Radu Dan Chiorean

I build full-stack products that move the numbers.

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// Years in software — 7 as a senior

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// Bookings through Apple, two weeks after rebuilding TheFork's integration

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// Restaurants bootstrapped into FoodStyles' database from open data

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about

I'm a software developer with 11+ years shipping products end to end — from React front-ends to Node.js and GraphQL services, with a Java and AWS past I still lean on.

Most of my recent work lives in food and restaurant tech, where I like problems that are equal parts product and engineering: payments, partner integrations, and the kind of flows where shaving seconds or cutting error rates is the whole point.

I care about clean, well-tested code that other people can build on — and about results you can put a number next to.

Also: when I don't know what to do, I joke about it, then get it done. Apparently it helps with the team morale.

// but don't take my word for it

Have a look at what these beautiful people said.

Managers and teammates, quoted exactly as they wrote it on LinkedIn.

// no ☕️ & 🥐 bribes were involved

Andrea Cavagna

Technical Product Manager @ TheFork | AWS Community Builder | open-source passionate

September 2026 · managed Radu directly

He took ownership of these topics with the team, and he was able to lead complex work independently while keeping the team involved rather than working around it.

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I've worked with Radu for the past two years on TheFork's Core Marketplace team, across our platform partnerships, the Google and Partners integration, and the core initiatives on the reservation platform.

He took ownership of these topics with the team, and he was able to lead complex work independently while keeping the team involved rather than working around it.

He is empathetic and collaborative, and proactive in raising issues and proposals early.

I would work with him again, and I recommend him for senior or lead engineering roles.

Stefano Ordine

Senior Software Engineering Manager at TheFork, a TripAdvisor company

September 2026 · managed Radu directly

Radu is a very sharp and valuable engineer, he applies methodical and smart thinking when it is the case of solving a problem.

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Radu is a very sharp and valuable engineer, he applies methodical and smart thinking when it is the case of solving a problem. He is one of those people which have that level of sharpness and open-mindset that can reason with a great level of abstraction and translate it to actionable tasks to attack a problem or a build a project from start to finish. Radu is also a very good communicator and keeps the mood of the operations nice and calm. It has been a great pleasure collaborate with him in the past years.

Alessandro Mangiameli

Group Product Manager at TheFork

August 2026 · managed Radu directly

He's highly skilled and autonomous, able to take on complex, ambiguous projects and drive them to completion.

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I had the pleasure of working with Radu as a software engineer for many years, and he's genuinely one of the best teammates I've worked with.

He's highly skilled and autonomous, able to take on complex, ambiguous projects and drive them to completion. On top of that, he's genuinely funny, and his humor has a real way of keeping team morale high even under pressure. Combined with his commitment and engagement, he consistently makes the people around him better, not just through his own work.

Any team would be lucky to have Radu. He has my highest recommendation.

Miriam Peta

Backend Engineer at TheFork

August 2026 · worked with Radu on the same team

I've always appreciated his openness to different opinions and his ability to change his mind when new information or a better approach emerges.

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I've worked with Radu for almost 4 years, and I can definitely recommend him as a software engineer and colleague.

He's a really great person to work with: approachable, helpful, and always willing to collaborate. I've always appreciated his openness to different opinions and his ability to change his mind when new information or a better approach emerges.

Technically, he's very strong and has a good understanding of the whole development process, from discovery and design to the actual implementation. He's also very good at making practical use of AI in his day-to-day work.

When we first started working together, I was much more junior than him, and I learned a lot from him over the years. He was always happy to share his knowledge and explain things, which made him a great mentor as well as a great colleague.

I would highly recommend Radu to any company looking for a talented and reliable software engineer.

Tamás Pap

CTO at Foodstyles

August 2021 · worked with Radu on the same team

He was one of the few developers I met in my career who I fully trusted, and I knew that the code he delivers will comply with the highest standards and best practices.

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I had the pleasure to work with Radu for more than 3 years. We've worked closely together in two different companies and on several projects.

I witnessed him become a real master of software development, and I am proud I could be part of the journey we had together.

Honest, reliable and dedicated - some of the characteristics of him that made working together enjoyable and effective.

He was one of the few developers I met in my career who I fully trusted, and I knew that the code he delivers will comply with the highest standards and best practices.

We had several healthy debates together about how to implement software. He never insists on him being right, but rather on finding the best solution.

I really hope we will have the opportunity to work together again in the future.

Alexandru Vladut

Senior Fullstack Engineer

August 2021 · worked with Radu on the same team

He's not afraid to challenge the status quo and regularly comes up with useful insights for improving a project's processes.

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I had the pleasure of working together with Radu for over 3 years on a challenging project and he proved to be a tremendous asset to the company. He is eager to keep up with the latest software development's innovations, he's not afraid to challenge the status quo and regularly comes up with useful insights for improving a project's processes to meet the deadlines and deliver new features at the highest industry standards. Radu is also a fast learner and very quickly he was able to contribute to multiple areas of the project, making use of different programming languages and technologies.