Work

Freelance senior software engineer
Doinel Atanasiu, Italy (Remote)
January 2024 — Present- Designed and deployed an iterative semantic search engine for a training company, enabling staff to progressively narrow searches across their Dropbox documentation - reducing document retrieval time by 50%
- Built a privacy-compliant RAG system with local models and automatic retrieval strategy selection for a marketing agency - cutting onboarding time by 25% and enabling new hires to navigate internal documentation independently
- Developed an AI-powered WhatsApp assistant for an insurance company that handles 90% of policy-related customer inquiries autonomously - freeing ~2 hrs/day for the support team to focus on higher-value tasks

Freelance lead engineer
ReNow Energy, Italy (Remote)
May 2024 — April 2026- Co-designed the tech stack and system architecture with the CTO, enabling the team to execute 2 full product pivots in 3 months while maintaining code quality and long-term maintainability
- Led development of the MVP and subsequent iterations, reducing build time by 30% and improving application load speed by 40% through targeted codebase optimizations - directly improving end-user experience
- Building internal MCP servers that give platform admins a conversational AI interface to query, monitor and manage client projects - designed to eliminate manual reporting and cut admin overhead by ~3 hrs/day
- Developing autonomous AI agents to manage the full project lifecycle from intake to deal closure - targeting a 25% reduction in cycle time and freeing the team to focus on client acquisition

Co-founder & Full-stack software engineer
Animo Devs, Italy (Hybrid)
April 2019 — June 2025- Led end-to-end development of a web-based 3D configurator for a design and craftsmanship company, supporting 100+ bases and 300+ ornaments for lava stone tables - reducing customer purchase decision time by 20%
- Built a mobile loyalty app for a food retail client, enabling daily customer engagement tracking for the first time and driving measurable repeat visit behavior

Co-founder & Full-stack software engineer
Overse Tech, Italy (Hybrid)
September 2021 — January 2025- Developed high-fidelity architectural visualization applications in Unreal Engine - enabling clients to increase off-plan property conversion rates by ~15% and reduce end-user design decision time by ~25%
- Implemented Pixel Streaming pipelines to deliver GPU-rendered Unreal Engine immersive experiences directly in-browser - increasing service sales by 10% by removing the hardware requirements previously imposed on clients
Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer science
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
Grade: 102 / 110
Thesis: "On the generation of front-end applications starting from the ABI of smart contracts in the MultiversX blockchain"
Projects
- 2026
virgilio
Privacy-first semantic search engine for Dropbox files using local embedding models for full data confidentiality.
- React.js
- Hono
- TypeScript
- LangChain
- Transformers
- PostgreSQL
- Turborepo
- 2026
socrates
Solar virtual power plant where AI agents autonomously trade energy via blockchain, based on user's needs.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- OpenAI
- AI SDK
- Solidity
- Turborepo
Hackathons
LHedger AI
ETHBucharest 2025 — Bucharest, RomaniaApril 2nd — 5th 2025
AI-powered platform that helps crypto investors optimize and diversify their portfolios using Markowitz's Efficient Frontier, providing real-time analytics, sentiment indicators, and on-chain trading via smart contracts.
Modular builder
ETHBucharest 2024 — Bucharest, RomaniaMarch 27th — 30th 2024
No-code Web3 suite that lets entrepreneurs create and deploy tokens, set up fundraising presales, and distribute vested airdrops — all powered by AI assistance for ideation and smart contract generation.
SolanAI
Encode x Solana — AsyncFebruary 11th — 18th 2024
AI-powered security auditor for Solana projects that scans GitHub repositories, detects vulnerabilities by severity, generates PDF audit reports, and automatically creates GitHub issues with fix suggestions.
GHO stream
LFGHO by ETHGlobal — AsyncFebruary 2nd — 4th 2024
DeFi application that lets users deposit collateral and borrow GHO stablecoins as continuous payment streams, reducing interest costs and enabling better risk prediction compared to traditional lump-sum loans.
AI builder
ETHIndia by ETHGlobal — Bengaluru, IndiaDecember 8th — 10th 2023
Platform that democratizes Web3 development by using fine-tuned AI to generate, audit, and deploy Ethereum smart contracts in Solidity, with automatic error handling and one-click deployment.
genX
xDay by MultiversX — Bucharest, RomaniaOctober 19th — 21st 2023
Tool that automatically generates full React decentralized apps from MultiversX smart contract ABIs, handling complex data types, read/write endpoints, and pre-configured blockchain libraries.
