Summary
Mihai Chintoanu is a seasoned Data Engineer with 10 years of experience who transitioned from backend development to specialize in large-scale geospatial data processing and map enhancement pipelines. He has designed and maintained core libraries and resilient ETL systems for companies like Grab and Telenav, using Java, Spark, Python and cloud data platforms to optimize performance and cost. Comfortable owning architecture-level decisions, Mihai also mentors engineers, runs technical interviews, and contributes to cross-team B2B integrations and visualizations that translate raw map data into actionable features. Based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, he combines a strong commitment to clean code and engineering best practices with hands-on experience tuning batch pipelines for high-volume geo datasets. An underappreciated strength is his repeated role bridging client requirements and implementation, turning research into production-ready algorithms for the geo space.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
George Coșbuc Highschool, Cluj-Napoca
Master's degree, Master's degree at Technical University of Cluj Napoca
Romanian, English, German