I'm Cristina Lare, a self-taught full-stack developer who landed my first role six months after starting to code—and now have four years building and shipping production applications from 0 to 1. I'm frontend-strong and full-stack capable: I design and build complete features across React, Next.js, Vue.js, Node.js/NestJS, and Python/Django—from database schemas to polished UI. Recently, I shipped an AI-powered platform with RAG, OpenAI vector stores, and a GitHub Actions automation pipeline. I thrive in product-minded, growth-focused startup environments and am driven by solving meaningful problems with teams who care as much as I do.

Cristina Lare

I'm Cristina Lare, a self-taught full-stack developer who landed my first role six months after starting to code—and now have four years building and shipping production applications from 0 to 1. I'm frontend-strong and full-stack capable: I design and build complete features across React, Next.js, Vue.js, Node.js/NestJS, and Python/Django—from database schemas to polished UI. Recently, I shipped an AI-powered platform with RAG, OpenAI vector stores, and a GitHub Actions automation pipeline. I thrive in product-minded, growth-focused startup environments and am driven by solving meaningful problems with teams who care as much as I do.

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I’m Cristina Lare, a self-taught full-stack developer who landed my first role six months after starting to code—and now have four years building and shipping production applications from 0 to 1.
I’m frontend-strong and full-stack capable: I design and build complete features across React, Next.js, Vue.js, Node.js/NestJS, and Python/Django—from database schemas to polished UI. Recently, I shipped an AI-powered platform with RAG, OpenAI vector stores, and a GitHub Actions automation pipeline. I thrive in product-minded, growth-focused startup environments and am driven by solving meaningful problems with teams who care as much as I do.

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Work Experience

Frontend Engineer at Allo.Capital
June 1, 2025 - October 26, 2025
Developed full-stack rapid prototypes using Next.js and Privy for authentication and built an NFT patron sale platform with wallet integration using RainbowKit.
Frontend Engineer at Buidlbox
November 1, 2024 - October 26, 2025
Collaborated on multiple migrations, built comprehensive admin dashboard, developed custom hackathon signup forms, and redesigned landing pages.
Frontend Developer at Supermodular
February 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Built landing pages and developed interactive coordination mechanisms using vanilla JavaScript and Three.js.
Frontend Developer at Upgrade Education
December 1, 2022 - October 26, 2025
Developed features for Agora platform, focused on creating responsive designs for optimal user experience across devices.
Frontend Developer at Gitcoin
May 1, 2022 - October 26, 2025
Built websites for Ethereum community events using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, gaining experience with small distributed teams.
Full-Stack Developer at Gitcoin
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Built full-stack features for a funding platform from scratch: Next.js 16 App Router, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS v4; implemented funding mechanisms, pages, case studies, research, and campaigns. Engineered a RAG-powered AI assistant using Vercel AI SDK and OpenAI vector stores, enabling semantically enriched user queries and streaming GPT-4 responses. Created a Markdown-based content pipeline with custom loaders and typed schemas to manage 40+ structured content files across categories. Automated community content pipeline with GitHub Actions—enforced structured input, triggered automated PR creation, and parsed issues into .md files; contributed ~50 changes with minimal manual intervention.
Full-Stack Developer at Allo.Capital
November 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025
Co-founded Allo.Capital, a capital coordination startup. Built from early prototypes to production; shipped full-stack rapid prototypes; implemented Next.js-based landing pages, privacy-preserving Web3 authentication with Rainbow Kit, and a patron membership platform. Created content-managed coordination mechanisms, network resources, and educational pages via Sanity CMS integration; built Landing page with 3D visualization (Three.js) for onboarding; led product discussions with founders.
Frontend Engineer at Buildbox
February 1, 2023 - November 1, 2024
Frontend Engineer for Buildbox, a hackathon management SaaS. Implemented admin dashboards, sign-up/onboarding flows, project/challenge/bounty explorers, and judging dashboards; shipped 2 major migrations (state management Pinia -> Vue Query) and a full frontend built with Vue/Nuxt, REST API, and Docker; delivered responsive UI across multiple products; orchestrated 2 major product features for 25+ hackathons and 1,500+ submissions.
Frontend Engineer at Super Modular
December 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023
Frontend Engineer for a Web3 venture studio. Built landing pages with React, GSAP, Lottie, Three.js, and vanilla JavaScript; redesigned pages for improved fidelity and performance; collaborated with design and marketing to ship high-quality frontend assets.

Education

Bachelor’s degree at University of Bucharest
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
Bachelor’s degree at National Intelligence Academy
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2019
Master's degree at University of Bucharest
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
MSc Trauma Psychology at University of Bucharest
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
BSc Psychology at University of Bucharest
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
BSc Security & Intelligence at National Intelligence Academy
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2019

Qualifications

Emotion-Focused Psychotherapy Training
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment