Maximos Sapranidis - Klarna Bank AB
8/20/2019Vlad is really knowledgeable and eager, he has complete overview of the tech stack and has a rare ability to combine business requirements with technical restrictions and user experience.
Welcome to Vlad's freelance profile!
Location and workplace preferences
- Location
- Berlin, Deutschland
- Can work onsite in your office in
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- around Berlin and 50km
- Around Berlin and 20km
Preferences
- Project length
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- ≤ 1 month
- Between 1-3 months
- Between 3-6 months
- Company size
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- 2-10 people
- 11 - 49 people
- 50 - 249 people
- 250 - 999 people
- 1000 - 4999 people
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Verifications
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Languages
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Englisch
Native or bilingual
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Rumänisch
Native or bilingual
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Deutsch
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Skills (24)
- Methodologies
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- Cloud
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- Languages
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Vlad in a few words
Product builder with more than 10 years of professional experience in full-stack engineering and engineering management focusing on web technologies, while actively contributing to the product and UI / UX design of my projects. My main focuses at the moment are: React, Node.js, Java / Spring, general DevOps and infrastructure on AWS.
In terms of experience, I have worked in and with both startups and corporates in multiple industries, ranging from automotive (AUTO1) to FinTech (Klarna, Cookies App).
Generally, I am driven by the satisfaction of building products that solve actual problems in an elegant way.
In terms of experience, I have worked in and with both startups and corporates in multiple industries, ranging from automotive (AUTO1) to FinTech (Klarna, Cookies App).
Generally, I am driven by the satisfaction of building products that solve actual problems in an elegant way.
Experience
MVP Factory
Digital & IT
Engineering Manager
MVP Factory mission is to become the future of work by drawing from it's strong freelancer pool of developers, designers, product managers, consultants, etc for building client projects.
At MVP Factory I was responsible for:
At MVP Factory I was responsible for:
- planning the architecture and infrastructure and overseeing the development of client projects in industries ranging from automotive to FinTech, for both startup and corporate clients
- taking part in client talks from initial contact
- running scoping technical activities, gathering requirements, advising clients, creating initial ballparks and quotes
- running due diligences, one particularly worth mentioning was a DD of one of the largest banks in the GCC area for one of the largest telecom providers from the same region
- interviewing freelancer candidates
- developing internal processes, eg. code quality controls, interview processes and challenges, etc
Avocado
Software Publishing
Founder
Avocado is platform for smart documents. It's mission is to keep bureaucracy in check by automating processes and helping it's users create complex, re-usable templates that other users can complete in a simple, straight-forward interface.
Being a one-man project, I planned development from a design & product perspective, designed the product using Sketch and implemented both backend and frontend.
Being a one-man project, I planned development from a design & product perspective, designed the product using Sketch and implemented both backend and frontend.
Cookies Labs GmbH
Banking & Insurance
Head of Web Development
Cookies was a peer-to-peer payments company operating in Germany.
At Cookies I was responsible for:
At Cookies I was responsible for:
- Managing the company’s overall web presence
- Taking an active role in defining and planning the apps, from a technical, product and design perspective
- Managing and implementing the webapp & website
- Handling all infrastructure related aspects for the webapp & website
Klarna Bank AB
Banking & Insurance
Engineering Manager
Klarna is payments company (now bank) from Sweden, and one of the most valuable European FinTechs.
At Klarna I worked as an Engineering Manager, responsible for:
At Klarna I worked as an Engineering Manager, responsible for:
- Overseeing the general web related aspects of Klarna’s peer-to-peer app
- Managing and taking an active role in implementing the webapp & website
- Handling all infrastructure related aspects for the webapp & website, including setting up CI pipelines, automating the infrastructure
AUTO1 Group
Automobile
Fullstack Engineer
At AUTO1 I worked as a fullstack engineer with Javascript, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, PHP / Symphony components, MySQL on the admin team, tasked with building the internal tools used by employees to evaluate cars and report their condition.
drimm.in
Software Publishing
Co-founder, Head of Development
drimm.in was a platform for sharing dreams with friends, who would help you fulfil them by coordinating in the platform. We sadly had to shut down end of 2014 due to lack of time and resources.
With drimm.in we participated in the 2014 edition of the How to Web MVP Academy accelerator, where I represented the startup in front of advisors, mentors and potential investors.
With drimm.in we participated in the 2014 edition of the How to Web MVP Academy accelerator, where I represented the startup in front of advisors, mentors and potential investors.
BEC Media
Digital & IT
Fullstack Web Engineer
As an engineer at an outsourcing company I was tasked with planning and implementing projects in a range of industries, from Wordpress presentation websites to e-travel, e-commerce platforms, marketing analysis tools, etc. On most projects I was acting as team lead and was responsible for coordinating, communicating and gathering requirements from clients.
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Cezar Zamfir - MVP FACTORY
8/9/2019During his time with us, Vlad's performance as an Engineering Manager was outstanding. He has a deep understanding of software development and tech in general and his background as a developer allowed him to successfully guide our engineers through complex software projects from planning to handover across multiple verticals.
Victor Cazacu - MVP Factory
8/8/2019Next to proving to be a very talented engineer, Vlad has successfully managed the delivery of many of our projects through all phases, from planning to overseeing/leading the implementation to handover. After my experience working with him, he has proven his competence and professionalism and I wouldn’t hesitate to work with him in the future.
Remus Toma - AUTO1 Group
8/8/2019During his time at AUTO1, I worked with Vlad on several mission critical projects. He is a trustworthy and reliable person and a very talented engineer which produces high quality work. Overall he is very proactive and fun to work with. I confidently recommend his work and hope I will get the pleasure to work with him in the future.
Education
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Master's
Bucharest University of Economic Studies
2011 Scientific Master's degree in Economic Informatics
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Bachelor's
Bucharest University of Economic Studies
2009 Bachelor's in Economic Informatics