Hi, I’m Ioana Cuha. I’m a Senior Full Stack Developer with 6 years of experience building scalable web applications for enterprise platforms. I specialise in ASP.NET Core, React, and C#, with deep expertise in REST API design and SQL Server. I deliver high-quality solutions grounded in solid software development principles and enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to align technical direction with business goals. I thrive in cross-functional teams, driving best practices, documentation, and automated deployment across Azure and Entity Framework. I’ve led initiatives to migrate monolithic systems to microservices, improve performance, and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and ensure high availability at scale.

Ioana Cuha

Hi, I’m Ioana Cuha. I’m a Senior Full Stack Developer with 6 years of experience building scalable web applications for enterprise platforms. I specialise in ASP.NET Core, React, and C#, with deep expertise in REST API design and SQL Server. I deliver high-quality solutions grounded in solid software development principles and enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to align technical direction with business goals. I thrive in cross-functional teams, driving best practices, documentation, and automated deployment across Azure and Entity Framework. I’ve led initiatives to migrate monolithic systems to microservices, improve performance, and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and ensure high availability at scale.

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Hi, I’m Ioana Cuha. I’m a Senior Full Stack Developer with 6 years of experience building scalable web applications for enterprise platforms. I specialise in ASP.NET Core, React, and C#, with deep expertise in REST API design and SQL Server. I deliver high-quality solutions grounded in solid software development principles and enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to align technical direction with business goals.

I thrive in cross-functional teams, driving best practices, documentation, and automated deployment across Azure and Entity Framework. I’ve led initiatives to migrate monolithic systems to microservices, improve performance, and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and ensure high availability at scale.

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Work Experience

Senior Full Stack Developer at DraftKings
June 1, 2025 - May 1, 2026
Overhauled legacy back-end APIs with ASP.NET Core and Azure, reducing latency from 500ms to 100ms across 5K daily requests and supporting 10K daily users. Architected a company-wide platform (ASP.NET Core, React, Azure) enabling 20-person cross-functional teams to deliver features across 10 services and 500K monthly users. Established frontend standards (React/Angular), improving code quality and documentation, reducing bugs by ~50 per month across 5 teams. Migrated from SQL Server to PostgreSQL in a microservices architecture, achieving 8ms response time and supporting 200K concurrent requests with a 10-member team. Accelerated feature delivery with 25 features in 2 months via Azure DevOps CI/CD across 12 services, saving 100 hours/month. Implemented automated testing and deployment scripts with DevOps, shipping 8 features in 3 months and reducing deployment time from 2 hours to 30 minutes across 2 teams. Implemented Redis and SQL Server caching, reducing DB queries by 2000/min and se
Full Stack Developer at EPAM SYSTEMS
September 1, 2021 - May 1, 2025
Migrated a company-wide web application to Azure with Entity Framework and React, reducing latency from 500ms to 50ms and supporting 8K requests/day. Built and maintained features across multiple teams using ASP.NET Core, Azure deployment, and automated testing; improved deployment speeds and cross-team collaboration via CI/CD pipelines. Optimized SQL Server queries through EF, reducing query execution time by 300ms and lowering database load by 20%. Automated 12 deployment services with Python, Azure DevOps, and PowerShell, saving ~10 hours/week and reducing deployment time by 30 minutes across 5 teams and 20 services. Implemented REST API development standards with Azure API Management, SQL Server, and Postman, improving API quality and reducing maintenance costs by $1,000/month.
NET Developer at MEV SOFTWARE
February 1, 2019 - August 1, 2021
Shipped a modern web application platform using ASP.NET Core, React, and Azure; led core feature development for a team of 10, driving a 25% increase in user engagement. Developed a REST API with C# and Entity Framework, migrating from a legacy system to an Azure-based infrastructure, and refactoring 25K lines of code to reduce technical debt by 88%. Deployed to Azure with Docker, achieving faster page loads and improved performance. Authored comprehensive technical documentation (approx. 200 pages) across 10 services and 5 teams. Enhanced performance with Azure caching and SQL Server monitoring.
.NET Developer at MEV Software
February 1, 2019 - August 1, 2021
Shipped a modern web application platform using ASP.NET Core, React, and Azure, owning core features across a team of 10 developers, driving a 25% increase in user engagement. Developed a REST API using C# and Entity Framework, migrating from a legacy system to a new Azure-based infrastructure in 6 weeks, improving performance and reducing latency. Refactored 25K lines of code, reducing technical debt by 88% across the codebase using ReSharper, Visual Studio, and SonarQube. Deployed the web application to Azure with DevOps and Docker, delivering within 12 weeks. Enhanced performance with Azure caching and SQL Server, monitoring with Azure Monitor, reducing page load times by 500ms. Delivered a comprehensive technical documentation set spanning 200 pages across 10 services, enabling knowledge sharing and cross-team collaboration.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science at Technical University of Cluj Napoca
September 1, 2018 - July 1, 2022
Bachelor of Computer Science at Technical University of Cluj Napoca
September 1, 2018 - July 1, 2022
Bachelor of Computer Science at Technical University of Cluj Napoca
September 1, 2018 - July 1, 2022

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Gaming, Media & Entertainment