David Ilie

Colegiul Național "Ion Creangă"2023 — now

JetBrains AI Youth Club — AI Winter Program2025 — 2026

Cohort program covering modern AI fundamentals, applied ML, and tooling around JetBrains' AI ecosystem.

Academia Micilor Developeri — Java Fundamentals2021 — 2023

Long-form intro to Java and OOP. The cert came later (Oracle 1Z0-808), but this is where it started.

Candlesticks1012025 — now

Mobile app teaching candlestick trading patterns to beginners. Built solo from sketch to store launch.

• Pattern lessons with interactive charts
• Quiz mode and progress tracking
• Pattern scanner and trade simulator

ONIA — Romanian National AI Olympiadnational stage

Qualified through the regional stage and competed at the national level.

ROAI — Romanian Olympiad in AInational stage

Reached the national stage in the private-track AI olympiad.

H-Tech Robotics Club — member2023 — now

Programming for club projects and competitions. Co-organized demonstration events to promote robotics in school, and helped run a couple of charity-themed STEM activities.

Volunteer2022 — now

Educational and community work with kids from disadvantaged backgrounds — running activities, helping organize donation drives, occasional language tutoring.

Freelance video editor2020 — now

Editing personal-project videos for private clients on a per-project basis. Working with non-technical clients taught me as much about scoping and deadlines as it did about Premiere.

Basketball — U16, Bucharest League2018 — 2022

Four years on a competitive U16 team in the Bucharest Basketball League. Stopped to put the time into school and ML, but it shaped how I work in teams.