My name is Alexandra π±π»ββοΈ I am half French π«π· and half Bulgarian π§π¬ I was born in France and grew up bilingual.
I am currently based in Nice π on the sunny French Riviera seaside and close to the Sophia-Antipolis tech park.
After graduating with honours from a high school π« specialising in mathematics and informatics (my first programming languages were C++ and Visual Basic) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria π§π¬ I enrolled at the University of Plovdiv ποΈ and completed my 4-year Bachelor's degree in Software Technology and Design, also with honours. During my final year π©πΌβπ I had the pleasure of teaching students design patterns in C#. At the same university, I continued my studies by attending a one-year Master's program in Software Technology with Specialization in Mobile Systems and Applications.
GitHub 
projects from this curriculum
Towards the end of my second year, I started an internship in software developement at Prime Holding π§π¬ This first experience taught me a lot, including working in a team, using the Scrum methodology and version control (Git). I acquired front-end (HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JS), back-end (ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework with SQL Server, APIs) and mobile dev (Xamarin) skills.
GitHub projects from this work experience
My next professional experience was as a Software Engineer at ScaleFocus π§π¬ where I worked on several different client projects, most of them in English. I had the opportunity to further my knowledge in .NET, TypeScript and SQL. I also learned how to write unit tests (NUnit).
My first job in France was at ALTEN π«π· where I had the chance to work with a French team for the first time. I was able to practice my French like never before, complete a .NET Core course and broaden my knowledge of various technologies, tools and methodologies.
I am currently working as a Data Integration Engineer at MiddleWay π«π· where I am learning more about Azure and cloud computing βοΈπ
I am most fluent in C# and the .NET platform. My skill set is mainly focused on the back end, but I'm open to expanding my front-end skills as well. I've also had an interest in developing mobile apps and have some experience with cross-platform development. My full stack is available at StackShare β¬οΈ
- ASP.NET Core 8
- Razor Pages
- Minimal APIs
- Entity Framework Core
- Clean Architecture and Vertical Slice Architecture
- MediatR (CQRS and Mediator design patterns) and FluentValidation
- ASP.NET Identity
- Result and Specification design patterns
- xUnit and FluentAssertions unit testing tools
- Blazor
- Azure