Gustavo D.

About Me

I'm a full-stack developer with more than nine years of experience utilizing Python/Django and C#/.NET to create online applications and REST APIs for national and international businesses in sectors like ed-tech, healthcare, government, and manufacturing. I have expertise inĀ building systems from scratch, assisting businesses in streamlining their operations, and working for established startups with products that have millions of users.

Frontend

Backend

DevOps

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2023 - Present (2 years)
Remote
  • Create and develop innovative software solutions for different clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Work with distributed cross-functional teams in ensuring all features are being delivered efficiently and on-time using agile methodologies.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

BairesDev
BairesDev
Python Engineer
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked on the development of Newsela, an educative SaaS platform with 40+ million registered users from schools in the U.S. It integrates with other systems like Canvas, Google Classroom, Clever, etc. using standards OneRoster and LTI.

  • Managed to optimize the run time of a core process used to sync the database with external data by 100%, in at least half of the cases, thus enabling the business to work with larger organizations.

  • Documented and justified design decisions, leading to improved traceability of software changes by 10%. Developed the building blocks to support the new LTI standard used to integrate with Learning.

Encore Repair Services
Encore Repair Services
Software Developer Team Lead
2017 - 2021 (4 years)
Dominican Republic
  • Handled QA, preproduction, and production environments on AWS EC2 and RDS, for a company with world-class remanufacturing international facilities for restoring and repairing electrical devices. Made application deployments and reviewed logs to fix application issues.

  • Implemented features that improved security and user experience by 20%, including matching users with their devices through their fingerprints and reading the device info.

  • Reduced operational cost and time by 80% by developing an application to make installations of APKs on multiple Android devices simultaneously.

Humano
Humano
Full Stack Developer
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Dominican Republic
  • Worked on a project aimed to replace the legacy core application used for the main business processes at Humano, one of the top health insurance companies in the Dominican Republic.

  • Implemented front-end and back-end features according to acceptance criteria.

  • Managed to debug several application issues. Participated in Scrum ceremonies including planning, what, how, refinement/grooming, retrospective, review, daily meetings.

Integrated Software Systems
Integrated Software Systems
Software Engineer
2015 - 2015
Dominican Republic
  • Worked on developing software products for the fintech industry, helping commercial banks handle their backend and front-end office processes (opening client accounts, managing transactions, etc.) and offering Internet and mobile banking experiences to their clients.

  • Built the front end for currency conversion and remote check deposit features.

  • Ensured continued functionality during maintenance and testing of software.

Lionbridge Capital SAS
Lionbridge Capital SAS
Full Stack Developer
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
Dominican Republic
  • Worked on the development of a governmental project used to control firearm license issuance for citizens. Delivered an improved user experience by 30% by creating interactive UI for data input using drag-and-drop and HTML maps.

  • educed waiting time by 80% by replacing a manual migration process with a windows service and a web service to integrate two systems.

  • Improved daily morning process from ~3 hours to less than 10 minutes by switching the data processing from Entity Framework to Stored Procedures.

Showcase

Software Engineer - paquita-boutique E-commerce portal
Software Engineer - paquita-boutique E-commerce portal
  • Built a React-based e-commerce website using Redux, React Router DOM, and Styled Components.

  • Implemented Firebase authentication and Firestore for data storage and payment processing.

  • Developed the frontend components of an e-commerce platform including Redux-Sagas for state management.

Software Engineer - algorithms-novel
Software Engineer - algorithms-novel
  • This solution implements standard algorithms using best practices and object-oriented programming in Python.

  • The code prioritizes readability, clarity, and self-documentation.

  • The focus is on producing maintainable and understandable code.

Education

Engineering, Software Engineering
Engineering, Software Engineering
Universidad APEC
2014 - 2017 (3 years)
Software Developer Technician, Software Engineering
Software Developer Technician, Software Engineering
ITLA
2010 - 2012 (2 years)