Cristian Cristea
Software Engineer at Bitdefender
Bucharest, Romania
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Top SchoolCristian Cristea is a software engineer with 8 years of experience, currently driving macOS development for Bitdefender’s Endpoint Security Tools where he bridges systems-level C/C++ with Objective-C++ and modern Swift/SwiftUI. He excels at working in large, established codebases, prioritising correctness, reliability, performance, and maintainability while delivering pragmatic, incremental improvements that reduce risk. His background in embedded firmware at Microchip sharpened his low-level debugging discipline, systems thinking, and a habit of building strong engineering feedback loops through CI, unit testing, and emulation. He led a ground-up rewrite of an internal validation tool in Swift 6 and SwiftUI, improving developer workflows, QA validation, and demos. Comfortable collaborating across Agile, cross-functional teams, Cristian pairs deep technical craft with clear ownership and practical documentation practices. Based in Bucharest with top academic honours in embedded systems, he brings a rare blend of embedded and Apple-platform expertise that makes him effective across the full macOS stack.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalaureate Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science, 9.66/10, Baccalaureate Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science, 9.66/10 at Iulia Hasdeu National CollegePOLITEHNICA București National University for Science and Technology
French, Italian, English, Romanian
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Github Skills (49)
unit-testing10
testing10
google10
tdd10
doctest10
javascript9
python9
discounts9
open-source9
automation9
windows-driver9
certificate9
kernel8
tac7
gitignore7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
cucerdariancatalin/face-recognition-app
Mar 2021 - May 2021
Proof of concept face recognition application to be integrated in a smart home system
Contributions:19 commits in 2 months
integratedface-recognitionrecognitionface-detectionface-recognition-application
cristiancristea00/tiago-mask-checker
Jun 2020 - Dec 2021
Demo application for Tiago robot to check if a person is wearing a mask correctly and their temperature is under some threshold value
Contributions:58 commits, 2 PRs, 45 pushes in 1 year 6 months
maskpersonthresholdrobottemperature
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