Daniel Cata
Senior Software Developer (PHP Java) at PayU
Bucharest, Romania
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Top SchoolDaniel Cata is a Senior Software Developer and technical leader based in Bucharest with 10 years of experience building high-performance, resilient backend systems primarily in PHP and Java. At PayU he led teams that scaled core payment processing to support a 10x traffic increase with 99.99% availability, driving cloud and microservices adoption while reducing operational overhead through automation. He combines hands-on engineering (PHP, Java, Node.js, RabbitMQ, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS) with mentorship and cross-team architectural work to keep delivery predictable under pressure. Early roles at Ubisoft and Travel Connection honed his API design and large-data platform skills, and he brings a pragmatic focus on creating “glued” teams and robust development processes. Unusually for someone in operations-heavy roles, he is completing a master’s in Artificial Intelligence, signaling a continued investment in advanced technical depth.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din IașiMaster's degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence at University of Bucharest
English
Stackoverflow
50reputation
9kreached
5answers
0questions
Github Skills (12)
php10
apple-pay10
decryption9
openssl9
live-update9
pdf-generation6
html6
javascript6
curl6
codeigniter6
html-table6
mysql2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
PayU-EMEA/card-info-client-php
Mar 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 1 PR in 11 months
PayU-EMEA/apple-pay
Jan 2018 - Nov 2020
This library is used to decode tokens for Apple Pay.
Contributions:6 releases, 1 review, 47 commits in 2 years 10 months
apple-payphpopenssldecryption
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