Who I Am
I started freelancing in 2013, full-stack PHP on Elance, while studying at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara and interning at SysAIDS and Webstage. Today I teach the full-stack course at Telecom Academy Romania.
The ZCE exam
In 2019 I sat the Zend Certified Engineer exam, six years into writing PHP for pay, and learned fast what I’d been getting away with.
The stack has widened since then, but I’m still a back-end specialist who writes plain HTML, CSS and JS when a framework would get in the way.
8+ years at Nu-login
The work I’m proudest of: cloud platforms and mobile apps for Nu-login’s clients, built from scratch and grown with the products. I’ve stayed long enough to fix what I got wrong.
I also founded EcDev Labs Inc for B2B consulting, and made teaching my second trade. Teaching makes me explain what I know, and client work keeps it current.
Credentials
AI, in practice
Work history
Founder · Software Architect · Trainer
I scope and build cloud applications, mobile products and AI integrations, and lead vetted collaborators on larger builds. Corporate workshops and coaching run through the company too.
Nu-login
Oct 2017–Present
Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack & Mobile)
I stood up their clients’ cloud back-ends from scratch (2017–2021) with MySQL, Nginx and RESTful APIs, then added Java 17 Android native modules, Gradle, iOS integration and Firebase as the products grew. I use Claude Code, Cursor and Copilot daily.
Telecom Academy Romania
Nov 2024–Present
● Active
Technical Trainer
The Full-Stack Development curriculum: Node.js, MySQL, Firebase, Git, React, vanilla JS, HTML5/CSS3. All live-coding, mostly for career changers and junior developers.
Software Development Academy
Oct 2022–Jan 2024
Tech Trainer
Different curriculums for different groups, SQL and HTML/CSS/JS included.
Arnia Software
Nov 2021–Feb 2022
Back-end Software Engineer
Back-end work and CI/CD pipelines on Shopware e-commerce projects.
iSoftBet and the earlier roles are on my LinkedIn profile
Teaching and mentoring
Volunteer teaching, mostly kids and teenagers. It’s the part I’d keep doing regardless.
Dalia’s Book
Feb–Jun 2024
Education Mentor
Python for teenagers, up to a first project each finishes alone.
CoderDojo Timisoara
2015–2019
Volunteer Mentor
Teaching kids and teenagers how to think about a new technology: Linux, PHP, Python, JS, web, databases, Java, C/C++. Volunteer at MegaDojo Timisoara.
CoderDojo Coolest Projects
2019
Volunteer Mentor, Dublin
Questions about any of it?
Project, workshop or career decision: say which and you’ll get a straight answer.