Stage 1 · Site survey2011–2013
I started by breaking software.
Software QA Consultant · Memocast
Two years of testing other people’s work taught me where products actually fail.
Stack layer lit: Data
Sheet 00 · Site plan
Roman Basinschi
Staff Full-Stack Engineer · San Diego, California
I build web products end to end, from the database to the pixels.
Open to a remote full-stack role, Senior or Staff.
Scroll and watch it get builtStage 2 · Foundation2013–2016
One test suite, 50+ TV boards at once.
Software Development Engineer in Test · LG Electronics
At LG I built the distributed test infrastructure that ran suites in parallel across more than fifty TV boards in the in-house labs.
- Distributed test infrastructure across 50+ TV boards
- Automation frameworks the whole team wrote tests on
- Python regression suites: manual cycles cut from weeks to days
Stack layer lit: Infrastructure
Stage 3 · Ground floor2016–2018
Then I built the TV itself.
Software Engineer · LG Electronics
I moved from testing the TVs to building their system apps on webOS: Settings, the User Guide, Help. React on a television, shipped with teams on three continents.
- webOS TV system apps: Settings, User Guide, Help
- Built on Enact, LG’s React framework
- Shipped with teams across North America, Asia and Europe
Stack layer lit: Services
Stage 4 · Walls, doors, locks2018–2020
A cloud security console, from an empty repo.
Member of Technical Staff · Aporeto (acquired by Palo Alto Networks)
At Aporeto, a cloud security startup, I built the production web console from scratch in React and Redux, plus a fine-grained RBAC system. Palo Alto Networks bought the company the next year.
- Production front end built from scratch
- Fine-grained RBAC and permission models
- Go microservices for policy enforcement and auth
Stack layer lit: Services
Stage 5 · Second floor2020–2024
Four years on Prisma Cloud.
Senior Member of Technical Staff · Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Cloud)
A shared component library, an Angular-to-React migration across teams, and a stretch as acting lead for two teams rolling out CIS-benchmark compliance as code.
- Co-led the shared component library
- Guided teams through the Angular-to-React migration
- Acting engineering lead for two teams
Stack layer lit: Interface
Stage 6 · Roof and wiring2024–2025
Security for generative AI.
Staff Engineer · Acuvity (GenAI security, acquired by Proofpoint)
Staff Engineer at Acuvity: a modular React app in the monorepo, a GraphQL gateway over the REST services, and a type-safe data layer generated from OpenAPI specs.
- GraphQL gateway consolidating REST services
- OpenAPI to JSON Schema to TypeScript: schema-driven forms
- Time-series dashboards on Mimir and Prometheus
Stack layer lit: AI
Stage 7 · Finish2025–now
Now I build my own.
Founder & Engineer · My own products
Since 2025 I have been designing, building and running my own products, every layer of them. They are on the lot: the van, the backyard home, the sign out front, the table in the garden.
- Atriam atriam.aiRuns a construction business, with AI that turns phone calls into projects.
- ADU Configurator meetapx.comDesign a backyard home in 3D, placed on your actual lot.
- Cheia cheia.mdHomes in Chișinău, straight from the owners, in three languages.
- Chefity & Gather chefity.comHome-cooked meals and hosted dinners in your neighborhood.
Stack layer lit: Pixels
Sheet 08 · The modelFinished
It’s done. Walk around it.
Drag to turn the house. Click a floor or an object to read about it.
Sheet 09 · Come inSan Diego
I’d rather talk than email.
Full-stack engineer since 2011. Nine of those years on production React platforms: LG webOS TVs, the Aporeto and Prisma Cloud security consoles, GenAI security at Acuvity. Since 2025 I build my own products.
Open to a remote full-stack role, Senior or Staff.
or press the brass button by the front door.
English, Romanian, Russian.