I am Daniel Cross, a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable cloud-native platforms, AI-powered applications, and high-performance web systems across fintech, eCommerce, and SaaS domains. I specialize in Python, TypeScript, and Java, with hands-on experience in FastAPI, Node.js, React, Angular, and Vue. I design microservices architectures, REST/GraphQL APIs, and event-driven systems with Kafka, and deploy production workloads on AWS using Docker and Kubernetes. I have delivered LLM-driven features, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, vector search, and ML pipelines for intelligent search, automation, and analytics. I thrive in cross-functional teams and pride myself on writing secure, maintainable code.

I am Daniel Cross, a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable cloud-native platforms, AI-powered applications, and high-performance web systems across fintech, eCommerce, and SaaS domains. I specialize in Python, TypeScript, and Java, with hands-on experience in FastAPI, Node.js, React, Angular, and Vue. I design microservices architectures, REST/GraphQL APIs, and event-driven systems with Kafka, and deploy production workloads on AWS using Docker and Kubernetes. I have delivered LLM-driven features, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, vector search, and ML pipelines for intelligent search, automation, and analytics. I thrive in cross-functional teams and pride myself on writing secure, maintainable code.

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I am Daniel Cross, a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable cloud-native platforms, AI-powered applications, and high-performance web systems across fintech, eCommerce, and SaaS domains.

I specialize in Python, TypeScript, and Java, with hands-on experience in FastAPI, Node.js, React, Angular, and Vue. I design microservices architectures, REST/GraphQL APIs, and event-driven systems with Kafka, and deploy production workloads on AWS using Docker and Kubernetes. I have delivered LLM-driven features, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, vector search, and ML pipelines for intelligent search, automation, and analytics. I thrive in cross-functional teams and pride myself on writing secure, maintainable code.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Conduit
June 20, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Led development of a cloud-native microservices platform using NestJS for an AI-driven SaaS solution in customer engagement, support automation, and workflow orchestration on AWS (EKS) with Docker and Kubernetes. Designed scalable RESTful APIs and backend services, built event-driven systems with Kafka, and developed Python AI services (FastAPI) for LLM-powered conversations, summarization, and knowledge retrieval. Implemented RAG pipelines, vector search, and security via OAuth2/JWT/RBAC; contributed to CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Terraform-based infrastructure provisioning; delivered observability dashboards and cross-functional collaboration across teams.
Software Engineer at Miros
March 20, 2020 - May 20, 2023
Developed backend services in Node.js/Express for eCommerce platforms, with microservices, Kafka-based data pipelines, and Redis-based real-time processing. Implemented AI-powered recommendations and semantic search using embeddings, and integrated LLM features for intelligent search and product tagging. Deployed on AWS (EC2, RDS, S3); optimized performance and implemented caching strategies; collaborated on frontend dashboards (React/Angular) and IaC with Terraform.
Software Engineer at B2B Pay
December 1, 2017 - February 1, 2020
Implemented scalable full-stack capabilities for a FinTech platform handling multi-currency and cross-border B2B payments. Built Python (Django) and Express.js microservices, admin tooling with Strapi, Prisma ORM, and tRPC-based type-safe frontend-backend communication. Created Java services for transaction validation, settlement, and reconciliation; integrated payment gateways with Elasticsearch-backed analytics and optimized PostgreSQL queries, achieving lower latency and high reliability.
Junior Full Stack Developer at The Software House (tsh.io)
August 1, 2015 - November 1, 2017
Contributed to full-stack fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, and data platform projects. Built backend services with Express.js, Django, and PHP (CodeIgniter/Laravel); developed advanced search with Elasticsearch; created REST APIs with Python/Flask; implemented frontend integration with Angular and React, and optimized MySQL/PostgreSQL queries. Automated data scraping with Python and deployed on AWS (EC2, S3).

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science at Warsaw University of Technology
September 1, 2010 - March 30, 2026

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Retail, Professional Services