About

Alex Bikfalvi is a highly experienced software engineer and technical product lead at Adevinta, a global online classifieds specialist. With over 10 years of relevant experience, Alex has gained expertise in leading product development and high-level technical strategy for Adevinta's internal platform. He ensures that product direction and strategy are aligned with company goals and needs, contributing to Adevinta’s business success in tangible ways. Alex has previously worked as a product owner, technical lead, and staff software engineer at Adevinta, where he was responsible for the architecture and technical design of a portfolio of products representing the data pipeline backbone of the Adevinta common PaaS, and engineering and product metrics service. He has also worked as a senior software engineer and technical lead at Midokura, a multinational startup developing network virtualization software for OpenStack, and network analytics tools. Before beginning his graduate studies, Alex worked as a software engineer in the professional services division of Alcatel-Lucent in Romania and Australia, working on large billing systems and network management. Alex holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and Master of Science degree, in telematic engineering, from the Carlos III University from Madrid, Spain, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He graduated at the top of his class with a degree in electrical engineering (telecommunications) from the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technology at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2006. Alex's technical expertise includes software engineering, senior software engineering, and research scientist roles. He has a strong background in telecommunications engineering and has worked on a portfolio of products including automation for a common PaaS for Adevinta, a service for engineering and product metrics, and a service for code quality tracking. Alex's experience and expertise make him a valuable asset to any team he works with.