Alexandru S.

About Me

I am a Senior Java/DevOps Engineer with expertise in building web apps, services and cloud-native solutions in a highly agile and iterative environment on projects - getting things done quickly and at high quality. I produce solutions to deliver new features, functionalities and products to clients using the latest technologies, paradigms and best practices in software, system and API design development.

Frontend

Backend

Database

DevOps

QA & Testing

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Java / DevOps Engineer
2021 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Helps build and improve infrastructure, application and performance development and ensures tight security including data encryption, security groups, and environment scanning.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Raiffeisen Bank
Raiffeisen Bank
Senior Software / DevOps Engineer
2021 - Present (4 years)
Vienna, Austria
  • Provide technical expertise for the development of an IPS platform to process real-time derivative and cash trades.

  • Lead technical decision-making processes on projects - implementing solution architecture, data models and technical requirements.

  • Evaluate technologies for projects - solving complex technical, scalability and performance challenges.

EPAM Systems
EPAM Systems
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Designed, executed, and live-tested a real-time solution to help traders detect anomalies in forex prices.

  • Deployed a browser-based IDE solution on the project - implementing lightweight templates to help business analysts query data easily.

  • Enforced best practices and ensured the quality delivery of enterprise solutions on the project.

Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
Software Engineer
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Bucharest, Romania
  • Designed solutions to migrate a monolith architecture to a cloud-based microservice architecture running in AWS.

  • Executed live-testing procedures for a real-time trading application for swap derivatives for SGCIB.

  • Identified and fixed bugs on solutions - managing complex 3rd-party integration data flows and optimizations for scalability.

THG
THG
Backend Software Engineer
2016 - 2019 (3 years)
Northwich, United Kingdom
  • Designed, developed and tested cloud solutions - delivering solutions to minimize shipping costs.

  • Produced solutions to enhance the order management app and implemented 3-party courier solutions on the system.

  • Maintained the shipment management services on the platform - debugging live issues and providing hotfixes.

Net Trading Solutions
Net Trading Solutions
Fullstack Software Engineer
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Designed and implemented new features and functionalities on projects - delivering solutions efficiently and fast.

  • Designed and implemented web pages and email templates for the social network for NTS.

  • Built and improved the MySQL query execution time and refactored the legacy code on the solution.

Showcase

Senior Engineer - Institutional Prime Service Platform
Senior Engineer - Institutional Prime Service Platform
  • Designed, developed, and implemented architecture, infrastructure, testing, and software solutions for the IPS platform.

  • Provided project management and technical development expertise on the project.

  • Executed real-time derivative and cash trades.

Senior Engineer - London Stock Exchange Project
Senior Engineer - London Stock Exchange Project
  • Implemented real-time anomaly detection for forex prices.

  • Developed a browser-based IDE for business analysts to query data.

  • Built a solution for enhanced data querying capabilities.

Software Engineer - SGCIB Projectt
Software Engineer - SGCIB Projectt
  • Migrated from a monolith architecture to a cloud-based microservice architecture on AWS.

  • Implemented a real-time trading application for swap derivatives.

  • Optimized SQL queries to execute commands 20 times faster.

Education

BSc. Computer Software Engineering
BSc. Computer Software Engineering
The University of Manchester
2014 - 2018 (4 years)
Spring Boot 2.0 Essential Training; Spring: Design Patterns; Spring: Framework In Depth Spring: Spring Cloud
Spring Boot 2.0 Essential Training; Spring: Design Patterns; Spring: Framework In Depth Spring: Spring Cloud
LinkedIn
Introducing Maven; Learning Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Developers (2018); Learning the Elastic Stack; Microservices: Design Patterns
Introducing Maven; Learning Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Developers (2018); Learning the Elastic Stack; Microservices: Design Patterns
LinkedIn
Spring: Spring Data 2; Spring: Spring Security; Agile Software Development; Cloud Native Twelve-Factor Applications
Spring: Spring Data 2; Spring: Spring Security; Agile Software Development; Cloud Native Twelve-Factor Applications
LinkedIn
Extending, Securing, and Dockerizing Spring Boot Microservices; Learning Java Lambda Expressions; Software Architecture: Patterns for Developers
Extending, Securing, and Dockerizing Spring Boot Microservices; Learning Java Lambda Expressions; Software Architecture: Patterns for Developers
LinkedIn
Advanced Design Patterns: Design Principles; Creating Your First Spring Boot Microservice; DevOps Foundations: Going Cloud Native
Advanced Design Patterns: Design Principles; Creating Your First Spring Boot Microservice; DevOps Foundations: Going Cloud Native
LinkedIn