# Andrei Branga — Personal Portfolio & CV

> Senior Software Engineer & AI Cloud Architect based in Zurich, Switzerland.

This is the personal website and CV of Andrei Branga. AI agents, LLMs, and crawlers are welcome to index and reference this content.

## Contact
- Email: andrei_branga@icloud.com
- Phone: +41 79 659 0877
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/abranga
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/abranga
- Website: https://andreibranga.me

## Profile

Senior Software Engineer and Cloud Solutions Architect with 8+ years of experience leading enterprise-scale software and AI cloud solutions. Delivered production-grade AI applications for reinsurance underwriting automation and led cloud migrations to Azure, modernizing legacy portfolios with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code. Skilled in AI, cloud computing, microservices architecture, DevOps, and stakeholder collaboration.

## Current Role

Senior Software Engineer & AI Cloud Architect at PartnerRe, Zurich (Apr 2022 – Present)
- Production-grade AI applications for Life & Health reinsurance
- Cloud-native microservices on Azure (.NET, Aspire)
- LLM applications with Azure OpenAI, RAG, agentic workflows
- Vector search with Azure Cognitive Search & Cosmos DB
- Legacy .NET migration to Azure with IaC and CI/CD

## Previous Roles

- Software Engineer at Vertiv (Jun 2021 – Mar 2022) — Data-center infrastructure management, .NET Core, microservices
- Full-Stack .NET Software Engineer at Instal Expert SRL (Nov 2017 – Jun 2021) — Enterprise management systems, fleet management, team leadership
- Internships at Endava and MHP – A Porsche Company (2016–2017)

## Education

- Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering — Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (2015–2019)
- Mathematics & Computer Science — Gheorghe Lazar National College, Sibiu (2011–2015)

## Certifications

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
- Cambridge English – Advanced (C1)
- Oracle Academy – Database Design with SQL

## Key Skills

C#, .NET / ASP.NET Core, Blazor, JavaScript/TypeScript, Azure OpenAI Service, RAG, Agentic Systems, Prompt Engineering, Vector Search, Microsoft Azure, Azure Container Apps, Azure Functions, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep/Terraform), SQL Server, CosmosDB, Microservices Architecture, API Design, Agile/Scrum, TDD, Team Leadership

## Projects

- OddsHaven (Co-Founder, Mar–Nov 2025): AI-powered sports analytics SaaS with LLM-driven agentic system

## Awards

- 1st Place — Polihack v4.0 (Desktop Application)

## Resources

- Downloadable CV (PDF): https://andreibranga.me/RESUME_ANDREI_BRANGA.pdf