Andra Paraschiv
Software Engineer at Gcore
Bucharest, Romania
Summary
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Top SchoolAndra Paraschiv is a software engineer with six years of experience specializing in operating systems internals, low-level programming and open source contributions. She has worked on kernel and hypervisor projects at AWS, contributed filesystem and performance fixes to the high-profile unikraft cloud-native kernel, and built high-performance packet filtering engines for DDoS protection using C, Rust and XDP. Her background spans embedded FPGA work, Chrome OS features at Intel, and research into multipath TCP and IoT connectivity, reflecting a strong systems and networking pedigree. Currently at Gcore she focuses on CDN and edge network components, improving efficiency and scalability in production. Andra combines academic training in security of complex information networks with hands-on experience across Linux, Rust and C toolchains, often surfacing subtle correctness and performance fixes that improve reliability at scale. Colleagues value her curiosity for new technologies and her knack for turning low-level research into practical, deployable solutions.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School, English Bilingual Mathematics and Informatics, High School, English Bilingual Mathematics and Informatics at Gheorghe Munteanu Murgoci, BrailaMaster, Security of Complex Information Networks, Master, Security of Complex Information Networks at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
c1710
kernel10
unikernel10
c1110
operating-system10
virtualization9
filesystem9
symlink9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
unikraft/unikraft
Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
A next-generation cloud native kernel designed to unlock best-in-class performance, security primitives and efficiency savings.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 reviews, 3 PRs, 34 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Andra primarily contributed to the Unikraft kernel, focusing on file system (9pfs and vfscore) improvements. Their work included enabling symlink support for the UK_9P_PROTO_2000U version, fixing mountpoint length issues, and correcting file path resolution for various file system setups. Additionally, they addressed issues such as variable initialization and implemented per-lcpu variable definitions. These changes enhance file system functionality and improve the overall performance of the kernel.
kernelposix-compliantvirtualizationmicroserviceposix
aws/aws-nitro-enclaves-cli
Jul 2020 - Dec 2022
Tooling for Nitro Enclave Management
Contributions:3 releases, 137 reviews, 111 commits in 2 years 5 months
nitro-enclavesnitro-enclavenitroenclavetooling
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