Introduction
Technical skills
Work Experience
Studies
Romania
English
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Iulian Albu

Technical Lead
Technical Lead with nearly a decade building secure, scalable platforms.

From high-traffic e-commerce and telecom frontends to the OT/industrial security systems I architect today at SentryOT.

I've led distributed teams across frontend, backend, and site reliability, shipping products trusted by hundreds of thousands of users daily.

I care about systems that stay reliable under pressure, and teams that ship with confidence.

Technical skills

TypeScriptCore language across frontend and backend. Expertise in TypeScript and modern JavaScript, leading large-scale projects and mentoring teams.
Software ArchitectureSpecialized in building scalable enterprise platforms and secure software architecture.
Systems DesignTurning complex challenges into practical solutions with robust system design.

Work Experience

SentryOTSep 2024 - Present
Technical Lead
  • Lead architecture and development for SentryOT’s core industrial security and monitoring product.
  • Building features for real-time asset discovery, network monitoring, and incident detection in OT environments.
  • Oversee a distributed engineering team, ensuring high code quality and reliable delivery.
IBM iXOct 2021 - Aug 2024
Frontend Technical Lead & SME
  • Led frontend architecture and development for a global electronics distributor platform serving thousands of daily users.
  • Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for frontend technologies, advising teams on best practices, architecture, and code quality.
  • Oversaw and mentored a distributed team of 8-10 developers.
IBM iXApr 2021 - Oct 2021
Backend Team Lead
  • Managed a backend team to deliver scalable Node.js microservices and API integrations for a major UK online retailer.
  • Optimized CI/CD processes, reducing deployment times and improving release reliability.
IBM iXNov 2020 - Apr 2021
Site Reliability Engineer
  • Measured and optimized site performance using Web Vitals, reducing load times for hundreds of thousands of daily users.
  • Proactively investigated and resolved critical reliability issues, improving platform stability.
IBM iXNov 2018 - Oct 2020
JavaScript Developer
  • Built and shipped features for high-traffic online retail and telecom platforms.
  • Collaborated with international teams to deliver robust, production-grade web solutions.
FreelanceJun 2018 - Nov 2018
JavaScript Developer
  • Built and deployed a custom logistics management web app for a US trucking company.
Aquila Expres Holding SRLSep 2016 - Feb 2017
Web Developer Intern
  • Developed user authentication and messaging features for a social media platform.

Studies

University 'Dunarea de Jos' of GalatiComputer Science (Oct 2014 - Jun 2018).