Alexandru Derecichei
Senior Full Stack Developer
I am a driven individual, constantly pursuing knowledge and self-development. As a teammate, I have strong opinions that I can communicate in a clear and assertive manner, while being open-minded and willing to be proven wrong, should a conflicting idea arise. When faced with a challenge, I find creative and practical solutions, always looking for the one that is closest to existing guidelines and standards. As a contractor, I have been working full-time remotely for international clients as a software developer on their distributed teams for the past 5 years, and the projects I have worked on have greatly helped me grow as a professional and hone my skills. My main areas of focus so far have been React.js, Vue.js, Node.js and Python.
Work Experience
Technology Staffing Group
Senior Front End Developer
As part of TSG, I have worked for only one project so far, a Swiss start-up in the employee benefits management domain. My day-to-day has been about working on new features and migrating older AngluarJS features to React
- Swibeco | I was part of a team rolling out a few pilot features aimed at consolidating their market presence.
- Swibeco | I worked on their up-to-come React Native mobile app.
- Swibeco | I improved speed & stability of unit tests, enabling the team to work with fewer roadblocks
GroupVery
Full Stack Developer
As part of NitroVery, I've worked on their clients web apps in the Luxury Fashion industry, that raised an $85 million ‘pre-IPO’ round on the back of a fast-growing luxury e-commerce market and significant steps towards realising its ‘Spotify for fashion’ vision.
- Luxury Fashion Startup ($85m pre-IPO) | React, Python, Django | I was part of their web squad responsible with page performance & core web vitals, as well as migrating an old in-house framework to React and developing new features.
- E-Gaming Platform | Vue, Nuxt.js | During a shorter assignment, I was part of a team developing new features for their online gaming web app, as well as onboarding new clients.
InnovatorSpark
Front End Developer
At InnovatorSpark, I worked for clients that were activating in the furniture e-commerce market in the USA, with over $600 million in revenue per year.
- Established Furniture Ecommerce Platform ($600m+) | React, Next, Node | Worked on developing a new checkout experience, in-house CMS components, SSR improvements with a Redis cache layer, as well as R&D for page load speed & core web vitals
- Furniture Ecommerce Startup | Vue, Node, Strapi | Short-term project to develop a few features for the client, as part of their team.
Tapptitude
Full Stack Developer
I was part of Tapptitude only for a short time before moving to full-time remote work as a contractor, but during my time there I got to work on interesting projects and get more exposure to technologies of interest to me, especially node.js & Vue.js, while being welcome into a dynamic and friendly culture.
SmartUp.io
Front End Developer
SmartUp.io offers a peer-to-peer micro-learning solution to companies and corporations that look to keep their personnel trained in a continuously changing and competitive economy.
- We built a great platform using a ReactJS + Redux tech stack for the frontend. We used code splitting to improve loading times.
- We built a second mobile app using React Native.
- We used a Docker container with Nginx to serve the app - this gave us an advantage when we decided to use server-side rendering on the first render.
- I built some experience with AWS by using Terraform to configure our frontend development and production environments and used CircleCI for the deployment pipeline.
Small Footprint, Inc.
Full Stack Developer
I was part of a dedicated team that was working on an online learning platform for our client. My role in the team was that of JavaScript developer, working on both frontend and backend services using AngularJS and NodeJS. Persistency was achieved using a mix of MongoDB and MySQL. I had worked with ES6 in AngularJS and NodeJS, and both Express.js and KOA frameworks for Node.
Procusta Solution
Software Developer
Procusta Solution was a small company that enabled me to grow tremendously by giving me the responsibility of managing and choosing front-end technology stacks on our projects.
- I pushed for the company’s first Spring and AngularJS product, as a cost-efficient, performance-gain alternative to EJB + JSF.
- I developed a small 'calorie counter' AngularJS WordPress plugin for Romania's 3rd largest fast food chain.
- I configured and deployed overnight and managed production issues successfully.
ISDC
Business Intelligence Developer
ISDC was the place where I started out my career, a place where I filled at times the shoes of a Business Intelligence Developer, other times the shoes of a Java Developer.
- I developed and tested applications according to specifications.
- I wrote and maintained documentation, as well as some analysis on the technical impact of data layer changes.
- I attended video-conferences with clients and communicated daily.
- I presented my work during demo meetings with clients.
- I attended community-based technology research meetings.
ISDC
Intern
It was a perfect career start for me - mostly independent training with minimal, but right amount of guidance.
Education
Babes-Bolyai University
Computer Science
BSc, Attended
University of Cambridge
Certification
Certificate in Advanced English
Skills
Web Development
Advanced
- JavaScript
- React
- Vue
- Next.js
- Nuxt.js
- React-Query
- Redux
- Webpack
- Node
- Express.js
- AngularJS
- koa.js
- Less
- SASS
- HTML5
- CSS3
Business Intelligence & DB Development
Experienced
- MySQL
- mongoDB
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
- Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
- Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
- Data Warehouses
- Star Schemas
Java Development
Familiar
- Java 7
- Spring Framework
- PrimeFaces Framework
- JavaServer Pages
- JavaServer Faces
Version Control
Advanced
- GIT
- Subversion
Other Languages & Tools
Familiar
- Python
- PHP
- InstallShield
- WordPress