Laurentiu Spilca

Laur Spilca is a Java Champion, software engineer, author, and trainer with extensive experience in building and leading large-scale enterprise systems. He is a principal development consultant at Endava, where he works on complex distributed architectures in the financial sector. Laur is widely known for his contributions to the Java and Spring ecosystem, including multiple best-selling books published by Manning, such as Spring Start Here and Spring Security in Action. Passionate about education, he delivers workshops and conference talks internationally and creates in-depth Java content on his YouTube channel, helping developers better understand modern Java, Spring Boot, and software security. His work focuses on practical system design, troubleshooting at scale, and making complex topics accessible to developers.