Catalin Drulea
About Catalin Drulea
Catalin Drulea is a Staff Software Engineer on the SystemLink Team at NI in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with a background in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science.
Current Role at National Instruments
Catalin Drulea currently holds the position of Staff Software Engineer on the SystemLink Team at National Instruments (NI) in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania. He has been with NI since July 2015, focusing on the development and maintenance of the SystemLink application, a client-server application used both on-premises and in the cloud.
Educational Background
Catalin Drulea earned his educational credentials from the Technical University of Cluj Napoca. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, obtained from 2011 to 2015. He further advanced his studies with a Master's degree in Computer Science from 2015 to 2017, and another Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from 2017 to 2019.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Catalin Drulea has demonstrated extensive technical skills in various areas. He has implemented numerous features in an Angular-based framework using TypeScript. He has also exposed services built as RESTful APIs for Microservices to the user interface. His technical repertoire includes working with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps, primarily within an Agile environment.
Scrum Master Role and Agile Practices
In addition to his engineering responsibilities, Catalin Drulea took on the role of Scrum Master for the latter part of the year. He is committed to implementing and following Scrum principles rigorously. He has contributed to continuous improvement efforts, participating actively in Sprint retrospectives and pair programming sessions.
SystemLink Application Contributions
Catalin Drulea has significantly contributed to the SystemLink application during his tenure at National Instruments. SystemLink is a client-server application that serves both on-premises and cloud environments. His work has focused on enhancing this application, contributing to its robustness and efficiency through various feature implementations and improvements.