# Raisedfortech

> Senior Software Engineering Studio, High-Scale Systems Architecture, and In-House Venture Foundry led by Costin Valeriu Costea (Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead, 10+ years experience).

Founded in 2014 by Costin Valeriu Costea (Cybernetics ASE, 9.83/10, multi-hackathon 1st prize winner), Raisedfortech SRL delivers senior-level product engineering across the full spectrum: from European Space Agency satellite propulsion and Deutsche Bank ExaCC database migration systems, to co-founding Industry 4.0 AR smart glasses (ClarK) and engineering proprietary real-time media ventures like **Bafta Media Network & Baftă Frate!** (digital signage & interactive TV for HoReCa and medical clinics).

## Core Capabilities & Tech Stack

- **High-Scale Distributed Systems & Cloud**: Java (8-20), Spring Boot, Python, Kotlin, Kafka, WebSockets, gRPC, RabbitMQ. Multi-cloud on AWS (EKS, RDS), GCP, and Oracle Cloud (OCI) with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, Ansible, and Terraform.
- **Proprietary 2026 Venture: Bafta Media Network**: Smart digital signage and entertainment platform for venues (bars, restaurants, medical clinics) to broadcast custom promo content in real time from smartphones, alongside curated educational and entertainment streams. Built with Android TV, Node.js, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, React, and Astro.
- **DeepTech Hardware, Embedded & AR**: 5 generations of smart AR glasses (ClarK Vision), custom PCB design from schematic to assembly, Raspberry Pi, ARM Cortex, embedded C/C++, FreeRTOS, MQTT, WebRTC, I2C, thermal vision and continuous QR scanning.
- **Mission-Critical & Aerospace Core**: Satellite propulsion, command core, and Hall Effect thrusters for the European Space Agency (NEOSAT project at Thales Alenia Space / Capgemini), with Python orbital simulation tooling.

## Key Track Record & Clients

- **Deutsche Bank (02/2024 - 02/2026)**: Smart automation orchestrating Ansible playbooks across 100+ steps for ExaCC database migrations on OCI & OpenShift. Regular monthly on-site travel to Frankfurt, Germany. Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/costin-costea-aaab58b9_after-three-years-my-collaboration-with-activity-7406270127803011073-QG1L
- **Baftă Frate! (2026 In-House Party Game)**: Proprietary interactive TV & mobile controller party game (2,500+ launch users, 88.2% completion, featured on ProTV iLikeIT, live at https://baftafrate.tv).
- **Bafta Media Network (2026 Digital Signage)**: Smart digital signage platform helping venues manage TV screen content in real time from smartphones + curated educational/entertainment network (Android TV, Node.js, WebSockets, Postgres, React, Astro).
- **TechTalent | Spirent (05/2022 - 02/2024)**: Cloud message bus PoC and event-driven microservices for high networking loads.
- **Yarta (11/2021 - 05/2022)**: Java Technical Lead for AgTech commodity trading and livestock tracking platform on AWS EKS with Kafka and WebSockets.
- **Deloitte Digital (01/2021 - 12/2021)**: Scaled 10+ core microservices for a tier-1 UK retailer on GCP Kubernetes with Prometheus/Grafana.
- **ClarK Vision (01/2018 - 03/2021)**: Co-founder & Tech Lead, built 5 generations of AR smart glasses from custom PCBs to native Android.
- **IDEMIA (12/2018 - 12/2020)**: Mid Java Developer for high-stakes biometric security software utilized by international police departments and forensic flows.
- **European Space Agency | Thales Alenia Space (11/2017 - 12/2018)**: Mission-critical C++ modules for satellite propulsion (NEOSAT).

## Leadership Credentials

- **Lead Engineer & Founder**: Costin Valeriu Costea
- **Education**: Bachelor's in Cybernetics - Economic Informatics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (Grade: 9.83/10. Thesis: "OLinda" facial recognition smart mirror).
- **Top Awards**: 1st Prize Kaufland Accessibility Hackathon (2020), 1st Prize Be An Innovator BearingPoint (2017), Winner Start-up of the Year Innovation Labs (2017), 1st Prize HackITAll (2016), 1st Prize Hacking for Humanity (2016).
- **Direct Contacts**: costea.costin96@gmail.com | contact@raisedfortech.com | +40 729 262 897
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/costin-costea-aaab58b9/
- **Website**: https://raisedfortech.com
- **Full Dossier**: https://raisedfortech.com/llms-full.txt