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Robert-Mihai Lica

@robert-ml

Software engineer specializing in back-end applications and operating systems, with a background in finance and automotive industry.

Switzerland

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What I'm looking for

I seek systems-focused engineering roles where I can build high-performance, reliable software, work with low-level Linux interfaces, and contribute to scalable distributed or real-time systems in collaborative, technically rigorous teams.

I am a Master's student in Computer Science at Delft University of Technology with a strong foundation from a Bachelor of Science and Engineering at University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest. I focus on real-time systems, distributed systems and compilers, and I combine systems-level knowledge with practical software engineering experience.

I have hands-on industry experience as a software engineer working on trading-monitoring systems, automotive embedded software, and multimedia libraries, delivering performance optimizations (up to 10x) and cross-platform solutions. I build efficient, maintainable systems using Python, C/C++, and modern Linux interfaces like io_uring.

My projects include an asynchronous web server, a RAID1 kernel module, a ROS-based robotics system, a drone command-and-control firmware in Rust, and a compiler for the COOL language, demonstrating strong systems programming, low-level OS interaction, and full-stack project delivery.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Software Engineer

Blocktech

Jul 2024 - Jul 2025 (1 year)

Integrated new trading exchanges into a monitoring system to provide risk assessments and reliable backups, and optimized position and instrument management systems for up to 10x performance improvements using asynchronous processing.

AsyncIO Redis PostgreSQL Grafana Protobuf REST APIs

Software Engineer

BMW (Luxoft)

Apr 2022 - Aug 2022 (4 months)

Developed automotive C++14 software for BMW climate and comfort systems on AUTOSAR OS, improving code stability and reducing footprint via compiler flags and language qualifiers.

C++ 14 AUTOSAR Embedded Systems Compiler Flags Automotive Software

Undergraduate Research Assistant

University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Apr 2021 - Nov 2021 (7 months)

Implemented ROS services and a state machine for an autonomous search and evaluation robot to enable robust localization and navigation while minimizing system complexity.

ROS Localization Navigation Python Robotics System Integration C++

Software Engineer

FotoNation

Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 (3 months)

Designed and implemented a cross-platform Webcam library delivering periodic or asynchronous image frames, ensuring portability across Linux and Windows and supporting multiple video formats.

CMake FFMPEG Microsoft Media Foundation Cross Platform Development Multimedia C++11 14 17

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Delft University of Technology

Master of Computer Science, Computer Science

2022 - 2025

Grade: 8.00/10

Activities and societies:

Master of Computer Science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science focusing on real-time systems, distributed systems, and compilers.

University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Bachelor of Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering

2018 - 2022

Grade: 9.15/10

Activities and societies: Undergraduate research assistant work on ROS-based autonomous robot; ROSPIN-SAT-1 team involvement (European Space Agency Design Booster accepted proposal).

Bachelor of Science and Engineering from the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers with focus on operating systems, computer organization, and the Linux kernel.