# Alexandru Aliu

> Senior software developer with 25 years of experience. Builds integrations and platforms on .NET and Azure: automated, monitored, and quiet enough that nobody has to think about them. Website: https://www.aliu.ro/ (a CV styled as a Commodore 64 terminal).

Started in 2001 with JavaScript and JScript on the same project, installed .NET 1 on the day it was released and made async calls with Microsoft Remote Scripting before "Ajax" had a name.

## Projects

- [Stint - Time Logger](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pl677xwpbh0): Windows app (Microsoft Store). A time logger docked to the edge of the screen. One click logs 15 minutes to 8 hours; the report answers "what did I do?". Plain JSON files, no cloud, no account.
- [WhatWhenHow - Tap & Track](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.aliu.whatwhenhow): Android app (Google Play). Track anything in one tap, then see the patterns by day, season and label. Export to CSV for an AI assistant to analyse. Offline; nothing leaves the phone.
- [www.aliu.ro](https://www.aliu.ro/): this site, a C64 that reads you the CV.

## Experience

- **2025 - now, Senior Software Developer (Integration Architecture).** Took over integrations built by different teams and rebuilt them into one coherent platform: same patterns, fully automated, monitored and alerting, no manual intervention. Owns architecture, DevOps and infrastructure as code for these integrations. Azure with private networking (private endpoints, isolated services): Logic Apps, Functions, Docker containers, Event Hubs, Service Bus, SQL, Terraform, Azure DevOps. Teams notifications and alerts for business users, small internal apps. Connects a booking platform with a cloud ERP and finance system.
- **2023 - 2025, Technical Lead.** Led delivery of e-commerce and content platforms for mid-sized clients on Dynamicweb and Umbraco. Set the technical direction (solution design, estimates, coding standards), designed custom integrations with ERP systems and payment providers, planned the work across the developers, reviewed their code and was the main technical contact for clients from requirements to go-live.
- **2019 - 2023, Senior Software Developer.** Websites and e-commerce on Umbraco and Sitecore, custom web APIs, DevOps pipelines and Azure hosting.
- **2018 - 2019, Senior Software Developer.** Sitecore development.
- **2011 - 2018, Senior Software Developer.** Website delivery on a proprietary .NET CMS, plus Umbraco and Sitecore. Rebuilt a clinic's native Android intake app as a jQuery web app with clinician-defined questionnaires and an interactive body map.
- **2007 - 2011, Database Developer, banking.** T-SQL development in a bank where SQL Server was the application: stored procedures, queries and business logic changes, plus DBA work (indexes, performance tuning), alongside the T24 (Globus) core banking system.
- **2005 - 2007, Freelance Web Developer.** Websites and web applications for clients, end to end.
- **2001 - 2005, Software Developer.** Accounting and ERP-style business applications on SQL Server with MS Access front ends in VBA. Web apps in classic ASP (VBScript, JScript, JavaScript), ActiveX controls and Microsoft Remote Scripting.

## Skills

- Backend: C# / .NET, web APIs
- Cloud and ops: Azure, Docker, Terraform, Azure DevOps
- Data: SQL Server / T-SQL
- CMS and e-commerce: Umbraco, Sitecore, Dynamicweb
- Frontend: JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS; working knowledge of Vue, React and PWA
- Vintage: VBA, classic ASP

## Education and certifications

- MSc IT Project Management
- BSc Banking, Finance and Markets (1998 - 2002)
- IT and programming studies (1994 - 1998)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer; Sitecore 7 Certified Developer; Sitecore 9 Certified Developer

## Contact

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandru-aliu/
- CV as PDF: https://www.aliu.ro/assets/alexandru-aliu-cv.pdf