Alexandru Nedelcu

I'm a Software Developer, currently living in Bucharest, Romania.

I'm a full stack developer capable of handling everything, from back-end development and administering systems, to front-end design and user experience. I'm experienced in a wide range of cutting-edge technologies and problem domains, emphasizing on better algorithms, quality and user experience. Since I worked as a consultant, I've had the pleasure of talking to real people, understanding and solving real world problems. I've worked in 2 startups, but also experienced the corporate environment of a multi-national company. I've had happy clients and happy coworkers. I get shit done.

I tend to gravitate towards data crawling / mining / user profiling, but I like working on anything interesting and that has a positive impact on people.

Keywords

Languages: Python, Javascript, Ruby, Java, Perl, C, C++, Scala.

Data-stores: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sphinx, CouchDB.

Platforms: Linux, Android.

Editor: Emacs.

Frameworks: Django, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Play Framework, or just doing it by myself through Rake / WSGI / Java servlets

The Cloud: Amazon AWS, Google App Engine

Work Experience

Magnolia Labs Since January 2010 : Projects include a build-farm for Android / iPhone projects, geo-location search, mobile ads served based on geo-location. Great people, awesome project.

Sinapticode November 2008 - January 2010 : Worked as a software consultant, while in my free time following my own ideas and learning lots of exciting stuff. Founder is an old friend; we had lots of fun working on turn-key apps.

Adobe Systems July 2007 - November 2008 : Part of a team of 3 developers and 2 quality-engineers, me included, I worked in the Web Infrastructure department, where we developed a search and commenting application for Adobe's learning resources, currently visible at http://community.adobe.com/help. Includes tools for community contributors, measuring engagement, comments/tagging common infrastructure for all Adobe properties. At the time of my leaving, the application already had 2 million hits per day.

Independent February 2003 - July 2007 : Worked full-time as a freelancer. Biggest contract I had was owned by Webinhabit, Inc. with The Sylmark Group, developing their e-commerce system from scratch (sylmark.com). Continued development and maintenance lasted for 2 years.

Testimonials

Alexandru is an excellent developer, fluent in python, ruby&rails, and other open source tools. He's very responsive to requests and suggestions for changes.

Sveatoslav Vizitiu, Magnolia Labs, Inc.

Alexandru is a very skilled cross-platform developer constantly looking to improve himself. He has brought solid innovation to the product with his unique algorithm for community-aware auto-complete. He has a keen eye for the end user and is very focused on delivering a top-class product. It was a pleasure to work with Alexandru and to learn from his experience and wisdom.

Razvan Caliman, Adobe Systems

Alex is very savvy in all things IT, and is an incredibly creative software engineer. On many occasions, he has served as a reality check on the project, asking insightful questions or proposing out-of-the-box solutions to problems.

Marius Zaharia, Adobe Systems

Alex is one of the best software developers I've worked with. His skills, experience and ability to work around any technical problems helped us get things done each and every time.

Adrian Arnautu, Sinapticode

A rock'n'roll star for programming. The third person met in my life that can be named true coder. I would work with him on any project because he's smart, passionate and a great person.

Bogdan Serban, Adobe Systems

This guy is brilliant [end of description]. One of the worthy few one hopes could spend one's experience in this industry by his side. Delighted to work with him.

Filip Bocse, Adobe Systems

Working with Alexandru has been one of the most challenging things in my career. He is a pleasure to work with and a fun person to be around. The challenging part is to be able to keep up with him. He is one of the most passionate developers I know and has a brilliant mind for complex algorithms. He is always seeking to improve himself and his work. He is driven and passionate and eager to help others overcome their obstacles. It would be a pleasure to work with him any-time.

Catalin Comanici, Adobe Systems