After three years coaching engineers and leaders on mindset and wellbeing, I’m now combining that experience with my deep software engineering background as a Software Engineering Manager at OVO Energy.

Our work empowers customers to transition to greener energy by guiding them through the process of selecting and installing EV chargers. With ChargeAnytime, they benefit from cheaper, smarter charging, and through partnerships with industry leaders like Volvo and VWG, we extend this even further—offering new EV owners thousands of free miles alongside ongoing cost savings on their EV charging.

I work closely with my head of engineering to help shape our engineering strategy and model architecture. Through continuous improvement and a strong engineering culture, we continue to move toward our vision.

I’ve grown my fully remote team from four to ten engineers. This involved hiring and onboarding top talent and ensuring the right balance of technical expertise, mindset, and collaboration. 

I employ strategies such as dysfunction mapping to highlight areas for improvement within my teams. We also hold weekly continuous improvement sessions to provide feedback, engage team members, and track progress toward our technical and behavioural goals.

I focus on a coaching approach for my engineers, encourage taking responsibility and insist on fostering a psychologically safe environment were we can give and receive feedback, talk about mistakes and learn from them without the blame and judgement.

I work closely with nearshore partners, seamlessly integrating them into our work processes to extend our capabilities.

I recently represented OVO at Volvo’s Stockholm HQ, taking part in a two-day kickoff workshop for a multi-business collaboration project.

Contributed to ISO acreditation process for ChargeAnytime.

Software Engineering Manager

RD Coached Ltd

As the director of RD Coached Ltd, I provide mindset workshops and talks to software development teams and I provide 1-2-1 coaching to software developers and software development leaders.

Delivered a 2-hour workshop and delivered a talk on the main track at the C3 Dev Festival 2024 held in Amsterdam and the TechLead Conference 2024.

I also provide software development consultancy services via outside IR35 Contracts.

As part of my role, I continue to build automation systems to streamline my business, including integrating Notion and LinkedIn to save time scheduling and posting social media content.

I've also built a wellbeing hub for software developers and leaders with tools to help with mental and physical wellbeing. One of my tools integrates with the OpenAI Api.

Key technical skills:
C# Net 7, .Net Core, EF, ASP.NET, MVC, WebAPI, Microservices, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, OO design, SOLID principals, Design patterns, Azure DevOps, Azure Services, Docker, SCRUM, Agile, Apps Script, SQL Server, coaching, training, speaking

Director

Mindspan

As a Peak Performance Mindset Coach, I delivered Talks, Workshops and 1-2-1 coaching based on Mindspan's Peak Performance Mind Programme.

Peak Performance Mindeset Coach

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) 

During my time with BEIS, I wrote a support application in React to streamline queries from the Government's Help To Grow programme, often reducing the effort from hours to minutes.

I saved the department nearly £20k by reviewing their caching strategy of the main Help to Grow system and providing feedback.

I later moved to the initial stages of the government's Energy Support scheme, in which I communicated with cross-functional teams to solidify the team's understanding of requirements as well as guided those less technical teams on the art of the possible, given the requirements and the time pressures we were under.

I onboarded and mentored new team members and took an active role in ensuring everyone had a voice in our meetings.

Senior Software Engineer

Aviva

Technical:
As part of a small team of software architects, I was responsible for overseeing the work of up to 200 developers who delivered our suite of digital online applications globally. 

I introduced consistent patterns and practices to ensure efficient and consistent development across our teams. 

I defined and implemented coding standards, peer reviews and integrated new technologies into the ecosystem.

Key projects include:
Migration to .NET Core and a containerized, cloud-based architecture.

Migration of our source control and build system from Atlassian Stash and Jenkins to Microsoft Azure DevOps, introducing comprehensive CI/CD processes

Developed and maintained a microservice-based API layer using .Net Core 3.1/Net 5.

Full re-write of a legacy payment application into .NET Core 3.1.

Key Skills:
C# Net 5, .Net Core, ASP.NET, MVC, HTML, CSS, Accessibility, Javascript, JQuery, OO design, SOLID principals, Design patterns, Azure DevOps, Docker, SCRUM, Agile

Thoughts:
I recognised the struggles I'd had during my career, in the developers I worked with, and started to think in terms of positively impacting those around me.

I realised that mindset and mental health were being overlooked, and companies didn't seem to be aware of the specific challenges developers face on a daily basis. 

I wanted to change this. It started with the impact that technical decisions could have and later moved into a focus on mindset, wellbeing and engineering excellence.

Software Architect

Technical:
Many developers and BAs were just starting an agile transformation and struggled to grasp the benefits. 

By building trust and showing rather than telling, I brought them along on our agile journey.

A big turning point was gaining the trust of the Product Owner, who had been very sceptical under the previous leadership. 

The team was growing fast, which meant I had to improve at delegating and trusting my team, too.

With so many engineering teams across the organisation, communication was a struggle. 

To improve the situation, I arranged a bi-weekly meeting for team leads to discuss upcoming work and share technical best practices or concerns.

The result was improved communication and collaboration across teams, better reuse of code and designs, a more consistent code base, and improved knowledge sharing.

Key skills
C#, ASP.NET MVC, JQuery, HTML, CSS, Accessibility, SQL Server 2012, OO design, SOLID principals, Design patterns, TDD, Moq, LINQ, Structure Map, BDD, Selenium, SCRUM, Agile, Javascript, Knockout, CSS

Thoughts:
Having recently been made redundant, I struggled with my self-belief and confidence when I started this role. I felt like I bundled my way through the interview, and when I actually started my role, I had massive feelings of imposter syndrome. 

I doubled down on areas of mindset and mental health to improve self-belief and confidence. Very quickly I was leading by example and driving the team to the successful completion of two major projects.

Team Lead

BGO Studios

Technical:
As a Senior Software Engineer at BGO Studios, I was the lead server developer on the Remote Gaming Server (RGS) project.  

The team: 3 server-side developers, 2 mathematicians and 4 front end developers based in London. 

My responsibilities:
• Design and implement the Remote Gaming Server roadmap
• Report project status to senior management 
• Distribution of development tasks 
• Interpret complex math models and create server-side implementation
• Integrate with an admin system to view spin data
• Create simulation programs to spin the slot machine up to 500 million times to generate statistics 
• Liaise with internal and external QA teams
• Expose a REST API to be consumed by Flash/HTML5 client
• Consume REST services of gambling platform to provide user account and wallet facilities.

Games released to live::
•	Jurassic Island 
•	Jungle Trouble 
•	Satsumos Revenge 
•	Murder Mystery 
•	Aladdin and The Wild Genie
•	Jekyll & Hyde 

* Slots engine was subsequently sold.

Key skills
HTML, CSS, C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server 2014, OO design, SOLID principals, Design patterns, DDD, SOA, WCF Services (REST/Soap), Test Driven Development, Rhino Mocks, LINQ, Structure Map

Thoughts:
In this role, I was once again tested from a mental strength and mindset perspective. It was both very stressful and extremely technical. I key part of dealing with the pressure and stress of this role was prioritising my physical health and really leaning on my mindset.

This helped me massively in dealing with what started out as some quite challenging relationships. I gained a great appreciation for the importance of relationships in work and also in my personal life.

Proteo

Technical:
I was responsible for delivering the product road map, defining product architecture and the functional design of new product capabilities. 

I produced technical specifications, development estimates and participated in implementation, overseeing the work of the team. 

Key skills included object-oriented design, asynchronous programming, design patterns and database design. 

I also got involved in pre-sales by providing product demonstrations to potential new clients.

Key skills
C#, ASP.NET Webforms/MVC, JQuery, SQL Server 2012, OO design, SOLID principals, Design patterns, SOA, WCF Services (REST/Soap), Entity Framework, LINQ, Bing Maps/Virtual Earth, Active Reports.NET, Telerik controls and reporting, Silverlight, MVVM, JavaScript

Thoughts:
I was the  Team Lead/Architect of the Proteo product development team. 

This was the first time I had led a team and I really started to see the importance of patience, support and the massive significance of mindset and mental health. 

This was both from my own perspective and from the perspective of my team members too. 

Leaning on my mentors, I started to develop my leadership style but more importantly, I started to develop my self-belief, confidence and communication skills.

Team Lead / Architect

Tournament.com

Technical:
Tournament.com was an online gaming site where customers paid to compete and potentially win money based on their performance in the game. 

As a software engineer, I was responsible for the full development life cycle of the Tournament.com client, a downloadable windows forms application. The purpose of the application was to register and launch third party games. It also provided a wealth of information to customers about services available including promotions, offers and tournaments. It allowed users to chat and join scheduled tournaments for their chosen game.  My key responsibilities were:

Producing technical specifications for the Tournament.com client.
Designing and implementing a multi-threaded application.
Usage of design patterns.
Usage of object oriented design to streamline the application code and ensure that it was concise and maintainable.
Release management.

Key skills 
C#, Winforms, ASP.NET, SQL Server, OO design, SOLID principals, Design patterns, Multi-threading

Thoughts:
This role turned out to be a technically challenging and high pressure job. I learnt a lot about how not to achieve work/life balance. Luckily, the work was really interesting and the people were good fun.

Software Engineer

Homeserve

Reward Scheme project

Key skills 
VB.NET, Winforms, ASP.NET, SQL Server, OO design, SOLID principals, Design patterns

The aim of this project was to motivate engineers to reduce remedial call outs by awarding\deducting points which translated into a regular bonus. This saved the company significant costs and increased productivity in 75% of the depots up and down the country. Key aspects of my role were:

Object orientated programming, n-tier architecture.
Adhering to strict coding standards, participating in peer code reviews.
Transformation of functional requirement documents into technical specifications and designs.
Accurate time keeping as all time was logged to monitor costs of different projects.
Communicating effectively with depot users, other developers and senior management.
To provide regular statistical analysis of the performance of all aspects of the job tracking system.

IT Systems Developer

💚 Helping Developers & Leaders Balance Wellbeing and Success 🚀 | Software Developer | Leader | Mindset Coach | Personal Trainer | Mental Health First Aider

With over 24 years of software engineering experience and 3 years spent coaching software engineers and software engineering leaders on their mindset and wellbeing, I'm currently combining this skill set as a Software Engineering Manager.

I aim to positively impact the Software Engineering industry by highlighting the importance of mindset, mental health and wellbeing within high-performing teams.

My ambition is to run the software engineering function for a huge company so that I can shape the culture and ways of working on a large scale and hopefully gain wider traction across the industry.

I've spoken at an international tech conference about the importance of mindset, wellbeing and mental health in the software engineering industry.

In my teams:

I value great communication, collaboration and empathy.

A growth mindset, a positive attitude, and a thirst for continuous improvement are key qualities I look for.

Taking responsibility for our thoughts as well as our actions is extremely important.

I encourage my team to prioritise their wellbeing and their physical and mental health.

We focus on what we CAN do, not what we can't...

We focus on small individual habits...

And small team-level habits...

That compound over time...

The direction of travel is the most important thing. 
Always improving, even by the smallest amount. 
The speed at which we improve can vary massively, but we consistently move in the right direction.

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Bogdan Veliscu

CodeSwiftr

Offering top quality development and support to our remote clients, using cutting edge technologies,  through the entire development cycle.

Developed MumChef.io - an iOS application helping parents introduce solid foods to their babies with Swift UIKit and Firebase Realtime Database, Storage, Dynamic Links, Authentication, and more.

Developed the management console using React Redux Saga with Material UI on Firebase and Firebase Functions.

Built a Python Flask web service to handle image classification and personalized recommendation system using LightFM and custom PyTorch ML models.

Python Expert & Tech Leader | Fractional CTO for Startups | Founder

Full-Stack Engineer | Machine Learning Engineer

Arnia Software

In my role as a Python IoT systems engineer at Arnia Software, I handled low-level Python logic and worked on the development of an iOS application that interacted with the IoT system. My work involved diverse technologies such as React, Rete.js, and Swift/SwiftUI.

Senior IoT Systems Engineer | Python Expert

Bluebird Development

As a seasoned React Developer at BVNK, I spearheaded the delivery of crucial front-end features for the company's crypto exchange platform, bvnk.com (formerly coindirect.com). Harnessing the power of React, Redux, and Tailwind CSS, I contributed to creating a robust and secure platform for crypto transactions.

At BSC, I showcased my ability to lead and execute from inception to launch. I initiated the development of a ReactNative application, where I was instrumental in defining the technology stack, conventions, and best practices. My contributions encompassed not only app development with ReactNative, ReduxToolkit, and Tailwind, but also the configuration of Azure DevOps to build and share iOS and Android builds. I navigated the complexities of launching a mobile application, from business registration on the App Store/Play Store to streamlining the launch process via Azure DevOps pipelines.

In another project with BSC, I addressed the technical debt associated with a .NET Core and Angular project. My role involved the integration of Storybook and configuring the necessary environment for isolated testing of complex UI components. This experience underscored my commitment to ensuring high-quality, sustainable code, and effective collaboration.

Senior Full-Stack Developer | React & Mobile Specialist

in-House

At In-House, I played a significant role in developing responsive, mobile-first components, and a patented tool dedicated to fostering anonymous consensus feedback. This work primarily leveraged cutting-edge front-end technologies such as React, Redux-Saga, Reselect, and Styled-Components. Key contributions include:

• Led the development of responsive, mobile-first components, enhancing feature implementation and redesign processes. This was achieved through the effective utilization of modern front-end technologies.

• Engineered a proprietary tool that enabled teams to provide completely anonymous consensus feedback, significantly improving team communication and efficiency. This tool was developed using React, Redux-Saga, Reselect, and Styled-Components.

• Routinely applied my creative problem-solving skills to debug and optimize code, resulting in a seamless, optimized user experience.

Frontend Specialist | React & Redux Developer

Torga Optical

In my role, I leveraged my skills in React, Redux/Saga, Firebase, and THREE.js to develop an Augmented Reality (AR) application, transitioning it from mobile to web. Key accomplishments include:

• Masterminded the development of a versatile AR application, implementing it from mobile to web. This application was built using a combination of advanced technologies like React, Redux/Saga, Firebase, and THREE.js.

• Devised Python scripts to automate various processes, substantially improving efficiency. These scripts were utilized for extracting models, images, and metadata from Unity project files (YAML).

• Successfully uploaded the extracted resources to Firebase Storage and updated the Realtime Database, ensuring a smooth, interactive user experience and up-to-date information.

Senior Software Engineer | AR Application Developer | Firebase & React Expert

Specta.AI

• I took the lead in developing and maintaining an in-house iOS application and desktop app, which effectively facilitated the collection of sensitive data from over 30,000 patients, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.

• In collaboration with a diverse cross-functional team, we successfully created 'Torga iStylist,' a cutting-edge glasses virtual try-on application that leverages face tracking technology for a personalized user experience.

• Applying a versatile range of technologies, I solved complex problems using advanced machine learning algorithms. This included tasks such as image classification, 3D model reconstruction, and point cloud image registration, resulting in robust and efficient solutions.

Senior Software Engineer | ML & iOS Application Specialist

PVP Studio

• Developed and optimized a fast-paced 3rd person shooter 5v5 multiplayer game with a focus on performance, stability and scalability. 
• Utilized Unity, Photon Engine, PlayFab and Steamworks for multiplayer, character and weapon customization, game progression, in-app purchases, game economy and other features.
• Achieved 30 FPS for a smooth gaming experience.

Ubisoft

• Coordinated live operations of Driver Speedboat Paradise, leading a team of 5 programmers.
• Released two major updates to in-house Game Engine (C++ with Lua scripting).
• Developed and launched Google Play Open Beta from Ubisoft (DrawRace3) in two countries.
• Researched and prototyped various game mechanics from different genres.
• Ported console-level car physics library to iOS & Android and created Unity bindings for Unity games.

Lead Software Engineer

• Developed and maintained AAA mobile games with a team of 30+ using Lua scripting and a proprietary game engine.
• Pioneered localization support and In-App Purchases, adding full support for 9 major languages.
• Ported mobile game to WebGL, optimizing game-play and adapting boat physics from iOS game to Babylon.JS.

NetRom

• Assumed project responsibility and communicated effectively with the client via email or JIRA to clarify business objectives.
• Implemented agile methodologies and maintained two-week sprints to drive project completion.
• Bootstrapped projects from scratch and developed the desired architecture according to functional requirements.

Software Engineer Technical Lead

• Developed applications for multiple mobile platforms, with a focus on Android development
• Developed new or enhanced existing web and desktop applications, leveraging multiple technologies

Remote Work

iOS Developer

Founder & Fractional CTO, CodeSwiftr. We scale funded startups that achieved product-market fit with tech leadership and tailored software development.

Startup that achieved product-market fit?

Looking to scale or in need of tech leadership?

I'm Bogdan Veliscu and I specialize in guiding startups that have achieved product-market fit but are facing the challenges of scaling.

With years of experience in tech leadership, my focus is on streamlining your development processes and ensuring your tech stack is scalable, efficient, and aligned with your business goals.

My professional journey has taken me through various fields, including web development, data analysis, machine learning, AR, and IoT. This broad expertise allows me to bring a unique and inventive approach to every project.

I have 14+ years in the tech industry so I bring to the table a wealth of expertise in Python, React, and Cloud Solutions.


“It was a pleasure to work with Bogdan. He is sharp and efficient and always keeps the user's impact in mind when discussing his work.”.

— David, Retail Enterprise Executive

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DM me or book a free strategy call using the link from my profile (under my name).

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