I’m Robert Balassan, a software architect and developer based in Bucharest. I come from an electrical engineering background and have a long-time passion for games and visual arts.
About me
Profile
I started out in electrical engineering and automotive, designing electrical distribution systems at Renault and working on automotive software for Harman as part of Luxoft teams. Over time I shifted from testing into building the systems themselves.
Outside work I’ve always been drawn to visual arts, photography, and games. That mix of engineering and visual hobbies is what pushed me toward game prototypes and more expressive user interfaces.
- Electrical engineering degrees (BSc and MSc at Politehnica București) plus an Erasmus year in Spain.
- Experience across testing and development for automotive and financial software, mostly through Luxoft projects for Harman and Fenergo.
- Comfortable designing architectures and data flows, then driving their implementation end-to-end in .NET and React/TypeScript.
- Using AI tools as collaborators — guiding them with structure and domain knowledge instead of depending on them.
- Exploring game development and interactive systems as a way to combine programming with visual storytelling.
Education
Universitatea „Politehnica” din București — Electrical Engineering
Bachelor + Master program focused on electrical power and distribution systems, with strong maths, physics, and hands-on lab work.
Erasmus — Escola Politècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Vilanova i la Geltrú (Spain)
Erasmus+ year in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, adding international experience and collaboration across cultures.
Career timeline
Renault Technologie Roumanie — Conceptor, Electrical Distribution Systems
Designed automotive electrical distribution systems, working with harness architectures, schematics, and safety-driven constraints.
Luxoft — Automotive projects for Harman (outsourced)
Joined Luxoft on outsourced teams for Harman, initially as a software system test engineer focused on manual and automation testing, Linux flashing, and integration workflows.
Luxoft — Pivot to development
While still at Luxoft I began building Unity game templates and internal tools, then moved into full-stack development on client projects such as Fenergo, working with SQL Server, .NET, and UI work.
Full Stack Software Developer — Honeywell
Deliver .NET services and React frontends for internal automation solutions and operational tools.