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Totolici I.

AI + Backend Developer | Node.js, MongoDB | Multi-Tenant, Marketplaces

⏳ Saved founders and users 1000+ hours through fast-loading apps and reliable AI integrations across 7+ SaaSes & Marketplaces 🎖️Top-rated Senior Backend Developer with 7 years of experience. Focused on Multi-Tenant/Marketplace projects and AI Agents(or both) 🔧 I am best at making complex DB queries fast and AI integrations and agents that strike the balance between speed and reliability. 🫡 WHY ME: I like to help you solve your technical challenges by marrying them to business outcomes. Where most developers exist in a bubble of just writing code, I'd also like to implement solutions that would help you succeed. What you'll get: ✅ Jargon-free, NO BS, no-nonsense communication style. Talking the technical to the non-technical. ✅ Zero micro-management: I can think, plan, and propose solutions on my own, yet your input is much welcomed. Your time is better spent marketing or managing the business. ✅ Fluent English Freelancer who communicates ideas in a way that makes business sense 🙌 Industries worked with: Marketplace Style Apps(Jobs, Real Estate, etc), EdTech, FinTech, Integrations 📚 STACK: As a backend developer, I specialize in Node.js, TypeScript, MongoDB, a bit of SQL too, where needed, Trpc, and a bit of Express when needed, Zod, a bit of Next.js and React where needed, Nginx, and Digital Ocean, and a bit of AWS/GCP when needed 💯. 💪🏼 EXTRA EXTRA :) Here are more specific things I'm good at: 📌 Complex MongoDB aggregations designed for querying large amounts of data in a fast way 📌 Making MongoDB typesafe and integrating it with TypeScript and Zod 📌 Experience with nginx, DNS servers & Virtualmin 📌 Web sockets, monorepos - integrated one DB with 2 backends: the main app and our internal dashboard 📌 AI Backend integrations - utilized AI in the backend for data generation & transformation 📌 Experienced with web scraping and external rest api’s 📌 Familiarity with security vulnerabilities such as CSRF, brute force, SQL injections, etc. 📌 Experience with stronger than JWT encryption systems, such as Passetto 📌 Database Migrations: SQL to SQL or SQL to MongoDB 🏁PPS: For examples of my work, make sure to see my portfolio or my intro video, which go into much more detail 📥 JUST MESSAGE ME: Now that you're convinced I'm good at this backend thingy, shoot me a message to start working together 🤝

🇷🇴Constanta, Romania$25/hr100% JSS5.00 (6)Since May 2020
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$708

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#63,148 / 412k
🇷🇴Country#284 / 2,286
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.3k

Last 6 months: $4.2k

World#33,852 / 412k
🇷🇴Country#177 / 2,286
Total earnings
$14k

Billed in all: $14k

World#170,450 / 412k
🇷🇴Country#1,033 / 2,286
Per project
$1.1k

$531 in the last 6 months

World#113,987 / 412k
🇷🇴Country#648 / 2,286
Projects, last 6 months
8
50% fixed50% hourly
World#24,499 / 412k
🇷🇴Country#87 / 2,286
Projects in all
12

Across 14 contracts

57% fixed43% hourly
World#183,649 / 412k
🇷🇴Country#1,189 / 2,286

Earnings, last 30 days

$14.2k+$1.3k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$12k$13k$14k$15kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 12% in ExpressJS

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