Stefan Sandor

Experience

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  Chess Coders

  Apr 2024 - Jun 2024

  Software Developer Trainee

  ● Actively participated in a comprehensive practicum program offered by Chess Coders, focusing on web development technologies including Node.js, React.js, MongoDB, and Express.js (MERN stack). ● Collaborated with industry professionals and peers to solve real-world challenges and complete project assignments.

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  ING Hubs Romania

  Oct 2024 - Dec 2024

  Software Developer Trainee

  ● Enhanced Java programming expertise, focusing on object-oriented principles, clean coding practices, design patterns and unit testing.● Gained experience with the Spring Boot Framework, utilizing JPA and Hibernate for database integration and ORM solutions in RESTful applications.● Explored containerization and deployment strategies using Docker, simulating real-world application delivery environments.

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  SoftServe

  Mar 2025 - Jun 2025

  Software Engineer Intern

  ● Worked with Apache Kafka and Spring Cloud Stream to enhance message processing and error handling in microservices.● Improved reliability by implementing dead-letter queue and message replay mechanisms.● Gained hands-on experience with functional programming, Java, and modern cloud-native tools.

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  Procter & Gamble

  Jul 2025 - now

  ● Currently having fun with a Groovy, Java and Kotlin codebase.● Refining a distributed monolith based on Grails and Spring Boot. ● Dived into JVM technologies, Oracle PL/SQL, CI/CD pipelines.● Automated key test cases using Playwright.

  • Software Engineer

    Nov 2025 - now

  • Software Engineer Intern

    Jul 2025 - Oct 2025