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Commercial Work Experience

Roles, responsibilities, and impact across my career.

Alex Alexandrescu

Agentic Engineer

Bucharest, ROhe/they
LinkedIn
alex@escu.dev
Bucharest, RO
github.com/alexcatdad
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Agentic engineer designing human-in-the-loop AI systems and developer tooling. 15+ years of full-stack product delivery — from schema design and API contracts to polished UI — now applied to agent orchestration, tool-use architecture, and MCP-native workflows. Founded and operated a development agency, led distributed teams across time zones, and ships open-source tools daily.

Currently focused on

AI-native companies

Secondary: Traditional companies adopting AI

Years shipping

15+

Production web applications

Teams led

6

Across startups, agencies, enterprise

Remote-first

10+ yrs

Async collaboration across time zones

Latest role

Software Architect & Engineering Consultant

Conversy

Software Architect / Staff Engineer

Full-stack system design, from database to API to UI, with daily shipping culture

Engineering Manager

Building and leading teams that ship — hands-on leader who still writes code

Technical Co-Founder / CTO

Zero-to-one product development, agency experience, startup scaling

Agentic Engineer

Agent orchestration, tool-use design, MCP-native development, OSS-first approach

Company types

startup • scale-up • enterprise • agency

Highlights

  • •Designed and shipped LangGraph agent pipeline with human-in-the-loop review for ML platform
  • •100% vibe-coded portfolio site with Claude Code and MCP tooling
  • •Founded and operated software development agency orchestrating team of 24

Core skills

Technical range

Agentic Engineering

Expert
Claude CodeMCP (Model Context Protocol)LangGraphAgent OrchestrationTool-Use DesignHuman-in-the-Loop PatternsPrompt EngineeringVibe CodingAI-Augmented Development

Languages & Frameworks

Expert
TypeScriptJavaScriptReactNext.jsAstroNode.jsBunGoSwiftTailwind CSS

Backend & APIs

Advanced
REST API DesignDatabase Schema DesignAPI ContractsPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisCLI Tools

Architecture & Infrastructure

Advanced
DockerKubernetesAWSGCPCI/CDGitHub ActionsCloudflare Tunnels

Leadership & Process

Expert
Engineering ManagementTeam BuildingRemote Team ManagementAgent Workflow DesignClient Consulting

Projects

Selected work

catnap

Native macOS menubar dashboard for local git repositories. Watches repos in real time, shows branch status and uncommitted changes, enriches data from GitHub — zero config required.

  • •Built with SwiftUI for lightweight, native macOS experience
  • •Real-time git status monitoring across all local repositories
  • •GitHub API integration for enriched repo metadata
SwiftSwiftUImacOSGitDeveloper Tools
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paw

Personal dotfiles manager CLI. Symlink-based profiles, package declarations, sync, audit, and scaffold — all from a single binary. Available via Homebrew.

  • •Opinionated dotfiles management replacing stow/chezmoi complexity
  • •Profile-based configuration with symlink automation
  • •Homebrew tap for easy installation and updates
GoCLIDotfilesHomebrewDeveloper Tools
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paw-proxy

Zero-config HTTPS reverse proxy for local macOS development. Point it at any local port and get a .localhost domain with valid HTTPS — no mkcert, no Nginx config.

  • •Automatic certificate generation and trust chain management
  • •Single-command setup eliminating local HTTPS ceremony
  • •Homebrew tap distribution for seamless installation
GoHTTPSProxySSLLocal DevmacOS
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Experience

Impact timeline

Agentic Era
C

Software Architect & Engineering Consultant

Conversy

Jan 2023 — Nov 2025

2y 10m

Team: 3

Voice biometric analysis startup using ML for speaker identification. Full vertical ownership: database schema, API architecture, authentication, and production UI. Designed and shipped the company's first LLM-powered agent pipeline and frontend for the ML platform.

  • •Designed and shipped LangGraph-based agent pipeline — processes transcriptions through dependency-aware question graphs with human-in-the-loop review
  • •Architected full backend as foundation for agent-facing tool endpoints — database schema, API contracts, authentication, rate limiting
  • •Built first production frontend for the ML platform (Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS) including agent output review interfaces
  • •Achieved 90% daily deployment success rate with trunk-based development — iterative agent development shipped continuously
LangGraphAgent OrchestrationHuman-in-the-LoopNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSPostgreSQLREST APIsBun
Foundation

Pre-AI roles condensed to transferable value for agentic work

T

Founder & Lead Engineer

Technically Correct

Sep 2021 — Dec 2022

1y 3m

Team: 24

  • •Founded agency (team of 24) delivering 5 production projects — multi-system orchestration experience informing agent workflow design
R

Senior Software Engineer

RCKT

Nov 2021 — Jul 2022

8m

Team: 10

  • •Rebuilt oetker.com — greenfield architecture decisions mirroring modern tool-chain design patterns
F

Technical Product Manager

FANtium

Jun 2022 — Jan 2023

7m

Team: 4

  • •Bridged engineering and product, translating business requirements to technical specs — the same translation layer needed for agent-to-human interfaces
M

Engineering Manager

Marley Spoon

Jun 2021 — Oct 2021

4m

Team: 8

  • •Led 8 engineers migrating legacy PHP to Next.js with containerized CI/CD — large-scale system migration applicable to agent infrastructure
M

Head of Technical Operations

MVP Match

May 2020 — Jun 2021

1y 1m

  • •Built technical validation pipeline (310+ profiles, 65% acceptance) — structured evaluation at scale, paralleling agent output quality assessment
A

Engineering Manager

ADAMOS

Jan 2019 — Dec 2020

1y 11m

Team: 7

  • •Led greenfield IoT platform team of 7 — API contracts and plugin marketplace paralleling MCP tool-registry design
M

Engineering Manager

MVP Factory

May 2019 — May 2020

1y

  • •Managed concurrent multi-client delivery — parallel workstream orchestration mapping to multi-agent coordination
M

Technical Lead

MVP Factory

Aug 2017 — May 2019

1y 9m

  • •Scaled distributed JavaScript developer network — remote-first quality governance at distance
S

JavaScript Tech Lead

Stefanini EMEA

Oct 2016 — Aug 2017

10m

  • •Led JavaScript across diverse outsourcing engagements — rapid context switching across codebases
T

Angular 2 Developer

Talkbe

May 2016 — Oct 2016

5m

  • •Pre-LLM conversational AI startup — built analytics dashboard for chatbot campaign performance
T

Rich Media Engineer

Teads Studio (formerly Brainient)

Jul 2014 — May 2016

1y 10m

  • •Rich media engineering (interactive video, canvas games) — creative programming under strict performance constraints
e

PHP Developer

eMAG

Mar 2014 — May 2014

2m

  • •E-commerce feature delivery on Romania's largest online retailer platform
K

Web Developer

KUBIS Interactive

Aug 2012 — Mar 2014

1y 7m

  • •Full-stack agency work (Laravel, AWS, MongoDB) — built one of Romania's most-visited Facebook contest campaigns
S

Flash Developer

Stefanini Infinit (Infinit Agency)

Oct 2011 — Aug 2012

10m

  • •Early career: Flash/AR mobile apps and experimental interactive media
S

Freelance Flash Developer

SIVECO Romania

Feb 2010 — Oct 2011

1y 8m

  • •First role: transformed educational materials into interactive experiences with knowledge validation
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Thought leadership

Publications

10 Years of Remote Work

Self-published (planned)

Book documenting a decade of remote work experience, contextualized against industry adoption patterns. Currently in writing phase with target release Q2 2026.

▸ Volunteer

Rescue Volunteer

Independent Cat Rescue Network

Jan 2022 – Present

Collaborate with individual rescuers, veterinarians, and sanctuaries on cat rescue and adoption operations.

  • • Transport cats between foster homes, veterinary clinics, and adoption events
  • • Foster and socialize cats preparing them for adoption
  • • Consult with potential adopters on cat selection and care
  • • Coordinate with veterinary professionals on medical care

▸ Interests

Photography

  • Boudoir & Glamour specialist
  • Published in print magazines (multiple countries)
  • Exhibited in 2 physical exhibitions
  • Operated studios in Bucharest and Berlin

Vintage Car Mechanics

  • BMW E46 Individual Edition (2003) restoration
  • Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart resurrection
  • Hands-on mechanical learning
  • Documentation and shadowing

Homelabbing

  • Ubuntu Server + Docker stack
  • Dev databases (PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Milvus, Neo4j, Redis cluster)
  • Internal DNS with Let's Encrypt SSL
  • Cloudflare Tunnels (no open ports)
  • Ollama for local LLM embeddings and automation
  • TrueNAS Scale
  • Media server management

▸ Education & Languages

Engineer's Degree

Titu Maiorescu University

Computer Science · 2012

High School

Jean Monnet High School

Mathematics and Computer Science · 2009

Languages

Romanian (Native)English (Fluent)

Certificates

  • Oracle Academy Database Design and Programming With SQL · Ministry of Education and Scientific Research (Romania)
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