I am Dragos Florea, a senior software engineer with extensive hands-on experience building cloud-native backend systems, data pipelines, and distributed architectures. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software that scales. In my recent roles I’ve led architectural reviews, delivered mission-critical features, and improved platform security and developer productivity. I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentor teammates, and continuously pursue better tooling and processes to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality.

Dragos Florea

I am Dragos Florea, a senior software engineer with extensive hands-on experience building cloud-native backend systems, data pipelines, and distributed architectures. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software that scales. In my recent roles I’ve led architectural reviews, delivered mission-critical features, and improved platform security and developer productivity. I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentor teammates, and continuously pursue better tooling and processes to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality.

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I am Dragos Florea, a senior software engineer with extensive hands-on experience building cloud-native backend systems, data pipelines, and distributed architectures. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software that scales.

In my recent roles I’ve led architectural reviews, delivered mission-critical features, and improved platform security and developer productivity. I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentor teammates, and continuously pursue better tooling and processes to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality.

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Experience Level

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Language

English
Fluent
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer - Contractor at Grubhub
February 1, 2026 - Present
Remote role for US market; delivery platform work in Delivery-as-a-Service area. Built APIs for external partner settings and billing configuration, added support for creating test deliveries in production, enabling faster partner onboarding.
Architecture committee member - Consultant at Hexagon AB
December 1, 2023 - Present
Reviewing and approving architectural changes for the platform, analyzing new feature risks and proposing improvements or alternative solutions.
Senior Software Engineer - Contractor at Hexagon Switzerland (Leica Geosystems)
July 1, 2021 - Present
Built a brand new digital reality platform for digital twins, LiDAR scans processing and geospatial data. Led implementation for 35+ microservices, improved code quality and performance. Reviewed architectural changes, analyzed risks, and proposed improvements. Implemented mission-critical data processing pipelines (e.g., BIM vs LiDAR deviation, mesh generation from point clouds) to drive client adoption and revenue. Implemented tenancy concepts and cloud security enhancements (gateway, access control). Implemented a critical voucher QR pickup verification function.
Senior Software Engineer and Architect - Consultant at Hexagon AB
July 1, 2021 - Present
Developed a digital reality platform for geospatial data capturing. Led design and architecture of new features, maintained over 30 microservices, mentored junior developers. Implemented voucher functionality, cloud folder and file sync, new authorization service, mission critical processing pipelines, tenancy concept, and tackled production issues across Kubernetes clusters.
Senior Software Engineer - Consultant at Grubhub
April 30, 2021 - July 23, 2025
Worked on a critical core service managing restaurant and menu data for a food delivery app used by millions. Implemented new APIs, improved API latency by adding caching layers, upgraded dependencies, integrated event streaming libraries, performed general maintenance, and investigated critical production issues.
Senior Software Engineer at Evooq
April 1, 2021 - July 1, 2021
Worked in the core backend team for a wealth and portfolio management platform. Implemented new functionality within existing workflows and investigated/fixed bugs (Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Flowable).
Senior Software Engineer at Grubhub
February 1, 2021 - July 1, 2021
Worked in the core backend team; implemented new features and fixed bugs across Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and Flowable; maintained microservices, REST APIs, and CI/CD; contributed to AWS, Docker, Kubernetes stack adoption and overall platform reliability; remote for US.
Senior Software Engineer at Grubhub (remote for US)
June 1, 2019 - April 1, 2021
Worked on a large-scale food delivery platform. Implemented features across the stack, fixed production issues, and improved performance, reliability, and onboarding processes for new clients. Contributed to architecture and tooling to support rapid deployments and scaling for millions of users.
Full Stack Software Engineer - Consultant at Aurea (Jive Software)
May 31, 2019 - July 23, 2025
Worked on a collaboration platform similar to Yammer as top performer. Resolved over 150 tickets including critical product defects and urgent feature changes. Responsible for core product front-end and back-end, multiple integrations with other services, and team lead tasks such as training, pair programming, and knowledge transfers.
Java Software Developer at 8x8 Inc.
February 28, 2018 - July 23, 2025
Fixed customer issues on Virtual Call Center and CRM integrations, improved response time, integrated with social media platforms. Built phone number microservice with lifecycle management, asynchronous processes for latency improvements, and telephony provider integration. Created a service integrating Active Directory with third-party SSO providers.
Senior Software Engineer at Jive Software / CrossOver
February 1, 2018 - May 1, 2019
Contributed to a Yammer-like collaboration platform. Delivered on weekly milestones, fixed critical defects, and supported end-to-end features from frontend to backend. Worked on integrations with Office 365, SSO providers, and related identity features.
Full Stack Software Engineer - Consultant at CrossOver (Jive Software)
February 1, 2018 - May 1, 2019
Built a Yammer-like collaboration platform; drove metrics-led development; managed end-to-end delivery and integrations with other services (Office 365); resolved a large volume of tickets; contributed to testing, performance, and reliability improvements.
Full Stack Software Engineer - Contractor at Jive Software
February 1, 2018 - May 1, 2019
Cluj-Napoca, Romania (remote for US). Recruited for a Yammer-like collaboration platform. Delivered as a top performer in a metrics-driven environment, resolving a large backlog (150+ tickets) and implementing features end-to-end across frontend and backend (Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Docker, Kubernetes, REST, GraphQL, AWS, Jira).
Junior Software Engineer at National Instruments
July 31, 2016 - July 23, 2025
Reduced testing time significantly by refactoring and parallelizing testing framework. Fixed bugs in a large codebase. Worked on IDE product for C language adding various feature supports. Developed Spark jobs for analytics and monitoring, created dashboards, detailed reports and alerts.
Full stack Intern at ISDC
August 31, 2015 - July 23, 2025
Internship role without detailed description provided.
Full Stack Software Engineer at Unknown / Client Project (VCC integration)
July 1, 2015 - July 1, 2016
Fixed hot customer issues on a Virtual Call Center (VCC) and CRM integrations (Salesforce, Netsuite), improved response times, and implemented AD/SSO enhancements with Okta/SCIM 2.0. Contributed to end-to-end features across the stack (Java, Spring, Docker, Kubernetes, React/Angular).
Junior Software Engineer at GrubHub
May 1, 2015 - July 1, 2016
Reduced test cycle time 10x by refactoring and adding parallel test execution; fixed critical bugs in a large codebase; contributed to IDE-like tooling for Clang language (debugger, source code browsing, auto-complete, watch variables).
Full Stack Software Engineer - Contractor at Jive Software
May 1, 2015 - July 1, 2016
Cluj-Napoca, Romania (remote for US). Fixed hot customer issues on a Virtual Call Center and CRM integrations (Salesforce, Netsuite), improved response times, and integrated with Facebook and Twitter. Built a phone-number microservice for porting numbers and contributed to SSO/AD integrations with third-party providers.

Education

Bachelor's at Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj Napoca
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2016
Bachelor of Computer Science at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016
Bachelor of Computer Science at Babeș-Bolyai University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016
Bachelor of Computer Science at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2016

Qualifications

Database Design and Programming with SQL Certification - Oracle Academy
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
SQL Certification
January 11, 2030 - June 29, 2026
National Olympiad in Informatics (Regional Phase) Qualification
January 11, 2030 - June 29, 2026
SQL Certification - Oracle Academy
January 11, 2030 - June 29, 2026
SQL Certification - Oracle Academy
January 11, 2030 - June 29, 2026
Database Design and Programming with SQL
January 11, 2030 - June 29, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services, Telecommunications