Bogdan Popa
Senior Java Software Engineer & Java Architect Independent Contractor at Freelance/Independent Contractor
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Top SchoolBogdan Popa is a Senior Java Software Engineer and independent Java architect with 15 years of experience and a decade-plus focus on cloud-native, scalable backend systems. He designs and builds resilient microservices and IIoT platforms using Java, Spring, Kafka/MQTT and cloud services (AWS, Azure), with deep expertise in performance, availability and security for enterprise clients in manufacturing, automotive and telecom. As a contractor he has led architecture and implementation for search platforms, IIoT solutions and billing systems, often owning end-to-end design and production-grade deployments. Beyond commercial work he contributes to notable open-source projects—improving language tooling in Racket, enhancing Dramatiq and optimising TechEmpower benchmarks—demonstrating a knack for improving error handling, automation and CI/CD. He holds an SCJP certification and a master’s in AI, and combines low-level JVM and concurrency knowledge with practical DevOps automation to deliver reliable distributed systems.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Artificial Intelligence, Master, Artificial Intelligence at Technical University Cluj-Napoca
English, Romanian
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Github Skills (51)
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docker10
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back-end-development10
redis10
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purescript10
racket10
dockers10
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Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
Bogdanp/dramatiq
May 2017 - Dec 2022
A fast and reliable background task processing library for Python 3.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 releases, 22 reviews, 830 commits in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Bogdan made several refactoring changes, primarily focused on improving the structure and maintainability of the Dramatiq library. They updated the codebase by making code changes to improve the efficiency and performance. They also contributed features such as adding support for message results and scheduling, and also added support for multi-tenancy. The user also improved the reliability of the code base.
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Bogdanp/awesome-advent-of-code
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
A collection of awesome resources related to the yearly Advent of Code challenge.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:14 reviews, 1232 commits, 1877 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Bogdan's primary focus within this repository was on automating processes and improving the project's infrastructure, as evidenced by their commits. They implemented a script to automatically add badges to the README, showcasing their ability to enhance the project's visual representation. Furthermore, they set up and refined a GitHub Actions-based CI/CD pipeline to create and update badges, thereby automating crucial tasks within the project. These contributions highlight a focus on automating and streamlining workflows.
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