# Raisedfortech — Comprehensive Technical Dossier & Knowledge Base (2026 Edition)

## 1. Executive Summary
- **Organization Legal Name**: Raisedfortech SRL
- **Brand**: Raisedfortech
- **Founder & Principal Systems Architect**: Costin Valeriu Costea (Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead)
- **Inception**: 2014
- **Headquarters**: Bucharest, Romania (European Union)
- **Direct Contacts**: costea.costin96@gmail.com | contact@raisedfortech.com | Tel: +40 729 262 897
- **Official Website**: https://raisedfortech.com
- **Proprietary 2026 Venture**: https://baftafrate.tv (Bafta Media Network & Party Game)
- **Core Value Proposition**: Extreme versatility and technical ownership. From low-level embedded hardware and satellite orbital software up to high-scale financial microservices, cloud infrastructure, and real-time digital signage networks.

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## 2. In-House Proprietary Ventures (2026)

### Bafta Media Network & Baftă Frate! (baftafrate.tv)
- **Concept**: A real-time cross-device interactive entertainment and smart digital signage network for HoReCa venues (pubs, bars, restaurants) and Medical waiting rooms.
- **Architectural Architecture**:
  - **Frontend**: React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Socket.io-client. Containerized 16:9 TV interfaces with container query font scaling.
  - **Backend**: Node.js, Express, Socket.io multi-room orchestration running in Docker via Cloudflare Tunnels (`cloudflared`) for sub-100ms real-time event delivery.
  - **Database**: PostgreSQL with custom migrations and data tooling.
- **Key Modules**:
  1. **B2B Digital Signage & Real-Time Phone CMS**: Empowers venues (bars, restaurants, clinics) to publish and manage custom promotional content on TV screens in real time directly from their smartphones, alongside curated educational and entertainment streams managed by our network (Android TV, Node.js, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, React, Astro).
  2. **Medical & Waiting Room Dual-Use**: Relaxing, anxiety-reducing trivia and wellness content ("Mit sau Adevăr?", Nutriție, Invenții) transforming passive waiting time into engaging experiences.
  3. **Android TV Kiosk**: Native kiosk mode deployment on suspended venue screens with automated timeline progression.
- **Traction**: Featured on ProTV iLikeIT, 2,582 unique visitors on launch weekend, 408 matches, 88.2% completion retention rate.

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## 3. Proven Enterprise & DeepTech Track Record

### 1. Deutsche Bank (02/2024 – 02/2026) — Senior Software Developer (Contract)
- **Scope**: Engineered a smart automation system using Java 20, Spring Boot, and Python that dynamically orchestrates Ansible playbooks to execute 100+ complex steps for large-scale ExaCC database manipulations and migrations.
- **Key Impact**: Designed and implemented automated certification pipelines utilizing Python, Jenkins, and Automic, streamlining database patching and reducing manual operational overhead to zero. Managed quarterly product releases on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and OpenShift. Monthly on-site travel to Frankfurt, Germany.

### 2. TechTalent | Spirent (05/2022 – 02/2024) — Senior Software Developer
- **Scope**: Cloud-native R&D, event-driven microservices architecture using Java 19, Spring Boot, Kafka, and WebSockets.
- **Key Impact**: Engineered a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a modern message bus for cloud environments; facilitated team Kubernetes workshops.

### 3. Yarta (11/2021 – 05/2022) — Java Technical Lead (Contract)
- **Scope**: Architected and delivered backend microservices for a private grain commodities market and livestock order tracking system (Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Twilio).
- **Key Impact**: Built real-time chat and trading microservices from scratch using Node.js, Socket.io, Kafka, and MongoDB on AWS (EKS, RDS, CloudFront).

### 4. Deloitte Digital (01/2021 – 12/2021) — Senior Java Developer
- **Scope**: Maintained and extended 10+ core microservices for a massive UK retailer using Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot.
- **Key Impact**: Deployed resilient microservices on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes, leveraging Google Pub/Sub, Prometheus, and Grafana for monthly seamless release cycles.

### 5. ClarK Vision (01/2018 – 03/2021) — Co-founder & Tech Lead
- **Scope**: Co-founded an Industry 4.0 augmented reality startup, leading a team of 5 developers to build the complete product ecosystem from scratch.
- **Key Impact**: Iterated through 5 generations of smart AR glasses (continuous QR scanning, thermovision), evolving from Raspberry Pi prototypes to custom PCBs and native Android smart glasses. Connected devices via MQTT, WebRTC, I2C, and scalable AWS cloud backend (Docker, Bitbucket CI).

### 6. IDEMIA | Ausy (12/2018 – 12/2020) — Mid Java Developer
- **Scope**: Critical biometric security software updates and customizations for international police departments in advanced forensics flows (Java, JBoss). Customized and scaled enterprise Java/JBoss applications across France, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia.

### 7. European Space Agency | Thales Alenia Space / Capgemini (11/2017 – 12/2018) — C++ Software Engineer
- **Scope**: Developed mission-critical C++ modules for satellite propulsion, command core, and Hall Effect thrusters for the European Space Agency (NEOSAT project).
- **Key Impact**: Built comprehensive unit testing frameworks and aerospace orbital simulation tooling utilizing Python.

### 8. Misys (04/2017 – 06/2017) — C++ Developer
- **Scope**: Financial and banking core logic for the SUMMIT global trading platform.

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## 4. Academic Credentials & Technical Awards

### Education
- **Bachelor's Degree in Cybernetics - Economic Informatics**, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (10/2015 – 09/2018)
- **Final Grade**: 9.83 / 10
- **Thesis**: Developed "OLinda", an intelligent smart mirror utilizing facial recognition to display personalized smart content and dynamic widgets. Awarded 1st Prize at University Scientific Sessions (Twice).

### Technical Awards & Contests (1st Place Selection)
- **1st Prize** — Kaufland Accessibility Hackathon (2020)
- **1st Prize** — Be An Innovator Competition by BearingPoint (2017)
- **Winner (Start-up of the Year)** — Innovation Labs (2017)
- **1st Prize** — HackITAll Hackathon (2016)
- **1st Prize** — Hacking for Humanity Hackathon (2016)

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## 5. Exhaustive Technical Skills Matrix

- **Languages**: Java (8, 11, 17, 19, 20), Kotlin, C++, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, SQL.
- **Frameworks & Libraries**: Spring Boot, Node.js, Express, Socket.io, React, Astro, Next.js, Flask, OpenCV.
- **Cloud & DevOps**: AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, CloudFront), Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Pub/Sub), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana.
- **Messaging & Protocols**: Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets, Socket.io, MQTT, WebRTC, gRPC, REST, SOAP.
- **Databases**: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, Redis.
- **Hardware & IoT**: Custom PCB Schematics & Assembly, Raspberry Pi, ARM Cortex, FreeRTOS, I2C, BLE, ESP32/ESP-IDF, Thermal Imaging, Optical AR Waveguides.

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## 6. Official Contact & Engagement
- Direct Email: costea.costin96@gmail.com
- Agency Email: contact@raisedfortech.com
- Phone: +40 729 262 897
- Primary Domain: https://raisedfortech.com
- LinkedIn (Founder): https://www.linkedin.com/in/costin-costea-aaab58b9/
- LinkedIn (Company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/raised-for-tech/
- GitHub: https://github.com/raisedfortech