SORIN
OTESCU
EXPERIENCE
Contractor - Software developer, Netra Inc (Boston, MA)
Remote contract — 2016-present
Brașov, Romania
Understand how consumers are engaging with your brand or category on social &
improve targeting.
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Accomplishments
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Design and implement a horizontally scalable architecture for detection of
brand logos, people and context (scene type, social situations, landscape etc) in
millions of images per day (Python with a dash of C++)
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Design and implement a set of microservices for NSFW detection in
YouTube videos (violence, nudity, gore etc) (Python)
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Set up continuous integration of the products (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes)
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Automate infrastructure allocation on multiple cloud providers (Google
Cloud, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Digital Ocean,
Rackspace)
Contractor - Software developer, Toptal (San Francisco, CA)
Remote contract —-
Connect the top 3% of developers with companies.
Accomplishments
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Implementation of various analytics reports for various stakeholders within
the company (sales team, sourcing team, CxO etc) as part of our proprietary
analytics app (mostly Ruby on Rails-based, with some services written in Scala/Play
+ Apache Spark)
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Research into ways of improving the performance of our machine learning
implementations (income estimations etc)
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Use of multiple frameworks and platforms for scalable web development Apache Spark, Ruby on Rails, Scalaz, Google Cloud Engine etc
Contractor - Software developer, Rev Software (San Jose, CA)
Remote contract (often travelling to headquarters) —-
Acceleration of web content distribution through CDN and on-the-fly content
optimization.
Accomplishments
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Design and implementation of Apache filter modules for content
optimization: on-the-fly Javascript rewriting, URL redirection based on TCP
connection characteristics etc. (C/C++)
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Design and implementation of the service configuration framework caching, security, proxy, optimizer (Python)
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Implementation and maintenance of the build system and Debian packages
for all Rev Software server applications
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Integration and customization of various open-source software (C++)
Software developer, Computask
Brașov, Romania —-
Contractor for development of firmware and middleware for embedded multimedia
systems based on Sigma Designs cores.
Accomplishments
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Design, implementation and maintenance of the graphical and video output
API and services for Sigma Designs hardware - composed of a DirectFB
(http://www.directfb.org) driver, a Linux kernel framebuffer module and a couple of
Linux system daemons.
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Porting and integration of various large scale projects on Sigma Designs
hardware - WebKit, Qt, Netflix, Roku.
Software developer, IT Provision
Brașov, Romania —-
Development of various customer products (outsourcing)
Accomplishments
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Development of various desktop and server apps for customers (Windows,
C++/Java)
PERSONAL PROJECTS & CONTRIBUTIONS
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I’m an occasional contributor to open-source projects, mostly through pull
requests or bug reports on GitHub
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Personal GitHub page: https://github.com/sorinescu
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Personal BitBucket page: https://bitbucket.org/sorinescu
SKILLS
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C, C++, Python programming - 10+ years industry experience
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Ruby/Rails, Scala programming - 1+ years industry experience
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JavaScript, Java programming, HTML, CSS - some industry experience
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I can navigate, understand and customize large codebases quickly, thanks
to years of working on large, mostly open source, projects
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I can work at any level of a complex web application, from kernel sockets
through web server to API, caching, scaling and deployment
EDUCATION
Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
M.Sc. in Computer Engineering —-
Graduated with a thesis on “Remote vehicle position and speed tracking using GPS
and inertial measurements (dead reckoning)” (graded 10 on a scale of 10).
Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
B.E. in Computer Engineering —-
Graduated with a thesis on “MP3 encoding and network streaming on Freescale
Starcore DSPs” (grade 10 on a scale of 10).
AWARDS
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"Hard & Soft" international competition, Suceava, Romania, Transylvania
University team, 2003 - First place
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"Hard & Soft" international competition, Suceava, Romania, Transylvania
University team, 2004 - Third place
HOBBIES
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I like to travel, especially to Asia. My goal is to visit every continent at least
once (I’m looking at you, Antarctica).
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Once in a while, I design electronic circuits to automate something or other
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I enjoy music and concerts, mountain biking and hiking.
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I’m an amateur carpenter and lover of power tools!
