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS (ECS, ECR)
Java Spring boot Microservices Cloud Integration AWS Fargate
Edenred Digital Center
Senior Java Engineer
January 2020 - January 2022 (2 years)
Bucharest, Romania
Core contributor to the greenfield build of Edenred's next-generation fintech platform — cloud-native microservices architecture replacing legacy payment infrastructure, now running at 15M+ requests/month.
• • Designed and implemented critical account management mechanisms ensuring consistency across high-value financial workflows
• • Built the platform's authentication and authorization layer from scratch — advanced OAuth2 flows, fintech-grade security
• • Technologies: Java 11 , Spring Boot, Spring Security, OAuth2, Oracle, Docker, AWS
Java Spring boot Microservices Docker AWS Fargate