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PEDRO JIMENEZ

Sr. Software Engineer | Full-Stack Development

pedroj.jimenezp@gmail.com

+57-(301)-724-4854

https://pedrojimenezp.com

Medellin, Colombia

Summary

Software Engineer with over 9 years of professional experience in web development, with a strong focus on back-end systems, security and infrastructure.

Skilled in building scalable platforms using Javascript, Node.js, Go, and modern Dev-Ops practices across AWS and GCP cloud providers.

Passionate about code, software architecture, complex information systems, financial services, automation, and developer experience. Currently working remotely at Jobbatical, a European startup, leading infrastructure efforts and full-stack feature development.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer Jobbatical 09/2020 - Ongoing Remote

  • Develop and maintain key features for the Jobbatical SaaS platform
  • Designed and developed a system to automate daily tasks inside the platform, allowing users to automate repetitive tasks and reduce their time spent on non-critical work
  • Orchestrated a seamless migration of our infrastructure, moving from manually patches/updates to a fully automated infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, and GCP
  • Conduct quarterly vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with current security standards and maintain up-to-date risk awareness
  • Successfully automated the integration between our GCP infrastructure and third-party services like CloudFlare and MongoAtlas
  • Led an effort to remove several legacy systems by migrating them to new technologies using Javascript, Nodejs, and GCP, improving the overall development experience and maintenance
  • Improved CI/CD processes using Docker, Github Actions, and GCP technologies, reducing deployment times by around 30% - 50%, facilitating consistent, daily production updates
  • Migrated legacy CronJobs systems to a serverless architecture, improving the development experience, maintenance, visibility, and monitoring

Senior Nodejs Developer Globant 04/2019 - 09/2020 Medellín, Colombia

  • Worked for two big clients, National Geographic and Disney.
  • National Geographic (Client)
  • Built a GDPR-compliant system to automatically handle user data deletion requests
  • Maintained the back-end APIs powering the Nat Geo mobile application.
  • Disney (Client)
  • Was part of a team developing a scalable metadata system to support the Disney+ streaming service, managing content details for global distribution.

Software Engineer Condorlabs 06/2016 - 03/2019 Cartagena, Colombia

  • Migrated a legacy system that managed the compliance status for health professionals in US from C#/.NET/Windows Server/Oracle to a modern stack with React/Node/Mongo/Elasticsearch/AWS, improving the overall performance, development, deployment and maintenance of the platform
  • Developed a SaaS platform for offering courses to health professionals in the U.S to stay compliance and up to date with US regulations
  • Led the Research and Development (R&D) team, implementing technologies to enhance platform performance, monitoring, and reliability, technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, and the TICK Stack

Software Developer Transportes Luz S.A.S 01/2014 - 12/2015 Monteria, Colombia

  • Designed, developed and maintained the company’s core operational desktop software using C#, .NET, WPF, and MySQL
  • The software supported the company's logistics and operations for over 5 years, until it was replaced with a new one

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Software and Telecommunications Engineering University of Cordoba 01/2010 - 12/2015 Monteria, Colombia

Languages

English

Spanish

SKILLS

Programming Languages

  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • Golang
  • Bash

Web Development

  • Node.js
  • React.js
  • Next.js
  • Adonis.js
  • Express.js
  • vue.js
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • WebSockets
  • SSE

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • DynamoDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • Redis

Dev-ops & Infrastructure

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Nginx
  • Linux
  • SSL
  • Cloudflare
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana

Cloud Platforms

  • GCP
  • AWS

Interests

Information systems I'm passionate about complex information systems—understanding how they operate, communicate, share data, and remain secure and high-performing.

Finance and Banking

I have a strong interest in the inner workings of the financial system. I'm especially curious about how transactional services interconnect, support large-scale operations, and influence everyday life.