Mihaela Stoica
Sr Software Engineering Manager at Anaconda, Inc.
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMihaela Stoica is a seasoned software engineering manager with 13 years of experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, performance-focused products in cloud and virtualization domains. Currently a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Anaconda after leading Docker Desktop’s Programmable OS team, she blends hands-on engineering background with strategic product alignment to drive security, performance, and UX improvements at scale. Her earlier decade at Citrix includes deep contributions to XenServer/XenCenter—spanning SDK, toolstack and UI work—and notable open-source commits to projects like XenAPI and Apache CloudStack. Comfortable across back-end C# SDK work and front-end UI localization, she has a track record of improving reliability (retry/serialization fixes) and usability (license UI, GPU details). Based in the UK and classically trained in computer science, she pairs strong mentoring and delivery instincts with a pragmatic focus on measurable product impact.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov
Github Skills (25)
xapi10
javascript10
ui-design10
apache-cloudstack10
uid10
api10
exception-handling10
sdk10
front-end-development10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
debug9
apim9
netframework9
css9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
xenserver/xenadmin
Jun 2013 - Apr 2021
XenCenter, the Windows management console for XenServer
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:125 reviews, 1997 commits, 1956 PRs in 7 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Mihaela focused on implementing features related to license expiry alerts, modifying the license timer to display relevant warnings, and adding logic for handling licenses that require updates. These changes involved modifications to existing files like XenAdmin/LicenseTimer.cs and XenAdmin/Core/Registry.cs, as well as adding new classes like HiddenFeatures.cs. The contributions are primarily concentrated on adding new UI and logic to facilitate the handling of license updates.
windowsconsolewindows-servicexenserverwindows-forms
xapi-project/xen-api
Jul 2013 - Jun 2019
The Xapi Project's XenAPI Server
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 2 comments in 6 years
Contributions summary:Mihaela primarily contributed to the C# SDK for the XenAPI project. Their work involved enhancing the SDK's functionality by adding compatibility for new API versions, refactoring existing methods, and fixing bugs related to file handling and chunk reading. These changes included adding a retry mechanism for file moves and making exceptions serializable. The user also focused on improving the performance and reliability of the SDK.
xenapixapi
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