I am a Flutter-focused engineer and designer who ships scalable products that improve based on metrics and user feedback. With valuable experience tackling problems head-first in startups, I involve myself in all stages of development, from concept to distribution. I led the integration of Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), adding functionality to tokenize debit cards for use with Google Pay and Apple Pay. Launched savings accounts which accelerated our path to profitability, holding over £1,000,000 the month after release. I also built and maintained a green-tech banking app using Flutter and Riverpod, a Node.js TypeScript backend, and open-banking tech, securing over £1M in funding. I created automated workflows for educational platforms, reducing deployment times exponentially. I released chatbot frameworks using NLPs such as Dialogflow CX and RASA AI, used to gather 500+ bank statements and psychometric tests for machine learning.

Nathaniel Dragusin

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I am a Flutter-focused engineer and designer who ships scalable products that improve based on metrics and user feedback. With valuable experience tackling problems head-first in startups, I involve myself in all stages of development, from concept to distribution. I led the integration of Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), adding functionality to tokenize debit cards for use with Google Pay and Apple Pay. Launched savings accounts which accelerated our path to profitability, holding over £1,000,000 the month after release. I also built and maintained a green-tech banking app using Flutter and Riverpod, a Node.js TypeScript backend, and open-banking tech, securing over £1M in funding. I created automated workflows for educational platforms, reducing deployment times exponentially. I released chatbot frameworks using NLPs such as Dialogflow CX and RASA AI, used to gather 500+ bank statements and psychometric tests for machine learning.

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I am a Flutter-focused engineer and designer who ships scalable products that improve based on metrics and user feedback.

With valuable experience tackling problems head-first in startups, I involve myself in all stages of development, from concept to distribution. I led the integration of Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), adding functionality to tokenize debit cards for use with Google Pay and Apple Pay. Launched savings accounts which accelerated our path to profitability, holding over £1,000,000 the month after release. I also built and maintained a green-tech banking app using Flutter and Riverpod, a Node.js TypeScript backend, and open-banking tech, securing over £1M in funding. I created automated workflows for educational platforms, reducing deployment times exponentially. I released chatbot frameworks using NLPs such as Dialogflow CX and RASA AI, used to gather 500+ bank statements and psychometric tests for machine learning.

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Language

English
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Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
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Work Experience

Flutter Developer at Zero Fintech UK
September 1, 2024 - Present
Led the front-end integration of Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), adding functionality of tokenising debit cards for use with Google Pay and Apple Pay. Launched our savings accounts which accelerated our path to profitability, holding over £1,000,000 the month after release. Refactored, developed and maintained a sustainable banking app that utilises financial and open banking technologies, in Flutter and Riverpod. Notable features include savings accounts, onboarding, confirmation of payee and carbon offset contribution.
Flutter Developer at Contractor UK
October 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024
Reduced codebase size by 61% and upgraded the architecture of a Flutter health-tech app, enhancing user experience with new widgets, components and animations and decreasing my team’s feature development time.
Lead Software Developer at Good With UK
September 1, 2021 - September 1, 2023
Led a cross-functional team of 4 in developing a fintech app in Flutter and Google Cloud using open-banking technology, serverless TypeScript backend, internal tools and clean, scalable architecture, securing over £1M in funding.
Full-Stack Developer at Oniksa
March 1, 2021 - September 1, 2021
Full-Stack development role.
Assistant Developer at VIP AS
August 1, 2019 - September 1, 2020
Assistant Developer role.
Flutter Developer Lead at Zero Fintech
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026
Reduced codebase size by 61% and upgraded the architecture of a Flutter health-tech app, delivering a smoother user experience with new widgets, components, animations, and a more scalable UI. Developed Flutter code and managed workloads for multiple clients while maintaining a code-generation engine. Led a cross-functional team of 4 in developing a fintech app in Flutter and Google Cloud using open-banking technology, with Dialogflow CX and RASA AI NLP integration for bank statements and psychometric tests. Implemented Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) tokenization for payments and launched savings accounts that accelerated profitability, reaching over £1M held monthly after release. Maintained a green-tech banking app leveraging Flutter and Riverpod, GoRouter, Canvas, and Figma, delivering scalable architecture and improved testing pipelines.
Contractor at Good With
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Led a cross-functional team of 4 in developing a fintech app in Flutter and Google Cloud using open-banking technology. Built architecture and implemented features for multiple clients, including educational platform content delivery with efficient deployment. Released chatbot frameworks using NLPs such as Dialogflow CX and RASA AI, used to gather 500+ bank statements and psychometric tests for machine learning.
Freelance Flutter & Cloud Developer at Independent / Freelance
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Developed Flutter health-tech projects and cloud-based solutions for multiple clients, focusing on scalable architecture, payments integration, and NLP-powered chatbots.
Full-Stack Developer at Oniksa UK / VIP AS Romania
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021
Led full-stack development across fintech and education projects, building a scalable architecture with Node.js, TypeScript, and Flutter. Created a custom UDP LAN chat framework with 10,000+ installs and contributed to open-banking integrations using tokenisation and secure architecture.
Software Developer at Good With
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Developed features for fintech and banking-related apps; improved user experience and performance; integrated Flutter frontend with backend services; collaborated with cross-functional teams.
Contractor
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Contract-based engagements delivering Flutter-based solutions and back-end work for multiple clients; established automated workflows for content delivery and improved deployment times.
Flutter Developer / Lead Software Developer at Zero Fintech
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2026
Led cross-functional team (4) in developing a fintech app in Flutter and Google Cloud using open-banking technology; contributed to Node.js/TypeScript backend; built scalable architecture and secured funding.
Flutter Developer / Lead Software Engineer at Good With
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Led a cross-functional team of 4 developers in building a fintech app using Flutter and Google Cloud with open-banking technology; developed Flutter code and managed workloads for multiple clients; architected secure, scalable backend with Node.js/TypeScript; integrated Mastercard MDES tokenization for Google Pay and Apple Pay; automated content delivery workflows for educational platforms, reducing deployment times; launched a green-tech banking app using Flutter and Riverpod; delivered new widgets and animations to improve user experience.
Lead Flutter Developer at Good With
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Led cross-functional team of 4 in developing a fintech mobile app using Flutter and Google Cloud, open-banking technology, and a Node.js TypeScript backend. Implemented internal tools and a clean, scalable architecture; contributed to securing over £1M in funding. Reduced codebase size by 61% and upgraded the architecture of a Flutter health-tech app, enhancing user experience with new widgets, components and animations, and decreasing feature development time. Maintained a green-tech banking app utilizing financial and open banking technologies, built with Flutter and Riverpod. Integrated Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) for tokenized payments with Google Pay and Apple Pay. Created and automated workflows for educational platforms, lowering deployment times exponentially. Released chatbot frameworks using NLPs such as Dialogflow CX and RASA AI to collect 500+ bank statements and psychometric tests for ML.

Education

Minecraft in Education at Microsoft YouthSpark
January 1, 2019 - March 14, 2026

Qualifications

1st Place National Hackathon
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Mobile App Development ICT Romania 2019
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Microsoft Youth Spark
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
SW's Dictionary of Colors
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
LAN Chat Custom UDP Framework (10,000+ installs)
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Minecraft in Education
January 11, 2030 - March 14, 2026
1st Place National Hackathon
January 1, 2019 - March 14, 2026
1st Place National Contest Mobile App Development (Romania)
January 1, 2019 - March 14, 2026
1st Place National Hackathon - Mobile App Development (IT Romania)
January 1, 2019 - March 14, 2026
Microsoft Youth Spark
January 1, 2019 - March 14, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Education, Media & Entertainment