Alexandru Matei
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAlexandru Matei is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience focused on Windows Cloud, Remote Desktop, and Azure Virtual Desktop technologies at Microsoft, where he progressed from early engineering roles to principal leadership in Redmond. He brings deep systems-level expertise in building and scaling remote desktop and virtualization services, informed by an academic foundation in computer engineering and a master's in computer science from Politehnica University of Timișoara. His career path spans international engineering hubs—from Timisoara to Vancouver and Redmond—reflecting both hands-on implementation and cross-team collaboration on large cloud platforms. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he blends low-level systems thinking with cloud-native design to improve reliability and user experience at scale. Outside core product work, his background as a scalability engineer and early Microsoft internships hint at a long-standing focus on performance and operational excellence. Based in Redmond, he combines institutional knowledge of Microsoft’s cloud stack with a continuous drive to modernize remote computing infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
High school degree Mathematics and Informatics, High school degree Mathematics and Informatics at Colegiul National Banatean TimisoaraMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Universitatea „Politehnica” din Timișoara
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Github Skills (122)
windows10
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
netcore10
rest-api10
openapi10
linux10
api10
rest10
powershell10
azure10
shell10
color-picker10
magit10
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mateialexandru/MScThesis
Jul 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
mateialexandru/.emacs.d
Feb 2024 - Apr 2024
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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