Laur Neagu, Developer in Bucharest, Romania
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Laur Neagu

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Bio

Laur is a software developer who contributed to many projects both as a full-stack and back-end developer over the past seven years. He is currently focusing on the Microsoft tech stack, including .NET Framework, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and SQL Server. He is also a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science in Bucharest, where he manages the courses on object-oriented programming and advanced adaptive software.

Portfolio

Unicorn IT Services
ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, .NET 5, ASP.NET Core, C#, Entity Framework...
Politehnica University of Bucharest
C#, Python 3, Python 2, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Angular, AngularJS, SQL...
FIS Global
Java, SQL

Experience

  • C# - 10 years
  • Visual Studio - 9 years
  • ASP.NET MVC - 7 years
  • Entity Framework - 7 years
  • SQL Server 2016 - 5 years
  • Agile - 4 years
  • ASP.NET Core - 4 years
  • Docker - 4 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Slack, MySQL Workbench, C#, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET Core MVC, Windows Server, Entity Framework

The most amazing...

...experience I've had is being nominated in the Forbes 30 under 30 Romania list in 2021 as one of the most important drivers of the IT sector across the country.

Work Experience

Team Lead

2018 - PRESENT
Unicorn IT Services
  • Developed several projects for clients worldwide in several industries, including HR management (Texas, USA), advertising (Bucharest, Romania), eBook management (Bruxelles, Belgium), an event planning app (Greece), and a security tool (France).
  • Managed a team of four people, mainly skilled in the Microsoft tech stack. Most of the projects were either ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core web platforms, or Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation desktop apps.
  • Implemented the Scrum framework for project development, Slack for in-team communication, and Asana for task management.
Technologies: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, .NET 5, ASP.NET Core, C#, Entity Framework, Entity Framework Core, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, Linux, Containers, APIs

Research Assistant

2018 - 2022
Politehnica University of Bucharest
  • Developed several research projects within the Department of Human-Computer Interaction of the University.
  • Focused mainly on natural language processing, automated systems, intelligent tutoring systems, topic modeling, keyword mining, fake news, chatbots, and gamification.
  • Served as a teacher assistant for the university's object-oriented programming and advanced adaptive software courses.
Technologies: C#, Python 3, Python 2, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Angular, AngularJS, SQL, Linux, Containers, Docker, Python, Microservices, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Software Developer

2015 - 2017
FIS Global
  • Acted as a member of the ING Italy project on the center of excellence established in Bucharest. I was part of the initial team built in Romania. Developed several features in the core banking sector.
  • Used MUMPS and Java as the main programming languages. Tracked and fixed bugs using Jira as a reporting tool.
  • Worked in a profiling environment, developing core banking components such as ATMs, payments, general banking procedures, and reports.
Technologies: Java, SQL

Technical Trainer

2013 - 2015
Microsoft Politechnica Bucharest Academy
  • Served as a technical trainer on object-oriented programming courses using the .NET framework and Visual Studio IDE.
  • Wrote curriculum and sustained courses on the latest Microsoft technologies; organized courses on Windows Phone, Xamarin, and Windows Software Development Kit. Courses were held for the enrolled students.
  • Started as a junior technical trainer at the end of my second year of study at the university. Had the opportunity to grow the new team of technical trainers.
Technologies: C#, C#.NET WinForms, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Windows, Windows Phone

Experience

Librodata

Librodata is a web platform written on ASP.NET MVC framework for importing books from authors, editorial groups, and publishing brands and distributing them to many well-known eBook seller platforms such as Amazon, Apple, Google, and Kobo. Challenges were the standardization of titles imported from each entity, formatting to the expected format for retailer platforms, mass distribution (thousands of titles at once), managing title promotional prices, and services to schedule publishing to stores at specific dates.

NETworkSEC

NETworkSEC is a platform written using .NET Core technologies and React for auditing the security of small and mid-sized companies. The platform has a middleware automation layer written in .NET Web API on a Kali Linux server from where it can start, stop, and get reports from two security tools, OpenVAS and OWASP ZAP.

Also, the platform has another middleware automation layer written in .NET Web API on a Windows server from where it can start, stop, and get reports from a suite of test cases for Active Directory vulnerability scanning. End clients can log in, configure company domains and servers, trigger new scans, and view detailed reports on their infrastructure.

Education

2017 - 2022

PhD in Artificial Intelligence

Politehnica University of Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania

2015 - 2017

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Politehnica University of Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania

2011 - 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Politehnica University of Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Entity Framework

Tools

Visual Studio, MySQL Workbench, Git, Slack, Docker Hub, Apache, C#.NET WinForms

Languages

C#, Java, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, Python, Python 3, Python 2, C#.NET

Frameworks

ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET Core MVC, .NET, Entity Framework Core, ASP.NET, .NET 5, Angular, AngularJS, OpenVAS

Storage

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), SQL Server 2016, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Databases, Azure Active Directory

Paradigms

Microservices, Agile, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Object-oriented Design (OOD), Functional Programming

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Docker, DigitalOcean, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server, Windows Phone, Kali Linux, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Other

APIs, Programming, Data Structures, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Software, Scrum Master, Adaptive Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning, Machine Learning Automation, Containers, Recommendation Systems, Data-informed Recommendations, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)

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