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My passion for code started with a data science project in R, some Code academy tutorials, some Code Wars katas, and culminated with a super-intensive bootcamp, Makers Academy! I am a fullstack software developer, trained in OOP, TDD, pair programming, with XP values at the core.
Since July 2017, I work in Adtech, at Adventori, where we make software that personalizes advertising based on client data. While maintaining the MVC framework and an object-oriented mindset, this role thought me a lot, from new programming languages - Groovy, Java with the Grails framework - to the benefits of good extensive testing in the context of weekly deployment in production, to the advantages of decentralized databases(Cassandra) or RESTful search engines (Elasticsearch). In the last year, I partially switched to data, working on Adventori's data project and using Spark and Scala.
Ruby on Rails, Groovy/Grails, Java, Javascript, Scala, Spark
Testing: Spock, Capybara, Rspec, Jasmine
DB: Postgres, Cassandra, ElasticSearch
Version control: GitLab, GitHub
IDE: IntelliJ
| Name | Description | Technologies | Testing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acebook | Made by the whole team of 17 programmers from 5 countries working in 3 time zones during week 8 (Rails week) of the Makers Course. I worked on the pictures related functionalities - Paperclip gem and current-user related functionalities with devise. | Ruby on Rails, devise, Paperclip, bcrypt, DataMapper, Postgres | RSpec, Capybara |
| Instagram Challenge | A clone of Instagram - weekend challenge | Ruby, Rails, Postgres | Rspec, Capybara |
| MakersBnB | A clone of AirBnb which allows you to view, request and book places to stay. | Ruby | Rspec, Capybara |
| Rock Paper Scissors | The rock, paper, scissors game with 1 user and 1 computer | Ruby on Sinatra | Rspec |
| Adventori backoffice app | A management web app for advertising campaigns. Main features: custom reporting (Cassandra & Elasticsearch integrations), data management, jobs scheduling, user notifications, adserving management. (OOP) | Groovy Grails, Java, Javascript | Spock |
| Adventori pipeline app | A pipeline application for external data processing and manipulation (OOP) | Groovy Grails, Java, Jenkins | Spock |
| Adventori flow app | Data manipulation and computation app (FP) | Scala, Spark, Jenkins | Scalatest |
Adventori, Paris, France (July 2017 to present)
Fullstack Software Developer
ENNA (European Network of National Civil Society Associations), Brussels, Belgium (July 2016 to February 2017)
Policy and Advocacy Officer
NACAB (National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux), Bucharest, Romania (December 2009 to September 2014)
Strategic Development Officer
Public Policy Center, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2007 to 2009)
Project Manager
This skill helped me deliver actionable research and document strategy. My quantitative tech skills are in R, R Studio, SPSS and STATA, with intermediate knowledge of Tableau for visualization. Here's a sample of my quant research, looking at the impact of Airbnb on local labour markets in the hotel industry in Germany: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2874861
I developed my PM skills within non-profits, contributing to projects from inception and fundraising to final delivery. In my view, regular team meetings and constant monitoring and evaluation both internally and with stakeholders are key to successful delivery. As a PM, I lead teams of up to 10 people, I managed relationships with international donors and partners and kept things within the budget.
I co-designed training courses and workshops to help build capacity for non-profits. Topics: project management, fundraising, community organizing, EU funds accession.
Working in networks of NGOs meant that I had to identify and recruit new members, maintain relations with the existing ones and constantly improve the services delivered to them, find new partnerships and alliances.
For both NACAB (National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux) and ENNA (European Network of National Civil Society Associations), I identified industry trends and developed projects that moved the organizations forward. For example, within NACAB, I developed a new department based on trending methodollogies, I co-developed 7 community social businesses and got them funded.
Makers Academy is an intensive 12 weeks development bootcamp. With them, my curiosity and passion for code transformed me in a independent learner, problem-solver, a self-reliant junior developer with skills in Ruby on Rails, Rspec, Javascript.
University of Trento, University of Ljublijana, Corvinus University of Budapest & University of Regensburg
English (C2 level), French (A2 level), Romanian (native), Spanish/Italian (basic).
World politics and debates
Improvization theatre