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Alexandra Pistol

10+ years

Frontend experience

Frontend Engineer · Iasi, Romania

Alexandra
Pistol.

Frontend Engineer with 10+ years of experience building production web applications, modernizing codebases, and making clear, accessible interfaces.

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01 / About

A thoughtful engineer with a product mindset.

I build and maintain applications with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern frontend practices. My work spans fintech, healthcare, and enterprise applications - from new features and API integration to legacy modernization and mentoring.

02 / Experience

Building reliable products, one meaningful improvement at a time.

Nov 2024 - Present

Loan management platform

Frontend Developer

Sundhedplus

  • Develop new features for a React-based loan management product.
  • Partner closely with backend engineers across the product lifecycle.
  • Improve performance and code quality across the application.
ReactTypeScriptReduxViteSCSSJestDocker

Aug 2024 - Oct 2024

Online trading platform modernization

Frontend Developer

iFOREX Romania

  • Contributed to the migration of a legacy trading platform from Knockout.js to React.
  • Refactored features into reusable components and improved UI consistency.
  • Delivered iterative improvements in a Scrum team.
ReactRedux ToolkitKnockout.jsSCSSWebpack

Nov 2021 - Jul 2024

Credit and loan platform

Frontend Developer

Quartz:IT

  • Built and maintained flows for credit applications, loans, users, and companies.
  • Led modernization from React class components to functional components.
  • Introduced TypeScript and mentored a junior developer into a full-time role.
ReactTypeScriptRedux

Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

Healthcare appointment scheduling

Frontend Developer

Miracle A/S

  • Implemented features in an Angular 8 application for scheduling medical appointments.
  • Maintained multiple Liferay 6 websites.
AngularLiferay

2020 - 2021 and 2017 - 2019

Family

Full-time parenting

Career break

  • Dedicated time to full-time parenting before returning to frontend engineering.

Oct 2013 - May 2017

Liferay CMS and web development

Frontend Developer

Steuerhaus

  • Built Liferay themes, layouts, hooks, and responsive cross-browser websites.
  • Mentored junior developers and led a frontend team.
  • Led development of a React/Redux application supporting business objectives.
LiferayReactReduxjQueryBootstrap

Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

Web development internship

Web Developer Intern

OSF Global Services

  • Translated PSD designs into functional web pages with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery.
HTML5CSS3jQuery

Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

Web development internship

Web Developer Intern

Mobile Touch

  • Learned PHP and CodeIgniter and built a proof-of-concept application.
PHPCodeIgniter

03 / Portfolio

Selected product work.

A small selection of work across loan management, family planning, and enterprise web platforms.

Sundhed+ mobile payment approval interface

Fintech

Sundhed+

React-based fintech platform supporting credit-application onboarding, role-based loan management, payment flows and a client portal, with a focus on feature delivery, maintainability, and performance

React 18TypeScriptReduxFormik
KydSync family schedule dashboard

Independent project

KydSync

A personal logistics hub for a single parent that centralizes kids' schedules, AI-assisted meal planning, WhatsApp chat summarization, and an appointments/homework tracker — built with Next.js, Node.js, and Tailwind

ReactNext.jsExpressPrismaSupabase

Enterprise web

Enterprise platforms
work.

Enterprise platforms

Enterprise portals and websites, custom Liferay themes, layouts, templates and hooks, alongside mentoring frontend developers and leading collaborative delivery.

LiferayApache VelocityCMSjQueryResponsive UIMentoringFrontend leadership

04 / Skills

Tools I reach for.

ReactTypeScriptJavaScriptNext.jsAngularReduxREST APIsSASS / LESSCSSHTML5GitLiferay CMSUmbracoBootstrapjQuery
01Collaboration
02Meticulous and organized
03Mentoring
04Accessibility
05Eye for design
06Curious learner
07Resourceful
08Adaptable

05 / Education

2011 - 2014

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi

Mar 2019

Microsoft 70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript & CSS3

Validated skills in document structures, program flow, data access and security, and CSS3 applications.

06 / Contact

Let's build something useful.

alexandra.pistol@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/alexandrapistol

Iasi, Romania · English (fluent), Romanian (native), French (elementary)