Paula
Burghelea
Profile
“Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.” ― Martin Fowler
Work Experience
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Full Stack Developer - CodeOp - Remote
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- Demonstrated problem-solving skills by tackling complex coding challenges and implementing efficient solutions
- Built 3 full stack projects: an MVP, a Feature Extension and a Group Project
- Group Project - NFT e-commerce app - Heroku App
- Full stack app: online store where people can buy fashion NFTs
- Created cart context: allow users to interact with the cart: add products, modify the quantity, update the item's price, quantity, and total cost, and remove items
- Built Auth Context: created back-end routes, registration, and contact us form with SendGrid API for sending emails
- Built with: MySQL, Express, Node.js, Vite, React.js, React React Router, TailwindCSS, CSS, Figma, Postman, SendGrid APIs, Stripe
- Feature Extension - Rota App - Github
- Full stack app that helps flatmates organise their apartment tasks & and bills.
- Implemented the billing feature that allows users to keep track of their bills: a page where they can view, sort, and share bills with their flatmates as well as assign bills to be paid
- Improved the app's existing layout by upgrading the design
- Built with: MySQL, Express, Node.js, Vite, React.js, React Router, CSS, Bootstrap
- MVP - Travelette App - Github
- Full stack app that helps people organize personal or group travel expenses in various currencies
- Main features: transactions page where users can view, sort, and edit past payments. All entries and changes are saved in the database
- Built with: MySQL, Express, Node.js, Vite, React.js, React Router, CSS, Bootstrap, Figma, Postman, and Wise APIs
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Freelancer - Front-End Developer - Remote
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- Practiced writing pseudo code and problem-solving, completed 100+ code challenges on codewars
- Worked closely with a mentor to solidify my front-end knowledge
- Personal Website - mycupoflatte.com
- Portfolio website showcasing my experience in building end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment
- Built with: Express, Node.js, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Mustache
- Project Scaffolding Bash Script - Gitbub Repo
- Created bash script to automate project scaffolding (express web server and electron app)
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Software Engineering Bootcamp - The Jump - Remote
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- 6 month part-time bootcamp covering front end technologies: HTML, CSS3, XML, JavaScript ES6+
- Developed front-end websites and web applications to a professional standard
- JS Project - Timer JS Libary
- Created a JS timer library that can be used for future projects to help calculate the time span between any two given time values
- Built with: JS, node.js
- Website Project - Clipboard
- Responsive website built to match mobile, tablet, and desktop design provided
- Learned to read/use design specifications on Figma
- Built with: HTML, CSS3, Figma
- Homage - Website Project
- Created a home page copy of the website - studio-ninetyone.com
- The main goal was to practice all HTML and CSS concepts as well as responsive web design
- Built with: HTML, CSS
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Twilio Inc. - London, England, UK
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- Technical Account Manager
- Dedicated support engineer for 5 large Twilio EMEA and APAC Clients
- Resposible for understarding customer integration for Twilio products such as SMS, Voice, and phone regulatory issues.
- Identifyied trends based on reposted issues and presented my findings during the weekly meetings or QBRs
- Customer Success Manager II
- Managed a portfolio of 36 accounts
- Initiated contract renewal conversation and worked with the AE to identify any upsell opportunities
- Assisted with more complex technical issues and helped escalate internally while finding the appropriate resources
- Identified and added customers to new beta features and provided feedback for the product team
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SendGrid Inc. - London, England, UK
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- Customer Success Manager
- Managed a portfolio of up to 70 accounts
- Organised and conducted monthly customer meetings and QBRs
- Worked with each customer to identify measurable KPIs for their email program and review KPI performance
- Provided feedback to the product team and help with new feature requests
- Initiated contract renewal conversation and uncovered additional service opportunities for the AEs
- Helped to escalate technical issues escalation and worked with support to optimize the resolution process
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Intelligent Bee Web - Iasi, Romania
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- Team Manager
- Assumed ownership over team productivity and managed workflow to meet or exceed service quality goals (identified measurable KPIs and helped the team to achieve and maintain the success line)
- Handled staffing responsibilities for team by creating and maintaining monthly schedule
- Identified individual development needs with appropriate training
- Facilitated inter-departmental communication to provide customer support efficiently
- Maintained high departmental standards for quality and productivity metrics. (continuously reviewed tickets and chats answered given by the clients)
- Senior Technical Support Engineer
- Researched, troubleshot and resolved complex problems independently
- Provided on-call support for critical issues
- Defined and documented technical best practices
- Team lead responsibilities - worked closely with team members to meet or exceed all customer service requirements
- Junior Technical Support Engineer
- Troubleshoot and guided customers through integration steps, including identifying system and site-specific app/code issues
- Resposible for activating new accounts
- Managed customers' expectations and experience to a high degree of customer satisfaction (average personal satisfaction score constantly above 90%)
- Enthusiastically participated in job-related training.
Skills
- HTML5, SVG & XML
- CSS3, Saas
- Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS
- JavaScript(ES6) and RESTful APIs
- React.js, Vue.js, Express, Next and other frameworks
- JSON Web Token, Bcrypt, Jest
- Databases & MySQL
- Git, Bash
- Postman, Figma, Heroku
- .NET C#
- Troubleshooting & Technical Support
- Email: SMTP, DNS, Deliverability & Spam Filtering
- SMPP & Voice
- Google Docs & Microsoft Office
Languages
- Romanian
- English
- Italian
- Surfing portughese
Education
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Full Stack Development Bootcamp
CodeOp - Remote, UK
- 3-month full-time bootcamp covering full stack technologies: JavaScript ES6+, React.js, ReactContext API, Node/Express and MySQL, HTML and CSS
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Software Engineering Bootcamp
The Jump Digital School - Remote, Portugal
- Developed and deployed full Stack applications over the course of a 30 weeks bootcamp program;
- Lerned about the constituent parts of the internet and websites / web applications: The client-server model (inc. APIs);
- Programming languages and libraries to control those constituent parts e.g. HTML, CSS, JavaScript (inc. NodeJS & React), SQL/NoSQL, Shell, GraphQL, JSON;
- Learned how to use tools & systems to create, edit, debug, test, deploy & host my code;
- Learned about industry standards and best practice for writing software.
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Situalion Leadership: Building Leaders
Edurom - Iasi, Romania
Learned to build an action-oriented framework for the team and each individual. This increased both the quantity and quality of performance conversations by matching an individual’s Performance Readiness Level for a specific task with the appropriate leadership style.
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Economics and Business Administration
Al. I. Cuza Universiti - Iasi, Romania