AI Software Developer

Specializing in product R&D and Applied AI rather than model training.

Top Skills

Product R&D

Built a product-focused AI intellectual property portfolio, being first inventor on 10 patents and co-inventor on 2.

Software Development

Primary contributor to multiple on-device Small Language Model (SLM) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) services used in Dell's AI PC platform.

Agile Methodologies

PSPO II and PSM II certified, with 5 years of experience working across Scrum and Kanban teams and 3 years of cross-functional collaboration as a developer.

Focus Areas

  • Agentic AI

  • Hybrid AI

  • On-device AI

  • AI for Good

Experience

AI Software & Product Development Lead, Applied AI

Dell TechnologiesMay 2024 - Present · 2 yrsLocation: Bucharest, Romania & Remote

I spend half of my time leading and developing an Applied AI intellectual property (IP) portfolio consisting of 25 differentiated Hybrid AI, On-device AI and Agentic AI software product concepts. I own the portfolio's strategy, prioritization, and lifecycle, and I contribute directly, working with a core team of five inventors and multiple legal teams. Each product can be applied across one of nine domains: Orchestration, Efficiency, Resilience, Security, Privacy, Accessibility, Personalization, Field Operations, and Agent-Native SDLC. Key responsibilities:

  • Initiate and develop AI product concepts aligned with Dell's AI Strategy, targeting competitive differentiation, defensible IP positions, and potential growth vectors.
  • Drive the patent development process from opportunity discovery through iterative refinement, business‑case development, technical design and visual prototyping.
  • Define portfolio, patent, and product strategies by identifying underserved technological whitespace and novel positioning opportunities, aligning with the company's strategy and discontinuing IP initiatives when necessary.
  • Manage the AI IP portfolio backlog using Kanban and EBM to maximize long‑term strategic value.
  • Create detailed technical architectures that enable independent execution by engineering teams.

Notable outcomes:

  • Built this portfolio from 0-to-1 as an individual contributor, demonstrating a rare combination of technical depth and product strategy.
  • Filed 12 USPTO patents (10 as first inventor), with 13 more funded and in development and 15 in the backlog.
  • Secured more than $750k in committed funding to cover engineering and legal costs to build and protect the portfolio.
Product R&DStrategyPrioritizationHybrid AIOn-device AIAgentic AI

AI Software Developer, Hybrid Conversational AI

Dell TechnologiesMay 2024 - Present · 2 yrsLocation: Bucharest, Romania & Remote

I spend half of my time as a core contributor to the SLM and ASR services that power privacy‑first, on‑device Conversational AI for Dell AI PCs. These services enable enterprises to run AI workflows without cloud dependency and are part of Dell's AI PC platform, featured as a flagship AI initiative at CES, DTW, and GTC. Key responsibilities:

  • Work in a product‑oriented team, contributing across the full development lifecycle and the broader platform, from requirements analysis and story refinement, through discussions with external partners and model evaluation (e.g., MMLU), to implementation and deployment.
  • Design and implement on‑device AI inference pipelines for open‑source ONNX models using Microsoft ONNX Runtime GenAI (OGA) with execution providers such as AMD Ryzen AI, Qualcomm QNN, Intel OpenVINO, and NVIDIA CUDA.

Notable outcomes:

  • Built the Microsoft ONNX Runtime ASR inference pipeline and the Microsoft ONNX GenAI SLM inference pipeline from 0-to-1, establishing a foundation for building Conversational AI services.
  • Served as primary developer across seven Conversational AI services, representing 75% of the entire scope delivered as part of a strategic partnership with a leading hardware vendor.
  • Served as primary developer to an ASR and an SLM-based service, representing two of the three services delivered as part of a second strategic partnership.
  • Delivered foundational capabilities that enabled internal teams, customers, and ISVs to rapidly deploy on‑device and hybrid Agentic AI across heterogeneous AI PC fleets.
Agentic AIOn-device AIHybrid AIConversational AIONNX

Software Developer, Web Services

Dell TechnologiesAug 2021 - May 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mosBucharest, Romania & Remote

I was part of a team building an enterprise web platform that enabled large customers to order fully configured PCs that business professionals could use immediately. The platform supported pre‑shipment configuration of operating systems, applications, and hardware options, maintaining configuration continuity across repeated orders as hardware and software evolved. Key responsibilities:

  • Worked in a product‑oriented team, contributing across the full development lifecycle, from requirements analysis and story refinement to implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Responsibilities focused primarily on backend systems, with limited frontend work due to the nature of the platform.
  • Served as a development point of contact for UAT and E2E testing, resolving defects and performing hands‑on triage and root‑cause analysis across services, configuration data, and test environments.
  • Built a strong foundation in CI/CD and observability, leveraging GitLab pipelines, automated testing, and observability tooling to improve service reliability and surface configuration issues earlier in the delivery lifecycle.

Notable outcomes:

  • Collaborated across eight service teams to design, develop, and deploy 15 Web APIs, integrating team‑specific capabilities across the platform.
  • Onboarded seven developers, transferring deep product and system knowledge to accelerate ramp‑up and reduce dependency on TLs for day‑to‑day operational issues.
MicroservicesSQLCI/CDTestingObservability