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Hey, I'm Razvan! 👋🏻

I'm a software engineer living in Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦

With more than 15 years of professional experience, I specialize in building web applications using modern tools and frameworks.

I'm passionate about delivering high-quality results while writing clean, pragmatic, and testable code.

Razvan is thoughtful and respectful of others, earning trust and goodwill from everyone he works with.
Don H, VP of Business Development
Razvan possesses the ultimate "can do" attitude while taking on all tasks with a positive energy and a smile.
Oscar S, Marketing Director
It is very evident Razvan takes great pride in his work. He has ALWAYS exceeded my expectations.
Jeannie B, Director of Support

Work

Gumroad

2021-ongoing

Gumroad is a platform that makes it simple to sell online. Since launching in 2011, creators on the platform have sold more than $500M of products. In 2020, the platform processed close to $150M in sales.

Part of a 100% remote team working in an asynchronous environment, I built core product features while fully responsible from scoping and software development to testing and production deployments. Other work involved fixing bugs, addressing technical debt, and code reviews.

Stack: Ruby on Rails, MySQL, MongoDB, React, TypeScript, HAML, Redis, ElasticSearch, GitHub, AWS, Buildkite, Percy visual testing.

Chit Chats

2017-2021

Chit Chats is a Canadian E-commerce shipping platform helping Canadian entrepreneurs grow their markets through low-cost shipping. Offers integrations with E-commerce platforms like Shopify, Etsy, BigCommerce, WooCommerce

Part of the leadership team, with a focus on software development & data. Worked closely with the CEO, product, design, business development, and other teams to shape up and implement complex initiatives.

Stack: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, JavaScript/jQuery, AWS, GitHub, Semaphore CI, Heroku

BlackFriday.com

2012-2016, acquired 2017

E-commerce and affiliate marketing platform with more than 200 retailers and more than 30 million visitors during November, with peak traffic that passed 40K concurrent users.

Project lead for 2 Black Friday seasons.

Part of the engineering team, lead engineer involved in building core features: affiliate networks microservice, product scrapers, cash back system, custom analytics event tracking, advertising platforms integrations (AdSense, Criteo).

Stack: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, JavaScript/jQuery, GitHub, NGNIX, Varnish Cache, AWS, Semaphore CI

Canvus

2015-2016, acquired 2018

Custom apparel e-commerce platform and fulfillment for professional marketers, generating $300K in monthly sales.

Part of the development team, involved in building various core features of the platform, including the development of a Shopify app