Summary
Cristian Zlatea is a seasoned .NET software developer with over 11 years of experience building web, desktop, mobile and distributed systems, currently working as an independent contractor from Cluj-Napoca. He specializes in modern .NET (including .NET 8, ASP.NET Core and Blazor), SPA frameworks and TypeScript, and brings hands-on expertise in performance optimization, cloud (Azure) deployments and CI/CD using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions. His background spans payment and financial platforms, ERP systems and multi-tier architectures, with solid practice in WCF/REST services, MVVM/MVP patterns and database work across SQL and NoSQL stores. Cristian pairs development with quality engineering—TDD/BDD, Playwright and TestStack.White for UI automation—and holds a Professional Scrum Developer certification. Notably, he has designed and integrated complex payment workflows and monitoring tools for high-reliability systems, reflecting a pragmatic focus on observability and operational resilience.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Universitatea Tehnică din Cluj-Napoca
English, German, Romanian