I am a polyglot software engineer and technical leader with deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, real-time data processing, and high-performance distributed systems. I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable solutions and mentoring engineering teams to ship high-quality software. I excel at diagnosing anomalies in large systems, conducting root-cause analysis, and driving lasting improvements. I combine hands-on coding with strategic leadership to design architectures, establish processes, and deliver value across the business.

Bogdan Duda

I am a polyglot software engineer and technical leader with deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, real-time data processing, and high-performance distributed systems. I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable solutions and mentoring engineering teams to ship high-quality software. I excel at diagnosing anomalies in large systems, conducting root-cause analysis, and driving lasting improvements. I combine hands-on coding with strategic leadership to design architectures, establish processes, and deliver value across the business.

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I am a polyglot software engineer and technical leader with deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, real-time data processing, and high-performance distributed systems. I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable solutions and mentoring engineering teams to ship high-quality software.

I excel at diagnosing anomalies in large systems, conducting root-cause analysis, and driving lasting improvements. I combine hands-on coding with strategic leadership to design architectures, establish processes, and deliver value across the business.

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Language

Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
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English
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Work Experience

Chief Technology Officer at BEE CODED
January 1, 2021 - Present
Technical leadership across infrastructure operations, software development, and business strategy as a technical board member. Responsible for architecture design (HLA, Data, Components, Stacks), hands-on programming when needed, and infrastructure deployment/monitoring configuration (SLI/SLO). Drove CI/CD culture from zero to 2+ pipelines per day, automated testing adoption to 20%+ core coverage, and scripted audits for infrastructure, access controls, and git standards. Key projects included NEP Connect+ (multi-tenant, DB-isolated, Kubernetes-based with RabbitMQ, Laravel, Node.js Express, Vue.js) and VTEX E-Commerce (first integrator project with multi-regional scope, tax integrations, Stripe payments).
Solution Architect / DevSysOps Manager at Tremend Software Consulting
April 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Established the Solution Architecture department from scratch, hired 3 Solution Architects, and integrated 6 existing architects. Delivered technical solutions and documentation for RFQs/RFPs across Financial, Automotive, E-Commerce, and Manufacturing. Implemented engineer KPI frameworks for senior management visibility. Managed a 6-person DevSysOps team during leadership transition and improved collaboration with production metrics, centralized logging, and monitoring dashboards. Notable problem-solving included Traffic Anomaly & Varnish Crash (rate limiting for a price crawler and a memory management bug in Varnish), a GCP migration for healthcare/manufacturing clients, and company-wide improvements in code reviews and QA integration.
Technical Project Lead / Cloud Engineer at sense8 digital / Quantum Data Science
March 1, 2016 - December 31, 2018
Built and led a team delivering a Data Management Platform processing 700-800M visits/month with audience targeting outperforming benchmark peers. Architected 15+ services across 20 repositories on Azure PaaS (Event Hubs, Stream Analytics, Data Warehouse), with Docker Swarm orchestration and Couchbase clustering. Conducted cost optimization: resolved Azure DW planning inefficiencies (via DSL engine adjustments using CTEs) resulting in ~75% cost reduction and 10x CPU reduction on DW nodes. Contributed to server-side APIs/workers (Node.js/TypeScript, PHP/Symfony) and front-end (Angular 2–6).
Technical Team Lead / Senior Developer at eMAG.ro
March 1, 2013 - March 31, 2016
Led a development team for Romania's largest e-commerce platform. Translated business requirements into technical specifications, enforced scalability, concurrency, performance, and code style standards. Improved workload visibility for newsletters and reorganized development/workflow practices to enhance delivery velocity and reliability.
IT Manager / Senior Programmer / Team Leader at Active Soft S.R.L.
August 1, 2007 - March 31, 2013
Stabilized technical operations after a management change and a team departure. Managed a systems/network team and oversight for five site development teams. Migrated from bare-metal to virtualized infrastructure with Nagios monitoring, and designed a multi-layer caching system for a large rewrite project. Led development for several flagship sites (e.g., Ziare.com, clopotel.ro, referat.ro, copilul.ro).
Network Administrator / Application Developer at LanTech
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2003
Collaborated with DIGI Romania (RCS) and other stakeholders on national connectivity projects. Responsibilities included configuring DMZ, IDS, traffic control, and advanced firewalling for critical infrastructure.
Lead Solutions Architect at Tremend Software Consulting
April 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020
Established the Solution Architecture department from scratch, recruited and integrated architects, and delivered technical solutions and documentation for RFQs/RFPs. Drove DevSysOps improvements, production metrics visibility, centralized logging, and monitoring dashboards. Notable problem-solving included traffic anomaly and Varnish crash resolutions and a GCP migration PoC with multi-region infrastructure.

Education

B.A. (MBA-level business curriculum) at Maastricht School of Management Romania
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași
January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2007
Electronics and Telecommunications (partial) at Politehnica University, Bucharest
January 1, 1999 - December 31, 2001
Mathematics – Informatics Intensive profile at Al. I. Cuza Highschool, Bucharest
January 1, 1995 - December 31, 1999
MBA (eMAG Q&D) at Maastricht School of Management Romania
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași
January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2007
Electronics and Telecommunications (partial) at Politehnica University, Bucharest
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2001
Mathematics – Informatics Intensive profile at Al. I. Cuza Highschool, Bucharest
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1999

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing