Razvan Popa

Razvan Popa has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning various roles in the tech industry. Razvan is currently serving as the Senior Director of Engineering at Qualia, a position they have held since August 2023. Prior to this, they worked as the Director of Engineering at Qualia, starting in August 2021 and ending in August 2023. Before that, Razvan was the Senior Engineering Manager at Qualia from June 2020 to August 2021.

Before joining Qualia, Razvan had notable roles at WeWork, where they began as a Staff Software Engineer and later became a Senior Engineering Manager from November 2018 to June 2020. Razvan was responsible for enabling engineers to develop, test, and monitor their applications on Kubernetes clusters. Razvan also played a key role in reducing dependencies on external service providers.

Razvan also has experience as a Founder at QCade, where they built a recommender engine and web UI for personalized product lists for online stores. Razvan managed a remote team and conducted user testing to improve the front-end usability. Razvan'stenure at QCade lasted from September 2015 to November 2018.

Prior to QCade, Razvan worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Snapdocs from February 2018 to July 2018. Razvan also served as the Lead Backend Engineer at DaWanda from August 2012 to September 2015, managing a team of six engineers and driving significant business growth through recommender engines and A/B testing.

Earlier in their career, Razvan founded ITnovate, a company they led from February 2008 to December 2012. Razvan also held roles as a Lead Developer at E-Opinion from November 2008 to August 2012, a Software Developer at Romtelecom from June 2006 to November 2008, a Senior System Administrator at Evolva Telecom from January 2005 to June 2006, and an IT Consultant at Lumina Educational Institutions from September 2004 to January 2005.

Overall, Razvan Popa's work experience showcases their expertise and leadership in engineering, product development, and team management across various companies and industries throughout their career.

Razvan Popa completed their Engineer's Degree in Computer Science from the University of IS Timisoara, from 2010 to 2013. In addition, they obtained a certification in Functional Programming Principles in Scala from Coursera Verified Certificates in June 2014.