PetreĀ Popescu
Senior Software Engineer at DRW
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPetre Popescu is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of modern web application experience and a long history of architecting and maintaining large-scale production systems. He blends deep Java and Kotlin backend expertise (Spring, Struts, JDBC) with practical knowledge of Python, databases (MSSQL, MySQL, DB2) and Linux/Apache/Tomcat operations, enabling him to own features end-to-end from design through incident response. Currently at DRW, he previously shaped platform and process as an enterprise architect and scrum master at Hostway and delivered customer-focused solutions at Uptake, often advising and training peers. Known for clear stakeholder communication, he pairs technical leadership with hands-on coding and a curiosity for AI tooling reflected in his GitHub interests. An MHCI graduate from Carnegie Mellon with a CS degree from UIC, he brings a user-centered perspective to robust backend engineering.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Illinois ChicagoMHCI HCI, MHCI HCI at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish, German
Github Skills (51)
reactive10
java10
jvm9
scala9
restful9
playframework9
caching8
computation7
in-memory7
low-latency7
distributed-computing7
aurora7
web-framework7
database-management6
hazelcast6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pazvanti/Phoenix
May 2024 - Mar 2025
Phoenix is a modern template engine for Spring and Spring Boot that facilitates development of complex web application by providing an ease to use and easy to understand syntax for developing Server-Side Rendered web pages.
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 PRs, 46 pushes in 10 months
pazvanti/Zalmoxis3D
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 month
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