🚀 Led technical strategy and engineering operations for the Time Tracking team, overseeing both backend and frontend infrastructure while managing a team of four engineers in a fast-paced, remote-first environment. Focused on scaling the team, improving system architecture, and driving technical excellence to enhance product reliability and performance.

🔹 Team & Leadership Development

• Built and mentored a high-performing engineering team, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented culture.
• Conducted 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development plans, ensuring engineers had clear growth trajectories.
• Led recruitment efforts, expanding the team and supporting hiring across other engineering teams.

🔹 Technical & Product Execution

• Defined and executed technical roadmaps, aligning with Product & Design to develop new features and enhancements.
• Drafted technical proposals to bridge business needs with engineering execution.
• Spearheaded backend and frontend optimizations, improving system performance and scalability.

🔹 Impact & Achievements

• Reduced technical debt by refactoring key backend services, enhancing maintainability and efficiency.
• Improved deployment workflows, accelerating feature releases and reducing downtime.
• Strengthened cross-team collaboration, ensuring smooth integration of engineering efforts with business objectives.

🎯 Led the technical evolution of backend and frontend infrastructure for the Parent Squad, balancing hands-on development, architecture decisions, and team leadership. Focused on delivering high-quality features, improving system performance, and fostering team collaboration in a fully remote environment.

🔹 Technical Strategy & Development

• Defined and executed scalability strategies for both backend and frontend systems, ensuring long-term stability and growth.
• Designed and implemented new product features, enhancing platform capabilities and user experience.
• Led the integration of APIs and system optimizations, reducing latency and improving system efficiency.

🔹 Team Leadership & Remote Collaboration

• Managed a team of three engineers, providing technical mentorship and guidance.
• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration between engineering, product, and design teams to align technical execution with business goals.
• Ensured smooth knowledge sharing and engineering best practices, strengthening team performance in a fast-paced environment.

🔹 Impact & Achievements

• Enhanced deployment processes, reducing release cycles and increasing reliability.
• Optimized system performance, improving overall backend efficiency.
• Strengthened remote collaboration workflows, ensuring seamless communication across time zones.

💡 Played a key role in architecting, designing, and developing the Bizneo HR Suite from the ground up, working alongside another engineer to build a scalable, high-performance platform using Elixir and Phoenix Framework. Partnered closely with the CEO and sales team to define the MVP strategy, aligning business objectives with a robust technical foundation.

🔹 Product Development & Technical Leadership

• Designed and developed the core Bizneo HR Suite, setting the foundation for long-term scalability and maintainability.
• Led the backend architecture, ensuring performance optimization and seamless integrations.
• Spearheaded the adoption of Elixir and Phoenix, driving system efficiency and scalability.

🔹 Team Growth & Remote Leadership

• Played a critical role in scaling the engineering team from 2 to 8 engineers, establishing development best practices and processes.
• Mentored and guided new hires, fostering a collaborative, high-impact engineering culture.
• Operated in a fully remote environment, promoting effective communication and team alignment.

🔹 Impact & Achievements

• Successfully delivered a market-ready HR platform, used by thousands of companies.
• Improved backend efficiency, reducing system load and improving response times.
• Established technical foundations that enabled seamless product scaling.

🔧 Developed and maintained scalable, high-performance backend systems for a variety of web applications, e-commerce platforms, and content-driven websites. Played a key role in enhancing existing applications and delivering new features that improved functionality and user experience.

🔹 Key Contributions

• Built and optimized backend architectures for e-commerce platforms, blogs, and web applications, ensuring seamless performance.
• Developed new features and system enhancements in Ruby on Rails, improving application scalability and maintainability.
• Conducted code reviews and performance optimizations, reducing latency and improving response times.
• Collaborated closely with frontend and product teams, ensuring smooth integrations and seamless user experiences.

🔹 Impact & Achievements

• Improved backend efficiency, reducing system load and optimizing database queries.
• Successfully maintained high-traffic web applications, ensuring uptime and reliability.
• Contributed to cross-functional team workflows, enhancing development efficiency and communication.

🔬 Focused on research and development of innovative software solutions across multiple domains, including online reputation analysis, gamification platforms, and AI-driven virtual assistants. Played a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing proprietary technologies while collaborating on cutting-edge projects.

🔹 Key Contributions

• Developed online reputation analysis tools, leveraging data processing techniques to extract insights from large datasets.
• Designed and implemented gamification platforms, increasing user engagement and retention.
• Engineered and maintained proprietary APIs, ensuring seamless integrations with third-party services.
• Contributed to the development of intelligent systems and virtual assistants, improving automation and user interaction.

🔹 Impact & Achievements

• Successfully launched multiple R&D projects, transforming innovative ideas into functional products.
• Improved data processing workflows, enhancing system efficiency and accuracy.
• Played a key role in bridging research with practical software applications, driving business value through technology.

🎓 Taught web development courses focused on Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and J2EE, equipping students with practical skills and industry best practices. Designed and delivered comprehensive lessons, fostering a collaborative and hands-on learning environment.

🔹 Key Contributions

• Developed and taught structured curricula covering backend development, database management, and web frameworks.
• Provided mentorship and guidance to students, helping them transition into software development roles.
• Designed real-world projects and coding exercises, enhancing students’ problem-solving abilities.
• Encouraged best practices in software engineering, including clean coding, debugging, and version control.

🔹 Impact & Achievements

• Helped students build portfolio-ready web applications, preparing them for industry roles.
• Improved student engagement and retention through interactive, hands-on learning approaches.
• Contributed to bridging the gap between education and real-world software development.

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