Summary
Alexandru Popa is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and operating large-scale systems at companies including Indeed, Rakuten, and Amazon. He brings deep hands-on expertise in designing reliable, highly available services—having supported email marketing systems that sent tens of millions of messages per day—and now drives architecture and delivery at Indeed. Known for a growth mindset and broad technical curiosity, he adapts quickly across domains and mentors peers while shipping impactful features. His academic background in computational optimization complements a pragmatic approach to solving production challenges. Based in Nakanojo, Japan, he combines multinational corporate experience with a willingness to learn “just about anything” related to software engineering. An often-overlooked strength is his sustained focus on operational excellence across feature development and day-to-day reliability.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Liceul de Informatica "Grigore Moisil", Iași
Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computational Optimization, Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computational Optimization at Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași
English, Japanese, Romanian, French