Dan Dezmirean
Engineering Leadership Augmented by AI
I build and ship AI-powered products as a technical lead who codes, manages, and delivers. 10+ years from development to AI-first engineering.
Principal33
AI Adoption & Technical Lead
Flyward
Head of Customer Experience
Cognizant Softvision
6+ Years, Dev to Community Lead
Technical University Cluj
B.Sc. Information Technology
Engineer, leader, AI pragmatist
What started as a kid's love for computers became a career of solving hard problems. And now AI changed the equation entirely. I build and ship AI-powered products as a technical lead who codes, manages, and delivers — often as a one-person engineering team augmented by AI.
I learned there's a fundamental difference between building tech and building systems that solve business problems. Technical leadership isn't about titles — it's about owning technical risk, honest communication, and delivering predictable results.
- AI-augmented full-stack development (React, C#, Azure/AWS, LLMs)
- Technical delivery leadership for complex products
- AI adoption strategy — getting real teams to change how they work
- Account ownership & stakeholder management in consulting
My professional journey
AI Adoption & Technical Lead
Principal33
- Architecting and shipping AI-powered products as primary technical force — one engineer, AI-augmented, full delivery pipeline
- Championing AI adoption across teams, replacing legacy SDLC patterns with AI-first practices that doubled delivery speed
- Managing P&L, account strategy, and bilateral stakeholder communication
Head of Customer Experience
Flyward
- Introduced AI-assisted development that doubled (often tripled) delivery speed
- Rebuilt the entire front-end design system from legacy to cohesive Material-UI
- Transformed a struggling team into a client-ready, investment-worthy operation in under 6 months
Community Lead
Cognizant Softvision
- Talent management and retention across the engineering community
- Career path guidance, staffing solutions, and bench management
- Farming, pitching, and delivery problem-solving for quality and velocity
Development Team Lead
Cognizant Softvision
- Led a team of developers with focus on velocity, quality, and client consultancy
- Championed functional programming with React, Context API, Material UI, GraphQL
- Managed career paths using situational leadership model
Frontend Developer
Cognizant Softvision
- Maintained and developed features across AngularJS-React hybrid applications
- Migrated from REST to GraphQL and WebSockets
- Led technical interviews, mentored developers, formed frontend team
Junior .NET Developer
ISDC
- Developed AngularJS SPA and WebAPI/WCF backend services
- Built automation tasks and provided code guidance to colleagues
Software Tester
Gameloft
- Worked across multiple game projects in development and surveillance
- Developed early sense of responsibility and quality-driven mindset
What I bring to the table
A decade of building, leading, and now multiplying output through AI.
AI & LLM Integration
OpenAI API, AI-first development, agent workflows, prompt engineering
Frontend Development
React, Material-UI, AngularJS, GraphQL, SCSS, Context API
Backend & Systems
C#, .NET, WebAPI, WCF, SQL Server, Node.js
Cloud & DevOps
AWS, Azure, release management, CI/CD, infrastructure decisions
Leadership & Mentoring
Team building, 1:1 coaching, career development, AI skill-building
Delivery & Strategy
Account management, P&L ownership, stakeholder communication, commercial forecasting
Let's Connect
Whether you're looking for AI-augmented engineering leadership or want to discuss how AI is reshaping software delivery — I'd love to hear from you.