Raul Rațiu

Senior Software Engineer

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania4 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in full-stack development with a focus on performance.
Strong mentoring skills, fostering team collaboration.
Proven ability to bridge technical and business goals.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in SaaS solutions with a strong focus on AI integration.

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Skills

Core Skills

Full-stack DevelopmentCloud ComputingFront-end Development

Other Skills

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)Amazon EC2Amazon CloudFrontAmazon S3Amazon VPCAWS Elastic BeanstalkAmazon DynamodbNext.jsTypeScriptGraphQLGenerative AIAWS SageMakerAWS BedrockAWS LambdaAmazon Q

About

Full Stack Software Engineer with a strong frontend expertise in React and Next.js and hands-on experience building and integrating backend APIs. Experienced in delivering end-to-end features in enterprise environments, with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainable systems. I like owning things end-to-end. From the early conversations about what a feature should even be, all the way to shipping something reliable in production. That full arc is where I feel most engaged — and it’s given me a solid understanding of system design, performance trade-offs, and how architectural decisions play out in the real world, not just on paper. Outside of writing code, I’ve naturally grown into a mentoring role helping teammates ramp up, supporting onboarding, and trying to create an environment where people actually enjoy working together. I’m comfortable in client-facing situations and have gotten good at bridging the gap between technical realities and business goals, whether I’m talking to engineers or stakeholders who’ve never touched a codebase.

Experience

4 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

3 mos

Current Experience

Endava

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Cluj-Napoca · Hybrid

Building hands-on experience with AI systems, focusing on prompt engineering, context design, and integrating LLM-based agents into application workflows
Continuously developing full-stack capabilities (backend, frontend, testing, deployment) to support end-to-end delivery in enterprise environments
Strengthening knowledge in cloud architecture and system design principles through practical exploration and self-driven projects

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)Amazon EC2Amazon CloudFrontAmazon S3Amazon VPCAWS Elastic Beanstalk+17

Cognizant

Software Engineer

Sep 2021 – Mar 2026 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Cluj-Napoca · Hybrid

Collaborated directly with clients to refine frontend solutions aligned with product, UX, and business requirements
Built scalable and maintainable frontend components using React, Next.js, and TypeScript, following clean code and modular architecture principles
Improved performance and user experience for key features (search, marketing, preferences, notifications) through optimization and iterative testing
Integrated frontend applications with backend APIs, contributing to end-to-end delivery in production environments
Maintained code quality through structured code reviews and static analysis tools, reducing technical debt and improving maintainability
Led a rapid prototyping initiative ("Vibe Coding Week" hackathon-style) to build a digital platform connecting volunteers with elderly care needs, applying a structured design-driven approach (SDD)

JavaNext.jsReactTypeScriptFront-End DevelopmentFull-Stack Development