# Vasilica Madalin Puica

> Software Engineer

Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Profile: https://flows.cv/vasilica

I am London-based Lead Frontend Developer with over 12 years of experience and a passion for building performant, modern, and complex web & mobile applications.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Balyasny Asset Management L.P.
Jan 2024 – Present | London Area, United Kingdom

### Principal Consultant Developer @ Digiterre
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | London, England, United Kingdom

### Lead Frontend Developer @ Fifth Row Technologies
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | London, England, United Kingdom
React, TypeScript, RxJs, HTML, CSS, styled-components, Next.JS, tailwind,Jest

### Owner @ Magnetar Development Studio
Jan 2012 – Jan 2020 | London, United Kingdom
As a company founder and engineer, I’ve worked on a variety of side projects ranging from donation widgets, document & chat rooms for trading and settlement deals, to interactive in-browser games and mobile applications, for clients like WorldPay, Bayer AG, Experian, Hilton Hotels, Credit Mint, Donaco.

• Working on side projects to further my knowledge and for potential commercial opportunities, currently developing a mobile application using React Native, TypeScript, Node.js, MongoDb

• Helped several startups to launch successfully their own MVPs on time and budget, by rapidly prototyping products using the latest tech and services available by using TypeScript, React, Redux, RxJs, Web Sockets

• Provided consultation on a range of topics from tech stack and design decisions to future team members' technical requirements.

### Senior Frontend Engineer (Contract) @ Schroders
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | London, United Kingdom

### Senior Frontend Engineer (Contract) @ Adaptive Financial Consulting Ltd
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | London, Greater London, United Kingdom

### Senior Frontend Engineer (Contract) @ Style.com
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | London, United Kingdom
Working on Style.com - a luxury e-commerce application - by using Clojure/ClojureScript, React.js/Reagent, Hiccup and SASS.

### Cofounder & Senior Frontend Engineer @ TeekTak
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom
Working with AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3 on a time track application for creative professionals.

### Senior Frontend Engineer (Contract) @ GFT Group
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom
Building custom UI components for a Tier One Financial Institution by using AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3.

### Senior Frontend Engineer (Contract) @ Travel Weekly Group Ltd
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Developing social web applications using AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3, Twitter Boostrap

### Senior Web Developer (Contract) @ Travel Weekly Group Ltd
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Custom Web Development using PHP, Laravel 4, MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, AngularJS. 

Agile, Kanban

### Web Developer (Contract) @ Chi Design
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
Developing modular E-Commerce and CMS web applications using Laravel 4, CodeIgniter, MySQL, HTML / CSS, jQuery, Angular JS, Twitter Bootstrap

### Web Developer @ Aardvark Media
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Chelsea Harbor, London, United Kingdom
Developing and maintaining custom PHP written eCRM systems.

Technologies:
PHP MVC, PostgreSQL, jQuery, Prototype, Subversion, HTML, CSS

### Lead Web Developer @ PixelMags Inc. - Digital Publishing Startup
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire
Developed, maintained and optimised the server's API and the Content Delivery System - to support mobile apps;

Worked with large scale databases: 40mil+ rows;

Technologies used: 
PHP, CodeIgniter, MySQL, GIT, JSON, HTTP, XML, REST, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Sphinx, Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront.
 
Our work was featured on the Apple website.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/built-in-apps/more-built-in-apps.html

### Web Developer @ Net Interaction
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Timisoara, Romania
Developed features, maintained and implemented designs into custom CMS & eCommerce solutions.

Developed classified ads and eCommerce solutions from scratch, built on the CodeIgniter framework;

### Frontend Developer @ Siliron
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Timisoara, Romania
Responsible for UI design and implementation into 
HTML/CSS documents (PSD slicing).
Wordpress themes and plugins;
Other simple PHP scripts.

### Web Developer @ Impressive Media
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Timisoara, Romania
Developed and maintained various web applications such as CMS, eCommerce, finance and auction platforms;

### Frontend Developer @ Freelancer
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Timisoara, Romania
Integrated designs into various CMS / eCommerce / auction platforms;

Designed and developed presentation websites.


## Education
### West University of Timisoara

### Bachelor in Mathematics and Informatics
Colegiul National Spiru Haret


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vasipuica
- Website: https://github.com/vasipuica

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Last updated: 2026-04-05