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Hi, I'm Cristian Ionel, a senior full-stack web developer with over 15 years of experience delivering web solutions. I specialize in the Laravel ecosystem, building multi-tenant SaaS architectures and optimizing legacy code while managing end-to-end DevOps pipelines on AWS. I've led projects for enterprise clients like Ikea, Goodyear, Caterpillar, and Suzuki, and I focus on code quality and AI-driven efficiency, with a solid understanding of the full web development lifecycle—from concept to launch and sales.…Hi, I'm Cristian Ionel, a senior full-stack web developer with over 15 years of experience delivering web solutions. I specialize in the Laravel ecosystem, building multi-tenant SaaS architectures and optimizing legacy code while managing end-to-end DevOps pipelines on AWS. I've led projects for enterprise clients like Ikea, Goodyear, Caterpillar, and Suzuki, and I focus on code quality and AI-driven efficiency, with a solid understanding of the full web development lifecycle—from concept to launch and sales.

Cristian Ionel

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Hi, I'm Cristian Ionel, a senior full-stack web developer with over 15 years of experience delivering web solutions. I specialize in the Laravel ecosystem, building multi-tenant SaaS architectures and optimizing legacy code while managing end-to-end DevOps pipelines on AWS. I've led projects for enterprise clients like Ikea, Goodyear, Caterpillar, and Suzuki, and I focus on code quality and AI-driven efficiency, with a solid understanding of the full web development lifecycle—from concept to launch and sales.…Hi, I'm Cristian Ionel, a senior full-stack web developer with over 15 years of experience delivering web solutions. I specialize in the Laravel ecosystem, building multi-tenant SaaS architectures and optimizing legacy code while managing end-to-end DevOps pipelines on AWS. I've led projects for enterprise clients like Ikea, Goodyear, Caterpillar, and Suzuki, and I focus on code quality and AI-driven efficiency, with a solid understanding of the full web development lifecycle—from concept to launch and sales.

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Hi, I’m Cristian Ionel, a senior full-stack web developer with over 15 years of experience delivering web solutions. I specialize in the Laravel ecosystem, building multi-tenant SaaS architectures and optimizing legacy code while managing end-to-end DevOps pipelines on AWS.

I’ve led projects for enterprise clients like Ikea, Goodyear, Caterpillar, and Suzuki, and I focus on code quality and AI-driven efficiency, with a solid understanding of the full web development lifecycle—from concept to launch and sales.

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Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan

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Work Experience

Senior Laravel Developer at Monster Brno

January 1, 2021 - September 1, 2025

Led the full-stack development of a multi-tenant Career Website Builder (Laravel, Nova, Vue.js) hosted on AWS with Redis caching and tenant-separated databases. Pitched the Proof of Concept to executive management, secured approval, and launched to paying customers within 12 months. Enhanced the tech stack (Laravel, Tailwind, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Redis, AWS, TDD) to improve performance and scalability. Delivered full-stack web apps for high-profile clients (Ikea, Goodyear, Caterpillar, Suzuki). Mentored junior developers, created onboarding docs and training videos. Maintained core infrastructure and focused on performance optimization.

Full-Stack Developer at Upwork Brno

September 1, 2015 - December 1, 2020

Delivered Laravel and WordPress solutions ranging from brochure sites to CMS apps. Notable projects include inventory management in Laravel for a truck parts supplier, a ski tournament system in Laravel for a Canadian club, a WooCommerce-enabled kitchen parts site, and a snooker tournament system in WordPress. Strengthened security and performance (HTTPS, CSRF, XSS, SQL injection prevention, validation). Planned and configured deployment pipelines on Linux with Apache/Nginx and Git workflows.

Senior Web Developer at Newbird Brno

November 1, 2013 - August 1, 2015

Developed full-stack web apps, ecommerce sites, and custom scripts for US-based clients; projects included theme parks, nursing homes, advertising agencies, and law firms.

Exclusive Author & Plugin Developer at Envato (CodeCanyon)

March 1, 2013 - June 1, 2014

Created the Taxonomies Filter Widget, a robust WordPress plugin for handling custom fields and taxonomy filtering. Achieved 'Weekly Top Seller' status with over 2,000 verified sales and handled all customer support and feature updates personally.

Network Engineer at AT&T

February 1, 2012 - December 1, 2013

Implemented, maintained, and troubleshooted the company's network and devices, ensuring security, reliability, and performance; configured routers, switches, firewalls, protocols, and VPNs.