About

Infrastructure-focused DevOps and backend engineer in Bogotá: experience, education and skills.

Profile

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Open to new roles

I build and operate the platforms other developers depend on — distributed, event-driven backends in TypeScript, Go and Python; containerized, Terraform-provisioned deployments; and CI/CD pipelines that make releases boring.

Role
Infrastructure-focused DevOps Engineer and Backend Developer
Location
Bogotá, Colombia · GMT-5

Experience

CodeLabs Community, Universidad de los Andes

Feb 2025 – Oct 2026

Lead Infrastructure Engineer, Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer

Owned the infrastructure and backend of the community's internal platforms end to end: architecture, deployment and operation. Mentored incoming developers on Git workflows, Linux tooling and backend fundamentals.

  • Architected and shipped a gamification platform for the 2 Waira computer labs of the Systems and Computing Engineering department, with a projected 30+ daily active users.
  • Designed and automated CI/CD and security workflows with GitHub Actions (build, test, dependency and secret scanning), making deployments reproducible across every team repository.
  • Containerized environments with Docker and codified provisioning with Terraform, running delivery in Agile/Scrum sprints with branch protection and code-review standards.

Education

Universidad de los Andes

Jul 2024 – Expected 2029

Bachelor's Degree in Systems and Computer Engineering

Relevant courses: Data Structures and Algorithms, Web Development, Database Management, Software Design and Architecture, Operating Systems, Networks and Services of Communication

Skills

DevOps & Infrastructure
GitHub Actions · Docker · Terraform · Nginx · Redis · Prometheus · Grafana
Backend
Node.js · Express · NestJS · Spring Boot · Go · FastAPI · C++ · Java · Python
Databases
MongoDB · PostgreSQL · Oracle DB
Frontend
HTML5 · CSS3 · JavaScript · TypeScript · React · Next.js · Tailwind CSS

Languages

Spanish
Native
English
Advanced

Interests

Technology
Open Source, Cybersecurity, Web Development, DevOps, Cloud
Sports
Basketball
Arts
Photography, Music