Andrei-Alexandru Birsan

Group Manager at Playtika
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Romania, RO
Languages
  • English -
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Experience

    • Israel
    • Computer Games
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Group Manager
      • Nov 2018 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Team Lead
      • Sep 2017 - Nov 2018

      As a Team Lead, my main responsability is to manage a team of 10 developers (which contained DB/UI/Backend/Testing developers).Responsibilities:-ensuring that the team is consistently delivering value to our customer, whilst making sure that they respect quality standards and that they deliver in a timely manner;-making sure priority of our work is defined properly as to deliver the most value at any time;-dealing with issues/problems within the team and making sure to address problems as soon as they arise;-ensuring that the team is self-organized and that "we" as a team are responsible for what we deliver;-making sure that the knowledge is shared between team members, to ensure the capability of the team to work effectively when a team member is not available;-making sure that the progress that the team makes is visible to the customer/team;-removing any impediments that arise so that the team can continue working uninterrupted and as efficient as possible;-empowering team members to collaborate closely with our customer and understand their requirements in order to identify possible technical difficulties and suggest appropriate solutions;-involvement in the allocation process of UI resources, at account level, within the Digital Solutions stream.I am also involved in:-upgrading our development pipeline to a cloud based pipeline in order to increase our automation capabilities;-automating the team's development process by implementing a Slack bot that minimizes the assistance required from DevOps Engineers;-initiating the migration of the application from AngularJS to Angular6, by raising the stakeholder's awareness of it's necessity to be included in the product roadmap. Show less

    • People Manager
      • Jun 2016 - Nov 2018

      I hold the role of People Manager in Endava, which is a hierarchical role focused on people growth.In this role I am responsible of:- delivering constructive/positive feedback to the people in my management team (via one on one sessions) as to nurture their personal growth;- ascertaining people's aspirations/professional goals and create a personalized career development plan focused on achieving their goals;- proposing the people in my management team for a grade/salary increase (decision made via assessing their performance with the use of 360 feedback and feedback from DU) on a biannual basis;- assessing project opportunities within the company and correlate them with both company's and individual's objectives and propose rotations in order to ensure the most efficient resource allocation;- taking part in the People Manager Assessment Center where I evaluate other colleagues that are preparing to take on the People Manager role. Show less

    • Frontend Development Lead | Scrum Master
      • Jun 2016 - Nov 2018

      Whilst having this role, I was responsible with managing a team of 6 frontend developers.Responsibilities:- defining best practices/quality standards and ensuring that all the developers are adhering to them;- guiding the developers in adopting adequate approaches for their tasks;- ensuring that the health of the application is closely monitored so that the team can continuously improve,keep track and prioritize its technical debt;- encouraging others to say "let's do it the right way" so that quality standards are maintained;While being a Development Lead I also took the role of part time Scrum Master, with the following responsibilities:- serving as a facilitator for the team members;- making sure that all parties are in compliance with the Agile methodologies;- establishing an environment where the team can be effective;- protecting the team against interruptions coming from outside and inside the team;- encouraging the team to remove obstacles and intervene when necessary;- ensuring a good relationship between the team and product owner, and also with others outside the team.I am also involved in the technical interviews for Endava's frontend candidates. Show less

    • Senior Frontend Developer
      • Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

      I was part of a project that aimed to build a dashboard for one of the leading payment processing companies.The app was designed as a SPA built with the use of AngularJS as framework and d3.js for bringing data to life via cool looking charts.My responsibilities included:- Build features according with the client's requests;- Being involved in feature design by providing feedback/technical assistance;- Provide code review for other team members;- Fix bugs and provide application support;- As the only senior UI developer, provide guidance to other frontend developers in the project. Show less

    • Romania
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Web UI Developer
      • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Web UI Developer
      • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

    • Romania
    • Market Research
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Competence Programming Specialist
      • Mar 2014 - Jun 2014

    • NPD Developer
      • May 2012 - Mar 2014

    • Scriptwriter
      • Mar 2011 - May 2012

Education

  • Academia de Studii Economice din București

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