About Me

With a robust 20-year journey in software development, I currently serve as a Senior Development Lead and Design Lead. My career is marked by designing and implementing state-of-the-art software solutions across a spectrum of industries. My goal is to develop solutions that solve complex business problems effectively and improve the user experience. In my work, I always aim to combine a deep understanding of technology with practical problem-solving skills to deliver projects that not only meet but also exceed expectations.

  • Age 42
  • Residence Republic of Moldova
  • Address Chisinau
  • e-mail ion.chiriac@gmail.com
  • Languages Romanian, English, Russian

What I Do

Architecture

Software architecture and design of enterprise solutions including payment processing platforms, invoicing systems, trading tools, and risk management solutions.

Team & Project Leadership

Leadership roles as Senior Development Lead and Design Lead, responsible for technical strategy, client communication, mentoring, and cross-functional coordination.

Application Development

Full-cycle development of .NET applications and cloud-native solutions using .NET Core.

Cloud

Design and implementation of scalable applications using Azure and AWS managed services

Resume

Education

2001-2005
University of Studies

State University of Moldova

Engineer’s Degree, Information Technology

Experience

July 2025 - Present
Payforge

Senior Sofware Engeener

Development of a Customer Portal for a Playtech company

April 2025 - June 2025
Endava

Senior Development Lead

Migrating a Banking solution from Azure to AWS for a global financial services provider that specializes in secure electronic funds transfers.

January 2025 - March 2025
Endava

Senior Development Lead

Development of a payment back-office system for a European Playtech company.

September 2016 - December 2020; September 2023 - January 2025
Endava

Senior Development Lead

Development of payment processing system for a leader in global payment services. A generic solution which provides different payment methods to pay bills used by different service providers in the US. Each service provides its own branding and has the ability to customize payment steps and methods using specific administration tool. System provides multiple payment channels (Internet, Extranet, IVR, Api…) and allows customers to create one-time payments, autopay plans, pay by test plans, etc.

May 2022 - September 2023
Endava

Design Lead

Innovative invoice management & payment processing platform. A SaaS-based invoicing and payment software solution that automates complex accounts receivable (AR) processes. It manages the complete lifecycle of measuring the consumption of the utility service, generates an invoice and presents the billing to the consumer. Platform works with small- to-medium-sized B2B businesses across the United States to solve their accounts receivable challenges.

September 2013 - August 2015; June 2016 - September 2016
Endava

Team Lead

Equity Trading project. A tool for equity trading. It is used by client’s Equity Sales Traders and Traders to share information internally, to keep track of client interests in stocks and to facilitate cross-selling. Information is presented dynamically in an aggregated and organized view, and it allows filtering of data based on client preferences. The data on the screen updates real-time to ensure the timely delivery of sensitive information.

February 2016 - May 2016
Endava

Senior Software Engineer, Scrum Master

Development of web applications that offers online fast loans in multiple countries.

September 2015 – February 2016
Endava

Senior Software Engineer

Development of SharePoint application for intranet site.

June 2013 - September 2013
Endava

Senior Software Engineer

Online fundraising project.

April 2013 - June 2013
Endava

Senior Software Engineer

Risk Guardian System project. Elaboration of risk management workflow solution that allows on-line Merchants to securely manage internet transactions. The system allows merchants using graphic interface to manage on-line risk and reduce costly charge-backs.

April 2006 - April 2013
Endava

Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead

Developing Desktop and Web applications that are used by graduates from all over the world for best graduation services.

2040 - 2006
State University of Moldova

Lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer science

Theory and practice of course “Developing applications in Visual Studio .NET”

2002 - 2006
State University of Moldova

Software Engineer, System Administrator

Development of the web site of State University of Moldova (ww.usm.md) (Languages used: C#; Technologies used: ASP.NET; Tools used: VS 2003; Applications and database servers used: MSSQL 2000)