My name is Alexandra 👱🏻‍♀️ I am half French 🇫🇷 and half Bulgarian 🇧🇬 I was born in France and grew up bilingual.

I am currently based in Nice 📍 on the sunny French Riviera seaside and close to the Sophia-Antipolis tech park.

After graduating with honours from a high school 🏫 specialising in mathematics and informatics (my first programming languages were C++ and Visual Basic) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 🇧🇬 I enrolled at the University of Plovdiv 🏛️ and completed my 4-year Bachelor's degree in Software Technology and Design, also with honours. During my final year 👩🏼‍🎓 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

• Alliance Française (HTML & CSS)
• Bookstore (PHP)
• Users Management Mobile App (Xamarin.Android)
• Hangman Mobile Game (Android)
• Hangman Game API (ASP.NET WebAPI)

Towards the end of my second year, I started an internship at Prime Holding 🇧🇬 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

• Phonebook (ASP.NET MVC + EF)
• Task Manager (Console + Text Files)
• Task Manager (ASP.NET MVC + Text Files)
• Task Manager (ASP.NET MVC + EF)
• Patients Registry (ASP.NET MVC + EF)
• Task Manager (Xamarin.Android)

My next professional experience was at ScaleFocus 🇧🇬 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 🇫🇷 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 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 ⬇️

• 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;

Recent GitHub projects

• Travel API (Minimal API)