Summary
Ștefan Pădureanu is a Senior Python Developer and remote consultant with around a decade of hands-on experience building backend systems, APIs and full-stack products for clients across fintech, Web3, government services and enterprise SaaS. He specializes in Python (Django, FastAPI, Celery), PostgreSQL and automation, and has a proven track record of cutting manual processes from hours to seconds by automating registration, invoicing and onboarding workflows. Comfortable across the stack, he also delivers Angular/React frontends and has past mobile experience with Android and React Native, which helps him design pragmatic, end-to-end solutions. Notable wins include reducing race conditions via PostgreSQL advisory locks, accelerating delivery by simplifying DB architectures, and onboarding thousands of users through iterative API-driven development. He prefers fully remote engagements and often acts as both technical lead and delivery coach, shortening refinement cycles and aligning cross-functional teams. Based in Onești, Romania, he combines strong engineering craft with a bias for automation and measurable business impact.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Software Development and Business Management, Software Development and Business Management at Graz University of Technology