Summary
Octavian Custura is a software engineer and Associate Teacher based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, combining eight years of industry experience with ongoing PhD studies in Computer Science at Babeș-Bolyai University. He has grown from intern to software engineer and team leader at Cloudflight, where he balanced hands-on development with people leadership and delivery responsibilities. Concurrently pursuing an MS and PhD while teaching, he brings both academic rigor and practical product experience to research-adjacent engineering problems. Octavian is comfortable shipping code in production environments and mentoring others, with a track record of stepping into leadership without losing touch with implementation details. His profile suggests an uncommon blend of early-career academic advancement and sustained professional engineering practice, positioning him well for roles that bridge research and applied software development.
8 years of coding experience
Phd, Computer Science, Phd, Computer Science at Babes-Bolyai University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering at Babeș-Bolyai University