Since 2013 · Timisoara

Who I Am

I started freelancing in 2013, full-stack PHP on Elance, while studying at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara and interning at SysAIDS and Webstage. Today I teach the full-stack course at Telecom Academy Romania.

The ZCE exam

In 2019 I sat the Zend Certified Engineer exam, six years into writing PHP for pay, and learned fast what I’d been getting away with.

The stack has widened since then, but I’m still a back-end specialist who writes plain HTML, CSS and JS when a framework would get in the way.

8+ years at Nu-login

The work I’m proudest of: cloud platforms and mobile apps for Nu-login’s clients, built from scratch and grown with the products. I’ve stayed long enough to fix what I got wrong.

I also founded EcDev Labs Inc for B2B consulting, and made teaching my second trade. Teaching makes me explain what I know, and client work keeps it current.

Projects and what past clients said

13
Years in software
150+
Professionals trained
1k+
Training hours delivered
200+
CoderDojo students mentored

Credentials

MSc Software Engineering · Polytechnic University of Timisoara Zend Certified Engineer · 2019 Licensed Trainer · Ministry of Education, Romania · 2023 Coaching Specialist · Ministry of Education, Romania · 2024 ML & AI Developer · 2023 Languages: EN · RO · ES

AI, in practice

PyTorch TensorFlow Elasticsearch LLM integration Prompt engineering Claude Code Cursor OpenAI Codex

Work history

[ec]:{dev} labs EcDev Labs Inc Mar 2022–Present ● Active

Founder · Software Architect · Trainer

I scope and build cloud applications, mobile products and AI integrations, and lead vetted collaborators on larger builds. Corporate workshops and coaching run through the company too.

ArchitectureCloudReact NativeAI/MLTrainingCoaching
Nu-login Oct 2017–Present

Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack & Mobile)

I stood up their clients’ cloud back-ends from scratch (2017–2021) with MySQL, Nginx and RESTful APIs, then added Java 17 Android native modules, Gradle, iOS integration and Firebase as the products grew. I use Claude Code, Cursor and Copilot daily.

Laravel (PHP 8)Node.jsReact NativeTypeScriptVue.jsDigitalOceanDocker
Telecom Academy Romania Nov 2024–Present ● Active

Technical Trainer

The Full-Stack Development curriculum: Node.js, MySQL, Firebase, Git, React, vanilla JS, HTML5/CSS3. All live-coding, mostly for career changers and junior developers.

Node.jsReactMySQLFirebase
Software Development Academy Oct 2022–Jan 2024

Tech Trainer

Different curriculums for different groups, SQL and HTML/CSS/JS included.

Design PatternsJavaAngularNode.js
Arnia Software Nov 2021–Feb 2022

Back-end Software Engineer

Back-end work and CI/CD pipelines on Shopware e-commerce projects.

SymfonyShopwareElasticsearchDocker

iSoftBet and the earlier roles are on my LinkedIn profile

iSoftBet Elance

Teaching and mentoring

Volunteer teaching, mostly kids and teenagers. It’s the part I’d keep doing regardless.

Dalia’s Book Feb–Jun 2024

Education Mentor

Python for teenagers, up to a first project each finishes alone.

CoderDojo Timisoara 2015–2019

Volunteer Mentor

Teaching kids and teenagers how to think about a new technology: Linux, PHP, Python, JS, web, databases, Java, C/C++. Volunteer at MegaDojo Timisoara.

CoderDojo Coolest Projects 2019

Volunteer Mentor, Dublin

Questions about any of it?

Project, workshop or career decision: say which and you’ll get a straight answer.

elvis.claudio1@gmail.com

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