Rares Folea
Software Engineer at Google
Brasov, Romania
Summary
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Top SchoolRares Folea is a software engineer based in Brașov, Romania, with eight years of experience focused on cloud and embedded systems, currently contributing to Google Cloud. He blends a strong academic foundation—pursuing a PhD in Computer Science with a Master's in Artificial Intelligence—with practical industry experience from roles at Fitbit and Hootsuite. At Google he applies research-informed thinking to production-scale cloud problems, while his internship background highlights hands-on embedded and backend development skills. Comfortable moving between low-level firmware concerns and large distributed systems, he brings a rare combination of AI-aware research training and production engineering discipline to cloud-native challenges.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Universitatea POLITEHNICA din BucureștiBaccalaureate, Mathematics and Computer Science, Baccalaureate, Mathematics and Computer Science at National College Andrei Saguna
Github Skills (105)
abstract-syntax-tree10
javascript10
editor10
grammars10
cloud-sql10
rust10
kubernetes10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
go10
vscode10
docker10
microsoft10
complexity10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
raresraf/KRAM
Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
A multi-stack tech system for Question Answering using modern approaches in NLP and Knowledge Graphs.
Contributions:12 commits, 5 PRs, 9 pushes in 10 months
nlpquestionknowledgesentence-similaritysemantic-search
raresraf/rafMetrics
Sep 2019 - Nov 2021
Metrics for evaluating the performance and complexity of computer programs
Contributions:3 releases, 18 reviews, 593 commits in 2 years 2 months
complexitypythonperformanceprogramsmetrics
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