Software Architect | Open Source Founder | Polyglot Engineer
I am a Senior Software Architect with a passion for building secure, high-scale enterprise systems. Currently, I am the lead developer and founder of Spring Prism, focusing on bringing PII protection and compliance to the Generative AI ecosystem.
- Expert Software Engineer @ Banca Transilvania: Engineering robust, mission-critical financial systems.
- Founder of Spring Prism: Architecting the "Privacy Firewall" for Spring AI and LangChain4j.
- Full-Stack Evolution: From deep-dive Symfony/PHP roots to modern Java 21, Virtual Threads, and AI-driven architectures.
- Java Ecosystem: Java 21 (Expert), Spring Boot, Spring AI, LangChain4j.
- Web Technologies: Symfony (Expert), PHP, Node.js, React.js.
- Databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle DB (Enterprise scale).
- Message Brokers: Kafka & RabbitMQ for high-throughput messaging.
- In-Memory: Redis for low-latency caching and state management.
- Cloud & OS: AWS (Cloud Architecture), Linux (Server Hardening).
- Automation: Jenkins (Enterprise CI/CD), GitHub Actions, Maven.
- Orchestration: Docker & Kubernetes (K8s).
- 🛡️ AI Security: Reversible pseudonymization and PII detection.
- 🚀 Performance: Java 21 Virtual Threads and Project Loom.
- 🔌 Connectivity: Building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for AI tools.
Note
Most of my professional work is conducted within private, enterprise-grade Git instances (Banca Transilvania). My public GitHub activity reflects my contributions to the Open Source community and personal R&D projects like Spring Prism.
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/catalindordea
- Project: Spring Prism
- Email: catalin87@gmail.com
"Good architecture is not about predicting the future, but about being ready for it."