Francis Balint

Leading innovation with AI and Python at ZeroBounce, the industry-leading email validation platform, to ensure clean lists, higher inbox rates and stronger engagement.

• Driving implementations of top industry solutions such as HubSpot, Impact and PartnerStack.

Worked closely with the development team to keep all systems efficient and reliable, owning system design and architecture for robust, scalable features built on the latest technologies, including AI.

• Led the team on architecture decisions, technical designs and best practices.
• Oversaw the implementation of new features, integrating cutting-edge technologies to improve system performance.

Started as a freelancer building and customizing software, then formalized the practice, first as an SRL in Romania and later as a SHAMS Free Zone LLC in the UAE.

• Partnered with startups, scale-ups and established businesses on hands-on engineering and technology leadership.
• Evolved from building software to driving product strategy, architecting scalable systems and guiding teams toward sustainable growth.

Bucharest, Romania

Led a small software development department designing software, web applications and web services; hired, trained and reported progress to senior management.

• Built the processes and engineering culture for software development.
• Worked with department heads to define software requirements and align applications with business objectives.
• Trained technical and non-technical end users, and tested, debugged and tuned applications.

Bucharest, Romania

• Python (Django), SNMP and Modbus for industrial equipment.
• Semantic UI, React, Redux.
• Sentry, Jenkins, Rancher; project management in JIRA.

London, United Kingdom

Designed and implemented new data visualization tools, built features to client specifications and improved platform scalability in the energy industry.

Brașov, Romania

Built a smart analytics and data visualization application with basic machine learning for a language learning platform with 5M+ users (bachelor thesis project). Python, Django, DRF, MongoEngine, Bootstrap, scikit-learn.

Brașov, Romania

Worked with industry-standard ML tools including Weka for data mining, and built a Java signal generator for the Esper complex event processing library to filter noise from data.

Bacău, Romania

Built responsive, fast WordPress websites from PSD designs and interactive sites with HTML, Bootstrap and jQuery, working closely with the design team.