Alex Bitek

Transylvania, Romania

🌟 Software engineer, problem solver, critical thinker.
💼 Creating business value, increasing revenue, reducing costs.
↗️ Solving real world problems, making people’s lives better.

Freelancing Services

Complete assistance in designing and implementing software solutions that produce real value for your business.
Requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance for custom software development.

Available for hire per hourly rate as Remote Software Engineer

CV/Résumé

Available upon request after contact

Skills

Soft

Detail oriented
Can-do, can-learn attitude
Proactive communicator
Good time management
Results oriented
Team player
Independent
Kanban
Agile
Lean

Programming Languages

Go
Python
C++
Java
PHP

Web Services

RESTful APIs
Microservices
Event-driven architecture
JSON:API
OpenAPI/Swagger
Protobuf
RPC

Cloud OPS

Linux
Docker
Docker Compose
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Databases

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite
Redis
Cassandra

Frameworks

Qt
Gin
Flask
Spring

Frontend

Vue.js
JavaScript
TypeScript
jQuery

Android

Android SDK
Java
Kotlin
Android NDK
JNI
C
C++
Flutter
Dart

Embedded/IoT

Embedded Linux
Yocto
BitBake
ARM Cortex
C++ (11, 14)
C (99, 11)
GUI (Qt Quick, QML, C++)
Python
Posix
DBus
Conmann
Wi-Fi
Ethernet

Testing

Unit testing
Integration testing
Design by contract
Static analysis
Test Driven Development (TDD)

Security

TLS
Lets Encrypt
HTTPS
OAuth
SSO
JWT

Networking

TCP
UDP
HTTP
MQTT
WebSockets
Server Sent Events (SSE)

Operating Systems

Linux
Android

Tools

Git
GitHub
GitLab
Jenkins

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer

BPS…tec GmbH

Full stack web development, DevOps and Embedded Linux software development for multiple clients

Golang, Twelve-Factor App, Modules, PostgreSQL, Redis, Gin framework, REST API, CORS, EventBus, PubSub, Server Sent Events, Nginx, HTTP, Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, TCP, Nginx, SQL, Python, Bash, Event Sourcing

Vue.js, Vuetify, JavaScript, TypeScript, MapBox GL JS, Turf.js, Axios

Golang, Modules, API design, Microservice, Twelve-Factor App, Linux, Git, HTTP, REST API, JSON:API spec, Vector map tiles, Python, PostgreSQL (PostGIS), Redis, Minio, Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Helm, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Prometheus, Grafana, GitLab CI/CD, automated unit and integration tests, Slack

Python, Odoo CRM, Golang, SQLite, Docker, Docker Compose

C++14, Python, Qt 5, QML, Linux (x86, ARM), Yocto, Connman, D-Bus, Networking

PHP 7, Composer, Excel, PDF, JSON, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, SASS, Makefile

January 2018 - June 2020

Independent Contractor

Krogan Inventiv

Freelance full stack software development for new products in fleet and inventory management domains

Python 3, Google OR-tools, PyInstaller, ODL Studio, SQLite, JSON, Google Maps API Web Services (Python), GitLab CI, Git, Flutter SDK, Dart, Android SDK (Java), HTTP, CSV, JSON, SQLite, Firebase Cloud Firestore, GitLab CI, GitLab Docker registry

October 2017 - March 2018

Senior Software Engineer

ROUTE 66 Geographic Information Systems B.V.

Full stack software development for mobile maps & navigation products based on OpenStreetMap data under the Magic Earth and General Magic brands

C++11, Qt 5, QML, CMake, Android SDK, Android NDK, Java, Multithreading, Protocol buffers, TCP/IP Networking, HTTPS, OpenSSL, Python 3, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, LevelDB, Linux, Bash, PHP 5, Golang, JavaScript, Asm.js, Wasm

July 2015 - October 2017

Middle Software Engineer

ROUTE 66 Geographic Information Systems B.V.

Full stack software development for mobile maps & navigation products based on TomTom data

Android SDK, Android NDK, Java, C++, CMake, Multithreading, TCP-IP, OpenSSL, Python, Bash scripting, Linux, SQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, PHP, JavaScript, Web Services, Kanban, TomTom, Radarfalle, Wikipedia, Weather

July 2013 - July 2015

Junior Software Engineer

ROUTE 66 Geographic Information Systems B.V.

Full stack software development for mobile maps & navigation products based on TomTom data

C++, Java, Android, Linux, Twitter API, Facebook API, Foursquare API, Wikipedia API, MongoDB, JavaScript

July 2012 - July 2013

Software Engineer Intern

iQuest Technologies

Web File Manger project using Java and Spring framework

Java SE, Java EE, Spring, HTTP, JavaScript

May - July 2012

Software Engineer Intern

iQuest Technologies

HTTP server project with JSP templating written in Java

Java SE, JSP, HTTP, TCP, RSS

June - August 2011

Education

Udacity & Google

Associate Android Developer Fast Track EU Scholarship

Advanced Android Development

Introducing the Associate Android Developer Fast Track by Google

Announcing 10,000 New Scholarships for Android Developers

Jan 2017 - Sep 2017

Transylvania University of Brașov

Master of Science (MSc)

Software Engineering

Thesis: An integrated social interaction and collaboration platform for students (Android) (Grade: 10/10)

Design and development of a social collaboration Android app for students. Making it easier to connect students and teachers together with school events by receiving push notifications and discovering people from nearby people (classrooms, dorm rooms)

Tech used: Android SDK (Java), Spring framework (REST API), JDBC, SQLite, PostgreSQL, Python, HTTP, TLS, XMPP, Google Cloud Messaging, Heroku, Git.

https://gitlab.com/alibitek-android/BrasovStudNet

2013 - 2015

Transylvania University of Brașov

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Computer Science

Thesis: Urban public transportation system usage optimization (Android) (Grade: 10/10)

Design and development for a public transportation Android app. Bus times, bus routes, bus lines. View all stations, routes, and lines on the map.

Tech used: Android SDK (Java), RoboGuice, Android Annotations library, Python, Google Transit Feed specification, Git, Maven, MongoDB, SQLite, Jersey, Heroku, Spring Android (REST API), Embedded Jetty, Tomcat, Git.

https://gitlab.com/alibitek-android/BrasovBus

2009 - 2012