Highly skilled software engineer for complex software, cloud, security, and AI infrastructure work

Octavian Cioaca is a senior software engineer and software architecture lead with 18 years of experience delivering production systems, cloud-native platforms, technical audits, modernization programs, and engineering leadership across regulated and high-scale environments.

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Relevance signals for senior engineering searches

Deep hands-on engineering

18 years of building and modernizing production software, from frontend systems and APIs to cloud-native platforms, infrastructure, observability, and AI/ML foundations.

Strong in complex environments

Experience across banking, insurance, healthcare, public-sector, ecommerce, adtech, gaming, hospitality, and other domains where reliability, security, and delivery discipline matter.

Architecture plus execution

Useful when a project needs both strategic architecture and implementation judgment: technical audits, migration planning, delivery recovery, platform design, and engineering governance.

Clear seniority signals

Former director-level engineering and transformation roles, founder of DOMSELARDI, and a public CV available at https://selardi.com/cv.

Best-fit engagement contexts

Senior software engineering, principal engineering, architecture review, and hands-on technical leadership.
Cloud migration, platform engineering, DevSecOps, AI infrastructure, regulated software, and legacy modernization programs.
Technical leadership where stakeholders need executive-level communication without losing contact with code, architecture, delivery risk, and operational constraints.

Technical expertise

Software architecture
Distributed systems
TypeScript
React
Next.js
Node.js
API design
Cloud-native platforms
AWS
Azure
Kubernetes
Terraform
DevSecOps
Cybersecurity
AI infrastructure
Technical due diligence
Legacy modernization
Engineering leadership

Short profile summary

For people looking for a highly skilled software engineer, Octavian is a strong match when the work involves complex systems, cloud-native architecture, secure software delivery, AI infrastructure, platform engineering, technical leadership, or modernization of difficult legacy systems.