Lucian Ene

Engineering Lead · Staff Engineer · Full Stack

Based in Bucharest. I lead teams and ship durable systems across APIs, cloud infrastructure, and product delivery — with over 10 years in the stack.

Author of Fastcssblue-text · flex · gap-12 · rad-3

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Skills

Software Development

PHP

Laravel

Symfony

Python (web & backend)

TypeScript

Vue.js

React / Next.js

AWS

Docker

Architecture

AI agents & LLM tooling

Tools

Linux

GitHub

Docker Compose

Jenkins

Auth0

Swagger

AI editors & agents

I ship with the 2026 AI coding stack day to day: Cursor as the AI-native editor, Claude Code for terminal-first agents on harder refactors, plus GitHub Copilot and Codex where they fit. I write and use editor Skills, rules, and agent workflows so the tools follow project conventions — not just one-off chat prompts.

Cursor

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

OpenAI Codex

Agent mode / multi-file edits

Editor Skills & rules

Professional Training

Through these courses I built a strong foundation in PHP and OOP, then went deeper into testing with PHPUnit, application security, and the Symfony ecosystem. I strengthened frontend and full-stack craft with JavaScript, React, Vue, Python, Sass, and Node.js, picked up AWS fundamentals for cloud delivery, and keep sharpening day-to-day Laravel and modern PHP practice through Laracasts.

365 lessons completed at Laracasts
PHP Unit Testing with PHPUnit — Udemy
The Complete Sass & SCSS Course — Udemy
AWS Concepts — Udemy
Getting Started with PHP 7 — Udemy
Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in PHP — Udemy
Learn and Understand NodeJS — Udemy
Advanced Javascript — Udemy
Learn Symfony 3 framework by practical examples — Udemy
PHP Security — Udemy
Programming Basics — Crystal Mind Academy
Web Designer — Crystal Mind Academy

Projects

15 min → ~3deploy time · team of 5

OpenTalent

opentalent.co

Engineering Lead & Staff Engineer · May 2025 — Present

Took over post-acquisition with a team of 5: architecture, security, GraphQL cleanup, Auth0, and AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Amplify).
Led Laravel API and React delivery, multi-country launch, AI resume analysis with prompt-injection defenses, plus Python/Bash Docker tooling for fast multi-OS local setups.

LaravelReactPythonDockerAWSAuth0GraphQLAI

Secure RESTLaravel · Swagger · RBAC

Healthcare API

Technical Lead · end-to-end ownership · May 2024

Owned the project end-to-end: designed and delivered a scalable Laravel REST API for healthcare integrations.
Advanced validation, pagination, token auth, RBAC, and full Swagger documentation.

LaravelREST APISwaggerPHP

30 min → <5report generation

MindGeek — Backoffice & Payments

Performance & real-time payments

Redesigned a critical reporting query used in business-critical dashboards.
Built tools for real-time payment transaction data under high load.

PHPSQLPerformancePayments

Hours → minutesoffer generation · team of 5

Ford Dealership Car Configurator

Bucharest · Team lead

Led a wizard-style configurator and backoffice for a major Romanian Ford dealership.
API-driven vehicle data, PDF offer packages, AWS + Docker delivery.

LaravelVue.jsDockerAWS

5+ tenantsOAuth · SAML · classic login

Multi-Tenant Auth — Entrili

Belgium · SaaS platform

Tenant-aware authentication built on deep Symfony security customization.
Integrated Vue.js flows; Docker on AWS for local and production.

SymfonyVue.jsDockerAWS

Open sourceconfig-driven CSS framework

Fastcss

fastcss.org

Author & maintainer

SASS utility framework generating responsive color, type, spacing, flex, and grid helpers.

SASSCSSOpen Source

Also shipped

Casautil EcommerceLaravel + Fastcss
eMAG UI KIT & UI BUNDLESymfony + Vue design system
Symfony platform upgrades3.4 → 5.4 / PHP 8
Jobs platformOne of the largest in Romania
Casino backofficeOperations tooling
Inkydeals Ecommerceinkydeals.com
ARCoRarcor.clubofrome.ro
Image search engineLaravel 5