Senior Software Engineer

Paul Novacovici

Building scalable financial infrastructure and GenAI systems at Meta. Focused on high-performance backend architecture and intuitive product experiences.

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GenAI & VLMs
Architected services for document understanding & contract extraction using Vision Language Models.
Session Replay
Implemented replay infrastructure across all internal Meta products using Blob Store & MySQL.
300M+ Lines
Monthly accounting lines generated via bespoke transaction engines.
7+ Years
Full-stack engineering experience specializing in Fintech and Big Data.

01 / ABOUT

Engineer & Architect

I specialize in building complex, data-intensive applications that don't compromise on user experience. Currently a Senior Software Engineer at Meta, I architect financial systems operating at massive scale. I blend deep backend knowledge (distributed systems, GenAI pipelines) with a passion for polished, reactive frontends.

Technologies

React Python Hack/PHP GenAI/VLMs GraphQL SQL AWS Tailwind Relay

02 / EXPERIENCE

Career Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

2023 — Present
Meta

Spearheading GenAI financial initiatives for Meta's prepaids and accruals. Created services around VLMs (Vision Language Models) for document understanding to automate service date extraction and contract details.

Introduced Session Replay infrastructure for all Meta internal products, utilizing Meta's internal S3-equivalent blob store and MySQL databases to enhance debugging and user experience analysis at scale.

Owner of a Transactional Accounting system creating ~300M accounting lines monthly. Built a dynamic rules engine that empowers business users to own bespoke accounting rules dynamically.

GenAI Hack React Python GraphQL

Software Engineer

2020 — 2022
Meta

Built full-stack finance applications including a scalable expense payment system processing $67M, leading to significant savings by canceling external vendor contracts. Developed an employee Travel Hub integrating with CWT for booking analytics and enhanced user experience.

Relay Ent Framework Flux

Full Stack Engineer

2018 — 2020
Cisco

Built a data aggregation platform connecting multiple internal sources. Lead developer on gamifying component health (bugs, coverage, sanity passes), driving engagement with 100 DAUs across engineering leadership.

FastAPI React Kafka Redis

03 / WORK

Selected Projects

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Live

Recallify

Centralized bookmarking with natural language semantic search. Uses LLMs to build context and embed content into a hyper-dimensional space for easy discovery. Focus on high-performance UX across web and mobile.

Supabase React Native LLMs
Demo

Consul (YC Finalist)

GenAI platform for administrative law. Pilot programs with MI, IL, and TX state governments. Interviewed by Garry Tan for YCombinator funding. Leveraged AWS Lambda and DynamoDB for scalable legal analysis.

AWS Lambda Cognito React
Live

Piano Vision

VR Piano learning interface. Deserialized MIDI-adjacent data to dynamically generate music sheets in VR. Built tools for teachers to label fingering and simplify compositions.

Firebase React Data Viz
Live

Global Entry Notif

SaaS product helping users find Global Entry interview slots. Integrated with Discord for real-time notifications. Features a headless UI frontend and Stripe integration for payments.

Flask Stripe Heroku
Nova (iOS)

Employee tracking & merchandising app built in Swift 5.

The Lyricist

Typing practice app using music lyrics and React Hooks.

Genetic AI Game

Unity/C# game using ML generation to clear obstacles.

Ready to build something impactful?

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities in engineering leadership, AI systems, and product development.

paulnovacovici@gmail.com