Codrin-victor Poienaru
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Prague, Prague, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolCodrin-Victor Poienaru is a Software Engineer II based in Prague with 12 years of experience building low-level systems in C/C++ and Rust, currently working on the Rust compiler for Windows at Microsoft. He brings deep expertise in algorithms, data structures, parallel and distributed computing, and operating systems, with a history of shipping production features and performance optimizations in automotive systems for BMW. At Microsoft he contributed to the widely used Visual Studio Test Platform, improving code coverage, debugging of external test processes, and telemetry for test sessions. His background includes mentoring, interviewing, and end-to-end module design—such as creating synchronous queue and watchdog components and achieving a 30% speedup in flashing tasks. A lifelong learner with a CSE degree and a master’s in IT management, he combines systems-level rigor with practical test automation experience. Curious and hands-on, he maintains an active GitHub showcasing his work and experiments in systems programming.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Management in Information Technology, Master's degree, Management in Information Technology at Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
Romanian, English
Github Skills (14)
unit-testing10
test-runner10
code-coverage10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
visual-studio10
csharp10
mstest10
unit-test10
ui-testing10
teste10
dotnet-core10
test-automation10
testing10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vstest
Feb 2020 - Dec 2022
Visual Studio Test Platform is the runner and engine that powers test explorer and vstest.console.
Role in this project:
Test Automation Engineer
Test Automation EngineerContributions:31 releases, 470 reviews, 82 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Codrin-victor primarily contributed to the test platform's codebase, addressing various aspects of code coverage and test execution. Their work included adding support for debugging external test processes, enhancing code coverage functionality with default exclusion merging, and introducing acceptance tests for code coverage features. The user also fixed code coverage compatibility issues and made improvements to telemetry, especially with regards to test sessions.
visual-studiodotnetconsoletest-platformtesting
cvpoienaru/EntropySource
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:64 commits, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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