Summary
Stefan Florea is a hands-on engineering leader with a decade of experience building and scaling product-led platforms, currently serving as VP of Engineering at Rex where he’s driving the next unicorn’s product development. He has a strong startup pedigree—leading MVP delivery, hiring initial teams, and shaping architecture at Rex and prototyping and scaling new business verticals at Bolt. Comfortable across the full stack and security-sensitive distributed systems, Stefan has shipped identity/authentication solutions, high-volume food delivery systems, and end-to-end veterinary practice platforms. He pairs technical rigor (M.Eng. in Engineering Management, 3.93 GPA) with pragmatic build-vs-buy decision-making and a clear track record of translating early product experiments into scalable production services. Colleagues describe him as positive, sociable, and team-first, yet relentless about finding the best technical solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at University of Groningen
Master’s Degree, Engineering Management, 3.93 GPA, Master’s Degree, Engineering Management, 3.93 GPA at Stevens Institute of Technology
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering at Universitatea „Politehnica” din București
Romanian, English, Spanish