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Gabriel Vrabie

Gabriel Vrabie

Senior Backend Engineer
Cologne

Summary

I'm a very experienced web developer with more than 17 years of experience in my back. I'm very experienced with Symfony framework or any other framework who uses Symfony components - Laravel. I'm skilled in using MySQL and PostgreSQL as persistent storage. I'm always seek for the best, to give the best technical solutions. I also have experience in frontend development ( React JS ) and lately I've been involved in learning React Native to write simple to complex business mobile apps. My ambition is my weakness, looking for perfection. Sometimes I get more abstract in my development process. I also have experience in leading dev teams.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. I have the willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

I have experience in: - PHP (including OOP) - MySQL, PostgreSQL, procedural languages - Javascript - ORM (Doctrine and Propel) - Regular expressions - Memcached, Redis, Varnish - SOAP (web service) I'm very skilled in Symfony framework (from first to last stable version) and MVC patterns. Besides, I have very high skills in using GIT and SVN (Version control software). Specialties: - LAMP Web Development (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) - Caching Mechanisms - Software Architecture - Server Architecture, Amazon Web Services.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Backend Engineer

Schüttflix
2 2022 - Current
  • Development and maintenance of the Schütflix backend app using Symfony, PHP 8, MySQL
  • Development of the web services infrastructure/services using Kotlin and TypeScript together with the backend team
  • Collaborate with other teams when implementing features with multiple impact
  • Presentation of the technical implementation in front of the stakeholders together with the team
  • Code reviews together with team
  • Help team members with various technical solutions.

Technical Lead

ENSYSCO
09.2018 - 02.2022
  • Leading teams of up to 5 members
  • Responsible for overseeing the daily activities of the team
  • Checking on the quality of work an employee does
  • Resolve dispute between members/staff
  • Responsible for overall technical direction, coordination and the evaluation of the team members
  • Managing staff sickness and keep any necessary cover
  • Did the code reviews and give feedback if necessary
  • Keep the communication with the business and gives technical advices to them to be sure the business specifications can be achieved in time.

Senior Web Application Developer

ENSYSCO
05.2017 - 09.2018
  • Symfony PHP Developer, DevOps Engineer, Software Architect B2B platforms developed for the energy & gas markets
  • Application built using PHP frameworks such as Symfony & Oro (based on Symfony) and frontend JS framework such as Backbone
  • Enforced software development processes and best practices (Coding standards, coding guidelines & best practices, code reviews, testing, etc)
  • Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, Symfony, API, RabbitMQ, Docker, RequireJS/BackboneJS / ReactJS(Redux), GIT, Jenkins, ElasticSearch, Jira, Satis.

Senior Web Developer

Fashion Days Group
10.2012 - 04.2017
  • Working on FashionDays Online Shop and Administration Tools

Senior PHP Developer

eRepublik Labs Limited
01.2009 - 10.2012
  • Working on www.erepublik.com - multiplayer economic, military and political strategy game
  • Optimizing application performance
  • Working with Symfony1.0, Symfony 1.2, Memcached, Redis, Varnish and an in-house high-performance non-MVC framework
  • Helping the sysadmin to manage the varnish regular expressions rules
  • Besides, doing the on-call job, fixing bugs
  • Looking for exploits and fix them
  • Check the development process and looking for bad practices in development solutions
  • Caching issues, MySQL transactions and various locking systems in the code.

Senior PHP & PostgreSQL Developer

Acasa Media
08.2008 - 11.2009
  • We develop and keep maintenance of http://acasa.ro, using PHP and PostgreSQL, Symfony & other several development languages and technologies
  • Http://acasa.ro is actually a portal and I was taking care for 4 of 33 sections
  • Create and maintenance the administration application
  • I used SCRUM as agile project management method
  • Create and maintenance the SOAP server
  • Mainly, because of the fact there are 33 sections in this portal, the SOAP server is used for authentication process over all these sections.

Web Developer

S.C. IST ULTRA SRL
11.2007 - 07.2008
  • We develop and keep maintenance using PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Symfony & other several development languages and technologies, several public US websites regarding patents, congress and laws

PHP Developer

Insomniac Software
01.2007 - 01.2008

Web Developer

S.C. Gameloft Romania
01.2006 - 11.2007
  • Creating and maintenance intranet tools and applications using several web programming languages and technologies

PHP Programmer

Gameloft Romania
01.2005 - 01.2007

Education

Mathematics - IT -

Universitatea "Spiru Haret" din București
01.2005 - 04.2009

Skills

REST APIs

Currentposition

Backend Engineer, Schüttflix, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 02/2022, Present, 2 years 6 months

Languages

Romanian
English

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementFlexible work hoursWork from home optionPersonal development programs

Timeline

Technical Lead

ENSYSCO
09.2018 - 02.2022

Senior Web Application Developer

ENSYSCO
05.2017 - 09.2018

Senior Web Developer

Fashion Days Group
10.2012 - 04.2017

Senior PHP Developer

eRepublik Labs Limited
01.2009 - 10.2012

Senior PHP & PostgreSQL Developer

Acasa Media
08.2008 - 11.2009

Web Developer

S.C. IST ULTRA SRL
11.2007 - 07.2008

PHP Developer

Insomniac Software
01.2007 - 01.2008

Web Developer

S.C. Gameloft Romania
01.2006 - 11.2007

PHP Programmer

Gameloft Romania
01.2005 - 01.2007

Mathematics - IT -

Universitatea "Spiru Haret" din București
01.2005 - 04.2009

Senior Backend Engineer

Schüttflix
2 2022 - Current
Gabriel VrabieSenior Backend Engineer