MAX MASNER

Work Experience
DOC: EXPERIENCE
REV. 2026.06
EUROPE
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// 2023 – present
Blockblock.xyz
Software Backend Engineer
Square for Franchises — multi-location franchise platform
Apr 2023 – Present
Chișinău · Remote · USA
TypeScript · Node.js · NestJS · Java · gRPC · Temporal · Redis · RabbitMQ · MongoDB · PostgreSQL · microservices

Working on Square for Franchises, a microservice platform for multi-location franchise management. Responsible for backend services across catalog, reporting, and orchestration — defining gRPC/HTTP contracts, building caching strategies, and delivering Temporal-driven distributed workflows. Designed multi-location menu sync and propagation, cross-service reporting over key business entities, and contributed Java changes for Org and Gift Card domains. Acted as DRI for multiple initiatives, driving architecture decisions and end-to-end delivery.

// 2020 – 2023
DuoCircleduocircle.com
Senior Backend Engineer
Email Security Products
Jun 2020 – Apr 2023
Chișinău · Remote · San Diego, CA
PHP 7.x–8.x · Symfony 3/4/5 · Node.js · TypeScript · AWS Lambda · AWS Services · Docker · MongoDB · MySQL · WHMCS

Built and maintained backend services for an email security platform serving SMBs and MSPs — inbound/outbound flows, gateway components, anti-phishing pipeline, REST APIs, and WHMCS billing automation. Core engineer on PhishProtection: real-time link click protection, smart quarantine, spoofing controls, customizable filtering, and the web-based admin console.

// 2017 – 2020
ITWorksitworks.expert
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Client Platforms & Integrations
Dec 2017 – Jun 2020
Chișinău, Moldova
PHP 5.6–7.4 · Symfony 2/3 · Laravel · Node.js · TypeScript · MongoDB · MySQL · Redis · Elasticsearch · React · Docker

Delivered client platforms end-to-end — from requirements through implementation and support. Designed REST APIs for a B2B automotive parts platform, built data ingestion pipelines from APIs, XML feeds, HTML pages, and raw datasets, and implemented a custom caching service with its own API. Developed shared libraries used across projects to standardize delivery.

// 2014 – 2017
FusionWorksfusionworks.md
Software Engineer
Apr 2014 – May 2017
Chișinău, Moldova
PHP 5.4–5.6 · Symfony 2/3 · JavaScript · Node.js · React/Redux · WebSocket · MongoDB · RabbitMQ · Asterisk · CoffeeScript · Backbone

Delivered web applications across backend and frontend — back-office systems, integrations, APIs, and public-facing products. Served as team lead on selected projects. Notable work includes OkEdEl (air-ticket back office with Asterisk VoIP and RabbitMQ), PastelHealth (chatbot flow builder in React/Redux with WebSocket), and JangaBanga (price comparison engine aggregating 80+ stores).

// 2016
Freelance / Contract
Full-Stack Software Engineer
May – Sep 2016
Romania · Remote
PHP 5.6 · Laravel · Symfony · JavaScript · MySQL · Nginx

Short contract engagements: a digital services marketplace (PlanQ), a document management system for legal docs and invoices, and a link redirect platform with click tracking and analytics for media workflows.

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