# Corneliu Cotofana > Lead Engineer (and other hats) at Canvass Labs Location: Hayward, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/corneliucotofana Senior developer with over 19 years of experience in full software development lifecycle. Technologies include Java, Salesforce (Apex, Visualforce), Python, ASP.net/C#, PHP, iOS, ReSTful web applications and services in the commercial, education, and financial domains. Self-motivated team player with excellent communication skills and management experience. "No matter where you go, there you are." ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Voltus Jan 2024 – Present ### Lead Engineer (and other hats) @ Canvass Labs Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Lead Engineer (and multiple other hats) at Canvass Labs: using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) for software source code analytics, including dependency detection, vulnerability detection, and license/copyright detection, and lifecycle management. Let us solve your security and compliance pain points today! ### Señor Developer @ Salesforce Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 Señor Developer, proud to have worked on the following: ● 2019-2021 Global Identity, giving customers a single identity across the Salesforce ecosystem Developed REST APIs for identity management using Java, Docker, Kubernetes, and agile, CI/CD, SDLC methodologies Created technical design documents, defined rollout strategy, and supported application in production environments ● 2016-2019 Platform Integration Tools (Data Import Wizard, Data Loader, External Services) Supported legacy ETL tools, adding features, fixing defects, and prototyping next generation replacements using Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React ● 2015-2016 Industries' Health Cloud CRM for healthcare and life sciences Developed initial release of health industry patient care management application built on top of the Salesforce platform using Apex, Lightning, HTML, CSS, JavaScript ### Señor Developer @ SquareTrade Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 [Highly visible extended warranty services provider] Señor Developer: backend web app and RESTful services development as well as Salesforce development using Java, JBoss, PostgreSQL on Linux/Mac, Apex, Visualforce - Developing CMS-style customer help pages using Apex, Visualforce, and Salesforce Knowledge - Led technical integration with European partner to place and track repair orders for European customers - - Project management (led daily meetings with European technical partners, defined requirements and test plans, created technical documentation) - - Hands-on development of new integration processes and components using Java, XML, SFTP - General Java and Salesforce backend development duties, using agile methodologies, including: new feature development, bug fixing, production support using Java, RESTful service paradigms, JSON, Salesforce, Apex, Visualforce, PostgreSQL queries, stored procedures, and schema changes, developing on Mac OSX and deploying to linux clusters. ### Senior Developer (contract) @ SquareTrade Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 [Highly visible extended warranty services provider] Senior Developer (contract): refactoring legacy distributed claims-processing and CRM systems using Java EE, RESTful services, JBoss, PostgreSQL on Linux/Mac and Salesforce. ### Senior Software Developer @ HUGE Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Brooklyn, NY [Top tier digital agency] Senior Software Developer: backend and mobile using a variety of languages and technologies • Developed custom CMS-driven website using C#, ASP.net, Sitecore 6 for international insurance company • Developed chat client functionality for iOS dating app using iOS5, Objective-C, RESTful web services, JSON, XCode • Developed Facebook app for large cosmetics manufacturer using PHP, MySQL, Perl, Javascript, AJAX, Facebook API ### Founder @ MuttBuddy Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Founder, CEO, and sole developer for a self-funded startup to explore innovative applications combining mobile, social and pets ### Software Developer (Consultant) @ HUGE Inc. Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Software Developer (Contract): backend using Java-based technologies • Designed and implemented mission-critical web-app for running a high-profile soft drink brand's media campaign contests using Groovy, Grails, Java, SOLR, Javascript, JQuery, MySQL and Tomcat • Developed RESTful web service consumed by popular iOS app using Java, Spring MVC, StAX, Maven and Amazon Cloudfront CDN ### Product Modeler @ TxVia Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 [Prepaid card payment solutions provider (acquired by Google in 2012)] Developer: Used Java, XML, JSON, JavaScript, Perl and in-house tools on Mac OS X to implement new product features, in an agile fashion, meeting extremely tight deadlines. ### Senior Developer (Consultant) @ KLY Group, Inc. Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 [Private consulting group specializing in custom content-managed solutions] Senior Developer (Contract): Developed portlet-based, managed-content web apps using Vignette and industry standard Java web technologies on Windows and Linux ● Developed global offer and redemption web app for major credit card company using Vignette V7 CMS, Vignette Portal, Oracle DB, Autonomy, J2EE, Hibernate and maven ### Software Engineer / Consultant @ Union Bank of California Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 Software Developer (Contract): backend using Java-based technologies ● Developed internal customer information gathering web app used by all bank branches to comply with federal regulations (Java, JSP, Servlets, Hibernate, Struts, Oracle, WebSphere, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) ● Integrated identity verification web services into legacy customer-facing J2EE account opening web app (Java, Oracle, stored procedures, IBM MQ, Axis) ### Software Engineer/Architect @ San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Jan 2001 – Jan 2006 [Federally funded multi-disciplinary scientific research institution.] Software Architect and Senior Developer for applied research group that focused on environmental data mining and large scale sensor network observing systems ● Architected and implemented multiple web applications, and SOA-based middleware for domain-specific data mining and sensor network instrument management using Java technologies, XML web services, Unix/Linux and relational databases ## Education ### Computer Science UC San Diego ### Lean Startup Machine ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/corneliu-cotofana-3759402 - Website: https://canvasslabs.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/corneliucotofana JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/corneliucotofana/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01