Călin Chițu
Senior Software Engineer at 8x8
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Summary
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Top SchoolCălin Chițu is a Senior Software Engineer based in Cluj-Napoca with 7 years of experience building web and mobile applications, currently focused on React Native and the Jitsi open-source ecosystem at 8x8. He has driven mobile feature design, rearchitected codebases to TypeScript, and implemented mobile testing automation with WebdriverIO and Appium, blending hands-on development with test engineering. Earlier roles span 2FA and IoT projects using React, Material-UI, Redux and Ember.js, demonstrating a strong frontend pedigree and accessibility-aware UI work. On GitHub he has contributed test automation improvements to the widely used jitsi-meet project, fixing real-world A/V moderation and shared video test issues. Comfortable moving between product-facing UI improvements and behind-the-scenes reliability efforts, he brings pragmatic engineering and a knack for making complex native–web integrations behave consistently.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High-School, Mathematics and Computer Science, High-School, Mathematics and Computer Science at National High-School Calistrat HogașBachelor's degree, Political Sciences, Administration and Public Relations, Advertising, Bachelor's degree, Political Sciences, Administration and Public Relations, Advertising at Babeș-Bolyai University
English
Github Skills (13)
javas10
webtest10
selenium-ide10
selenium10
java10
test-automation10
web-testing10
testng9
jitsi-meet9
video-conferencing8
github-ci4
githubaction-workflow4
fest3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jitsi/jitsi-meet-torture
Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 reviews, 9 commits, 18 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Călin primarily focused on test automation, modifying existing tests and adding new ones for the Jitsi Meet platform. They fixed issues related to shared video functionality, including correcting discrepancies in video URLs and test configurations. Further contributions included the creation and modification of tests related to audio/video moderation features, demonstrating their involvement in testing core platform functionalities. The commits showcase a focus on improving test coverage and addressing specific bugs within the testing framework.
Calinteodor/jitsi-meet
Feb 2021 - Apr 2025
Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.
Contributions:2 PRs, 2566 pushes, 439 branches in 4 years 2 months
securescalablescalable-video-conferencesjitsiweb-application
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