Raul Balea.

Founder

AutoAstro

Cluj, Romania

Founded and built AutoAstro from the ground up, owning the product, architecture, development, and deployment. It taught me a lot about what it actually takes to deliver something, how it feels to care deeply about your work, and it changed the way I approach problems forever.

Security Backend Developer

42Crunch Full-time

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland · Remote

Built backend and full-stack features for an API security platform at one of the best API security companies in the world. I was one of three backend developers in a $50M company, which taught me a lot about ownership and responsibility.

During his 17 months with us, Raul consistently demonstrated good technical expertise, professionalism, and a high level of dedication to his work.

• Back-end Operations
• Security

Full Stack Engineer

METRO.digital Full-time

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania

Worked on one of the most critical applications in the company, used worldwide by at least 100K users every day.

• JavaScript
• Redux.js

Software QA Engineer

UiPath Full-time

Bucharest, Romania

Tested UiPath Studio Web, focusing on feature validation, compatibility, regression, and reliability. This taught me to think about software from a different perspective and to pay much more attention to edge cases and the details that can make or break a product.

• Testing
• UiPath

Full-Stack Web Developer

eJumpDigital Full-time

Bucharest, Romania

Worked on large-scale platforms including Videvo and AEPSI, as well as building custom full-stack solutions for clients.

• JavaScript
• Next.js