Ciprian Popa

Background

About Ciprian Popa

I am a Chief Software Engineer and Enterprise Architect with over 20 years of experience building, evolving, and leading large-scale enterprise software platforms, especially in the ERP domain and highly regulated industries. I specialize in long-lived systems that power complex business processes and require deep domain understanding, architectural ownership, and sustainable evolution. Over the years, I have grown from a hands-on developer to a strategic technical leader, balancing core engineering excellence with pragmatism and business impact. In my current role, I lead cross-functional teams and own architectural decisions for core modules of an enterprise ERP platform used by a wide range of clients. I have also been driving the pragmatic adoption of AI-assisted methodologies to improve documentation quality, engineering productivity, onboarding, and long-term maintainability of mature codebases. My strengths include: • Enterprise ERP architecture and long-term platform evolution • Technical leadership and cross-team delivery coordination • AI-assisted engineering practices and knowledge formalization • Solving complex problems in regulated environments • Bridging business needs with scalable and sustainable technical solutions I am passionate about helping teams build resilient, maintainable, and valuable software while continuously improving engineering practices and adapting to modern challenges such as AI-integration and effective knowledge sharing.