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I am an innovative full-stack developer with 7+ years’ experience designing and building scalable SaaS platforms, specialising in recruitment and HR technology. I led development of recintel.com, a fully functional multi-tenant ATS and CRM SaaS platform used by a UK recruitment agency. I’m experienced with Laravel, PHP8, MySQL, AWS, Redis, and REST APIs, and I write clean, maintainable, testable code that powers real business outcomes. I combine hands-on technical expertise with a deep understanding of recruitment workflows—from candidate onboarding and scheduling to compliance, data automation, and AI integrations.…I am an innovative full-stack developer with 7+ years’ experience designing and building scalable SaaS platforms, specialising in recruitment and HR technology. I led development of recintel.com, a fully functional multi-tenant ATS and CRM SaaS platform used by a UK recruitment agency. I’m experienced with Laravel, PHP8, MySQL, AWS, Redis, and REST APIs, and I write clean, maintainable, testable code that powers real business outcomes. I combine hands-on technical expertise with a deep understanding of recruitment workflows—from candidate onboarding and scheduling to compliance, data automation, and AI integrations.

Costel Nicolae

Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, Back-End Developer, +2

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I am an innovative full-stack developer with 7+ years’ experience designing and building scalable SaaS platforms, specialising in recruitment and HR technology. I led development of recintel.com, a fully functional multi-tenant ATS and CRM SaaS platform used by a UK recruitment agency. I’m experienced with Laravel, PHP8, MySQL, AWS, Redis, and REST APIs, and I write clean, maintainable, testable code that powers real business outcomes. I combine hands-on technical expertise with a deep understanding of recruitment workflows—from candidate onboarding and scheduling to compliance, data automation, and AI integrations.…I am an innovative full-stack developer with 7+ years’ experience designing and building scalable SaaS platforms, specialising in recruitment and HR technology. I led development of recintel.com, a fully functional multi-tenant ATS and CRM SaaS platform used by a UK recruitment agency. I’m experienced with Laravel, PHP8, MySQL, AWS, Redis, and REST APIs, and I write clean, maintainable, testable code that powers real business outcomes. I combine hands-on technical expertise with a deep understanding of recruitment workflows—from candidate onboarding and scheduling to compliance, data automation, and AI integrations.

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I am an innovative full-stack developer with 7+ years’ experience designing and building scalable SaaS platforms, specialising in recruitment and HR technology. I led development of recintel.com, a fully functional multi-tenant ATS and CRM SaaS platform used by a UK recruitment agency.

I’m experienced with Laravel, PHP8, MySQL, AWS, Redis, and REST APIs, and I write clean, maintainable, testable code that powers real business outcomes. I combine hands-on technical expertise with a deep understanding of recruitment workflows—from candidate onboarding and scheduling to compliance, data automation, and AI integrations.

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Work Experience

Lead Developer / Co-Founder at recintel.com

January 1, 2020 - October 30, 2025

Designed and developed a full-stack multi-tenant SaaS platform for recruitment agencies (Laravel 8+, PHP8, MySQL, Stancl Tenancy). Built core ATS modules: job management, candidate tracking, shift scheduling, CRM, compliance. Implemented API integrations (Microsoft Graph, Mailgun, AWS S3, WaveTrackR, Twilio). Engineered custom AI microservices for resume parsing and GPT-powered candidate scoring. Developed front-end components using Bootstrap 5, JavaScript, Modular UI components. Managed GitHub version control, DigitalOcean server, and Laravel Forge deployments. Created dynamic dashboards, email templates, and real-time shift management calendars. Collaborated directly with a live client (Catermatch Solutions) to test and refine the product, ensuring commercial-grade reliability.

Freelance Full-Stack Developer at Various Clients

December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Delivered custom-built Laravel and PHP applications for SMEs and agencies. Created responsive front-ends from Illustrator/Photoshop designs. Developed e-commerce (Shopify) and job portal systems with user authentication and dashboards. Managed DNS, SSL, and server deployments for client projects.