Iosif Vigh's CV

• Phone: +44 7597 137739
• Email: hire-me@iosifv.com
• Location: London, UK · Remote
• Website: iosifv.com
• LinkedIn: iosifv
• GitHub: iosifv

Summary

Senior Software Engineer and product-minded technologist with 10+ years translating product vision into maintainable, high-performance systems with Node.js and Laravel — spanning backend development, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps automation, increasingly AI-accelerated across specs, testing, and delivery. Proven track record in fintech, healthtech, and regulatory compliance, where I drive technical decision-making that aligns directly with business outcomes. I take full ownership of the technical game (architecture, delivery, quality) while keeping the team's success the goal, not personal credit. Seeking fast-paced environments leveraging modern stacks and agile practices to solve high-impact problems; whether collaborating within teams or driving solo initiatives.

Skills

Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Solidity, Bash

Backend: Node.js, Symfony, Laravel, Express, Serverless Framework, Hardhat

Frontend: React, Vue, Angular, Tailwind CSS

Cloud & DevOps: AWS, GCP, Vercel, Docker, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Terraform

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Aurora, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis

Architecture: System Design, SOLID, Microservices, Serverless, Event-driven, MVC

Practices: REST, OpenAPI, OAuth, JWT, OWASP, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Clean Code, TDD, BDD, PHPUnit

Product & Strategy: Roadmap Planning, Product Vision, Technical Decision-Making, User-Centric Design, Stakeholder Management

AI-Assisted Development: AI Coding Agents (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot), AI-Accelerated Delivery, Spec & Test Generation, AI-Assisted Code Review

Experience

Technical Product Owner & Solo Full-Stack Developer, Headliners Agency

June 2025 – present

Served as sole technical resource bridging business requirements and technical implementation, translating stakeholder needs from a non-technical business owner into a production-ready comedy agency management platform.

• Led full product lifecycle as both architect and implementer: gathered requirements, created detailed technical specifications, designed system architecture, and delivered working features independently

• Managed stakeholder expectations by breaking complex business requirements (artist management, event booking, contract workflows) into iterative deliverables with clear acceptance criteria

• Implemented enterprise-level permission system after analysing business workflows and team structure requirements, ensuring proper data isolation and role-based access patterns

• Balanced competing priorities of speed-to-market vs. code quality by establishing pragmatic testing strategy: comprehensive type safety and architecture tests with focused feature coverage, enabling rapid iteration while maintaining production stability

• Technologies: PHP 8.4, Laravel 12, Filament 4, PostgreSQL

• Product: Requirements Analysis, Technical Specifications, Stakeholder Management, System Architecture

Contractor Software Engineer, Casa4 LTD -- London, UK

Aug 2018 – present

Provided contractor services through my own LTD, specialising in Laravel and Node.js. Involved in both team-based development and solo application building from design to deployment and maintenance.

• ElectroRent (Laravel, MySQL, SQLite, Bash) — As a Backend Engineer, enhanced application performance by optimising critical API areas and expanded functionality by designing and implementing new endpoints for key business features.

• Aliat Optic (Node.js, Serverless Framework, Lambda, DynamoDB, AWS, MySQL, Laravel, DigitalOcean) — As Principal Product Owner & Engineer, designed and built a serverless invoicing application that operated reliably in production for over 3 years with minimal maintenance.

• Hurlingham Club (Laravel, Laravel Forge, Laravel Envoyer, MySQL, AWS, Docker) — Orchestrated migration of a major application to the client's own AWS infrastructure, resulting in a 40% reduction in infrastructure costs. Full technology upgrade from PHP 5.5 to 8.1 with zero data loss.

• TicketTailor (PHP, Symfony, MySQL, SQLite) — Worked on the API of the second largest ticketing application in Europe. Designed and implemented a testing framework using PHPUnit with automated OpenAPI validation, improving deployment times by 35%.

Fractional CTO, Artetra -- Remote

Mar 2021 – Sept 2024

Owned the product roadmap by translating business requirements into actionable project features and oversaw application architecture to ensure alignment with business goals.

• Led the development and launch of the MVP, defining the product vision and strategy, leveraging a team of part-time contractors and very limited resources to deliver a successful product to market

• Architected and managed backend API, blockchain smart contracts and frontend integrations with 3D components

• Led a team of 3–4 developers, providing technical guidance, prioritising the product backlog to maximise business value, and supervising deployments to AWS infrastructure using Docker

• Technologies: Node.js, React, ThreeJS, Solidity, Hardhat, Express, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, Docker

Software Engineer, True Compliance -- London, UK

Oct 2019 – Sept 2022

Contributed to the development of a cloud-based compliance management system, enhancing compliance tracking and reporting capabilities.

• Architected and developed the core API and serverless infrastructure, establishing a robust and scalable foundation for all system operations

• Built a suite of internal tools, including a Vue.js reporting application for non-technical stakeholders and Laravel Nova dashboards for system monitoring

• Built a bespoke real-time caching system that stores processed relational MySQL data into MongoDB accessed by a serverless API, reducing response times to near-instant and reducing load on the main database

• Technologies: Laravel, Laravel Nova, Laravel Vapor, AWS, SQS, VueJS, Node.js, Serverless Framework, Lambda, Bash

Software Engineer, Skin Analytics -- London, UK

Nov 2018 – Oct 2019

Designed and developed main applications and maintained AWS infrastructure, contributing to the company's mission of improving skin health.

• Engineered the seamless migration from NoSQL (CouchDB) to a relational database (MySQL), achieving an 11x performance increase with zero downtime or impact on the user experience — involved custom migration scripts, data normalisation, and rigorous consistency checks

• Technologies: Node.js, Express.js, TypeScript, CouchDB, AWS, Loopback, pm2, Angular

Application Developer / DevOps, Woooba -- London, UK

Feb 2017 – Nov 2018

Sole Backend Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and supporting client applications.

• Designed, built, and maintained multiple large-scale applications, including a nationwide educational platform serving thousands of users and a comprehensive financial management tool, using Laravel and Vue.js

• Established a comprehensive CI/CD pipeline using Laravel Forge for DigitalOcean infrastructure, significantly accelerating deployment cycles and improving reliability

• Technologies: Laravel, Symfony DigitalOcean, Laravel Forge, MySQL, VueJS

PHP Application Developer, iQU Group -- Amsterdam, NL

Jan 2014 – Feb 2017

Marketing solutions for game developers.

• Developed and maintained marketing applications using PHP and Symfony, delivering new features, implementing scalable APIs, building reusable libraries, and creating an internal client with AngularJS

• Technologies: PHP, Laravel, Symfony, MySQL, Git, Docker, PhpUnit, AngularJS, Java

Projects

Recspenses

A web app for tracking recurring expenses, built to practise modern full-stack type-safe development. Features multi-currency support including cryptocurrencies and an intuitive tagging system.

• Stack: NextJS, tRPC, TypeScript, Node.js, Clerk, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL, Tailwind CSS, Vercel, GHA

CLI Path

A CLI tool for checking Google Maps directions with saved locations and a custom serverless API for token management.

• Stack: Node.js, Serverless Framework, AWS, Auth0, OpenAPI, VHS, npm, GHA

Casa4 Website

An overengineered personal website built for learning purposes — themed with Hugo, built with Terraform and CloudFront, deployed to AWS S3 via GitHub Actions.

T3 — Terminal Toolbelt Two

A framework for improving terminal UX with beautiful UI elements. Features an install script and platform selection (macOS, Ubuntu).

Hidden Hash

Personal cryptocurrency mining business — covered business model, legal compliance, hardware setup, software & security optimisation, and performance fine-tuning with Bash, Batch, and PowerShell scripts.

Education

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, MSc in Management and Business Engineering -- Cluj-Napoca, RO

Jan 2010 – Jan 2012

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, BEng in Computer Science -- Cluj-Napoca, RO

Jan 2004 – Jan 2009

Interests

Hobbies: Motorcycles, Photography, Chess, HiFi Audio, Boxing