Summary
Cristian Pădureac is a software engineer with nine years of experience building high-performance C++ systems and machine learning solutions, currently applying his skills at KISSsoft in Zurich. He combines deep C++ (C++11+) and CMake expertise with hands-on ML development in Python (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and C++, and has shipped production features across automotive and consumer domains at Garmin, Porsche Engineering, Continental. Comfortable across the stack, he has adapted native libraries for Kotlin/SwiftUI apps, debugged multithreaded deadlocks, and implemented anomaly detection models like VAEs and LSTMs. A pragmatic team player, he prioritizes SOLID design, unit-tested deliverables (gtest/Catch2), and fit-for-purpose research to solve complex problems. His background in AI and vision (Master’s) subtly informs both his ML work and practical C++ engineering approaches.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Artificial Intelligence and Vision, Master's degree Artificial Intelligence and Vision at Technical University of Cluj Napoca
Engineer's degree Information Technology, Engineer's degree Information Technology at Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași