Alexandru Muntean, Developer in Bucharest, Romania
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Alexandru Muntean

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Bio

Alexandru has eight years of experience in software development. He worked with the largest eCommerce company in Eastern Europe (eMAG), where he led a team to develop automated tasks to optimize processes, reducing the time spent creating a development environment from two weeks to about two hours, saving the company significant resources in time and money. Alexandru has demonstrated problem-solving skills and actively provides input on all levels of the process he is involved in.

Portfolio

SISCALE AI INC
API Integration, APIs, Back-end, CSS, Databases, Docker, Flask, HTML, HTML5...
CTL Law
MySQL, Vue, PHP, SQL, Python 3, REST APIs, APIs, Node.js, Back-end, Databases...
eMAG
Puppet, Linux, Redis, RabbitMQ, Vue, JavaScript, Python, PHP, Neo4j, CherryPy...

Experience

  • Python - 6 years
  • MySQL - 6 years
  • PHP - 6 years
  • Linux - 4 years
  • Laravel - 3 years
  • Symfony - 3 years
  • Redis - 3 years
  • Vue 2 - 2 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MySQL Workbench, PyCharm, PhpStorm, Postman, Linux, Windows, WordPress, WooCommerce

The most amazing...

...project I've delivered at eMAG reduced the time spent by a developer or QA to create a development environment from two weeks to about two hours.

Work Experience

Senior Full-stack Developer

2021 - 2022
SISCALE AI INC
  • Improved the app by participating in the software development process and being actively involved in the product meetings.
  • Led the initiative to list our product in the AWS Marketplace, which meant we needed to prepare our product legally, license-wise and product-wise.
  • Initiated architecture meetings to improve the overall app stability and quality. Collaborated with the QA team to have metrics on the app quality and tests and drove improvements on the stability and quality of the main product.
Technologies: API Integration, APIs, Back-end, CSS, Databases, Docker, Flask, HTML, HTML5, Information Technology, JavaScript, Linux, NGINX, Node.js, PhpStorm, Postman, PyCharm, Python, Python 3, REST, REST APIs, Swagger, PostgreSQL, Architecture, Full-stack, React, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Technical Documentation, Web Development, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), System Architecture, Requirements Analysis, Data Visualization

Senior Full-stack Developer

2020 - 2021
CTL Law
  • Transformed business needs into technical specifications. Acted as a consultant to top management and in software development and DevOps roles.
  • Led a new project to develop a portal using Laravel and Vue.js, where the users would manage activity, projects, files, and stories for debt collection.
  • Developed and managed different servers and app deployments.
Technologies: MySQL, Vue, PHP, SQL, Python 3, REST APIs, APIs, Node.js, Back-end, Databases, REST, Swagger, jQuery, Architecture, Full-stack, Web Development, System Architecture, Requirements Analysis, Data Visualization, PHP 7

Team Leader

2016 - 2019
eMAG
  • Collaborated with my team to develop ways in which software developers inside the company could save time. We reduced the average development time of environment creation from weeks to hours for 500 people.
  • Led a team of six whose goal was to develop a way to save time on repetitive tasks that could be automated. The company had over 100 apps, and for one environment, we needed between one and 100 virtual machines.
  • Acted as team leader, software engineer, project manager, and product owner for my team. Gained a deep overview of the customers' and my teams' viewpoints.
  • Focused on creating software that was flexible enough to adapt to new requirements, so we were able to respond to new projects within weeks.
  • Contacted and communicated with many people both inside and outside of my team to ensure everyone was on the same page and projects move forward seamlessly.
Technologies: Puppet, Linux, Redis, RabbitMQ, Vue, JavaScript, Python, PHP, Neo4j, CherryPy, Symfony, HTML5, CSS, Docker, People Management, NGINX, HTML, Redis Cache, Flask, API Integration, Django, REST APIs, APIs, Node.js, Back-end, Databases, REST, Swagger, jQuery, Architecture, Management, Full-stack, React, Web Development, System Architecture, Requirements Analysis, PHP 7

Full-stack Developer

2014 - 2016
Softventure SRL
  • Developed and maintained three separate apps using PHP, Zend Framework, MySQL, and JavaScript (AngularJS, jQuery).
  • Developed and deployed apps within the first three months of my being on the team. Worked extensively with MySQL developing stored procedures, execution time improvements, and optimizations.
  • Interacted with all tech stack parts, gaining a deep understanding of the many layers of commercial web applications.
Technologies: MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, Laravel, HTML5, CSS, Linux, Docker, Vuex, Vue, NGINX, HTML, Vue 2, API Integration, REST APIs, APIs, Node.js, Back-end, Databases, REST, Swagger, jQuery, Full-stack, Web Development, System Architecture, Requirements Analysis, PHP 7

Experience

Microsoft Add-on to Manage Word Templates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqBOuu1YXIk
I developed this application using Vue.js as SPA with Office JavaScript for the front end and Laravel API for the back end. The app can be used directly inside Microsoft Word to save and use templates with different variables. The challenges were debugging the Office JavaScript errors and building a system that allows a user to create complex questions based on simple ones. For example, a user can define two simple questions, "age" and "weight," and a complex one, named "overweight," whose value is determined by the value of the first two questions.

Education

2012 - 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Information technology

The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) - Bucharest, Romania

Skills

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, jQuery, Node.js, React, Vue 2, Vuex, Vue

Tools

NGINX, RabbitMQ, Puppet, Postman, PhpStorm, PyCharm, MySQL Workbench

Languages

Python, PHP, HTML, HTML5, PHP 7, JavaScript, CSS, Python 3, SQL, C++

Frameworks

Laravel, Swagger, Symfony, CherryPy, Flask, Django

Paradigms

REST, Requirements Analysis, Management

Platforms

WordPress, WooCommerce, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Linux, Docker, Firebase, Windows

Storage

MySQL, Redis, Neo4j, Databases, Redis Cache, PostgreSQL

Other

APIs, Back-end, Full-stack, Web Development, People Management, API Integration, Architecture, System Architecture, Information Technology, Technical Documentation, Data Visualization

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