Hello, World
I’m Dragos — a Staff Engineer based in Romania, originally from Bucharest, with a few years in London along the way. I studied AI at Imperial College London, and I’ve been building backend systems and leading engineering teams ever since.
I’m currently at Tide, where I previously managed two engineering teams working on European expansion. I’ve since moved into a purely Staff IC role, focused on future-proofing their platform.
Outside of work, I’m building Honk (more on that later) — a project I’m genuinely excited about, but not quite ready to talk about in detail yet.
Why this site
I’ve had a CV page here for a while, but I wanted somewhere to write. Not a polished publication — mostly raw thoughts when I have something to say. Fair warning: I’m very opinionated, and these posts will reflect that. If you’re looking for diplomatic takes, this probably isn’t the blog for you.
Topics I’ll likely ramble about:
- Backend and infrastructure — Python, AWS, Kubernetes, the tools I reach for daily
- Developer experience — making engineers productive is something I care about deeply
- Engineering leadership — the human side of building software, which turns out to be the hard part
- Side projects — and the occasional shadow project, things I’m building in the open or quietly in the dark
No schedule, no editing passes. Just writing when something feels worth sharing.
If any of that sounds interesting, or you want to chat about open-source projects or consulting, reach out.