Mihai - Catalin Burța

Passionate about OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence), human-centered intelligence analysis, social dynamics and human behavior, digital investigation, information gathering and analysis. Dedicated to enhancing workflows and research through automation, custom tooling, web platforms, and interactive visualizations.

A few of my biggest hobbies are playing, collecting and writing reviews about boardgames.

Mid Mobile Applications Developer at Bitdefender (2022-11 – Present)

• Created, customized and enhanced Bitdefender mobile applications as a key developer of the B2B2C Engineering Team
• Played a central role in migrating to a Flutter (Dart) architecture, from native Android (Kotlin) and native iOS (Swift) apps, thus increasing development efficiency and keeping both platforms in-line with eachother
• Played an instrumental part developing and designing a multi-platform preview platform and web interface (Frontend & Backend) that unified the testing environment for 5+ platforms (Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Web), enabling developers, QA Engineers and Program Managers to generate and test builds for all the major platforms
• Worked hand-in-hand with other developers, QA Engineers, Program Managers and clients to define requirements and ensure alignment throughout the development process. Actively participated in feedback loops, quickly addressed issues, and adapted solutions to evolving project needs to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes
• Optimized CI/CD pipelines by automating build and deployment processes using Bitbucket, Bamboo, and by designing custom Python scripts, significantly reducing manual effort and delivery times, while boosting efficiency
• Proposed, demoed, and implemented workflow improvements that enhanced productivity for developers, QA engineers and Program Managers
• Authored detailed documentation for applications, features, workflows, and internal procedures to support knowledge sharing and team alignment

Apprentice at Bitdefender (2021-07 – 2021-08)

• Developed a Java-based Android app that captured business card images from the phone's gallery and integrated them with a custom Python web service
• Built the web service to extract text via OCR and return structured data to the app, enabling automated contact creation directly from scanned business cards
• Automated contact creation by integrating extracted data into the Android contact manager

BSc in Computer Science – Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, at University of Bucharest (2019-10 – 2022-07)