Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur
Bucharest, Romania
Summary
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SeniorMihnea Dobrescu-balaur is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience delivering scalable systems, building infrastructure, libraries, products, and high-performing teams. As Engineering Manager at Stripe, he combines hands-on engineering excellence with people leadership to scale platforms and engineering culture. He previously served as CTO and Advisor at StakeBorg and held senior roles at Bolt and Hootsuite, consistently acting as a multiplier across teams and initiatives. An active open-source contributor, his work spans LightTable IDE editor enhancements and Pelias API features, including autocomplete, language translation support, and internationalization considerations. He also publishes a weekly Romanian newsletter on generative AI, translating cutting-edge developments into practical guidance for engineers. Based in Bucharest, he brings a global perspective with a strong European education, including CS degrees from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Politehnica București and a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (28)
api-doc10
editors10
javascript10
ide10
editor10
javascripts10
api10
geocoding10
clojurescript10
clojure-cli9
amazon-elasticsearch9
elasticsearch89
node-js9
elasticsearch79
elasticsearchapi9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
pelias/api
Apr 2019 - May 2019
HTTP API for Pelias Geocoder
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 2 branches in 1 month
Contributions summary:Mihnea contributed several features and enhancements to the Pelias API, primarily focusing on expanding the autocomplete functionality. This included implementing support for size parameters, boundary circles, and integrating language translation capabilities. Furthermore, the user modified the codebase to incorporate specific requirements such as flipping street number conventions in certain countries, demonstrating a solid understanding of the API's architecture and its geocoding capabilities.
apipythongeocodinggeocoderpelias
LightTable/LightTable
Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
The Light Table IDE ⛺
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 6 days
Contributions summary:Mihnea contributed to the Light Table IDE by modifying ClojureScript code related to tab management within the editor. They updated the tab goto functionality, refining how tabs are accessed, including the ability to go to the last tab. Additionally, they improved the docstring for a command and updated the code for selection within the editor. The user also added a check for curl in the shell script for installing dependencies.
lighttablelightlight-tableclojurescriptide
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