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Fernando Silva

Backend Developer, DevOps

Fernando is a senior backend/DevOps specialist with a decade of experience. He is very interested in InfoSec, DevOps and Cloud administration. He spends most of his time studying these topics in order to specialize and improve. On top of DevOps, his background is in Python & Ruby.

Chile, Santiago
Ruby on Rails
Flask
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Kubernetes
Linux
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Key Skills

Technical Skills

Years of experience

Proficiency

Ruby

8 Years of experience

8

Python

3 Years of experience

3

DevOps

4 Years of experience

4

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4 Years of experience

4

Terraform

3 Years of experience

3

Work experience

Site Reliability Engineer

2018 - present

Coya

  • Coya is a Berlin-based start up that aims to modernize the insurance industry
  • Was part of an SRE infrastructure and architecture team of 3-5 people and a paid product squad of 8
  • Proved an asset to the company as this contract was extended many times over 18 months
  • Part of the team that launched the application
  • Contributed towards a smooth and effective workflow in the team
  • Technologies: AWS.

Devops Engineer

2017 - 2018

Code and Co

  • Code and Co are a strategic Technology, UX and product advisory firm for situations where there is little room for error
  • Worked to create a scalable architecture that was crucial to the application's functionality
  • Worked on the back-end API and database
  • Aimed for and met tight deadlines
  • Left the end client satisfied with the finished product
  • Technologies: AWS, Mongo DB, Ruby on Rails, New Relic

IT Security Consultant

2017 - 2018

Cumplo

  • Cumplo is a Fintech company that supports small businesses in start up loans and operates under full transparency
  • Designed an implementation plan for security and carried it out over several weeks
  • Created guidenlines for the organisation for the best procedures and process to maintain high level security
  • Maintains a strong working relationship with Cumplo and has assisted on projects since
  • Technologies: Ruby on Rails, My SQL, AWS

DevOps Consultant

2017 - 2018

Clay Technologies

  • Clay Technology is a firm of consultants in soil and rock engineering
  • Migrated the company's entire infrastructure into AWS from Heroku because the business capacity increased in size
  • Implemented continuous deployment and autonomized many functions
  • Taught the team how to work with devops philosophy and principles
  • Technologies: Python - Flask, AWS, Heroku, Celeery, PostgreSQL

Senior Full-stack Developer

2015 - 2017

Cumplo

  • Cumplo is a Fintech company that supports small businesses in start up loans and operates under full transparency
  • Managed a team using agile methodologies
  • Built the company’s first security policy documents both technical and non­technical
  • Technologies: Ruby and Rails, Python, AWS

Lead Product Development

2014 - 2014

Admetricks

  • Admetrics provide a marketing intelligence platform that supports advertisers with actionable insights
  • Responsible for all web products on this project
  • Lead the company's product team to develop a application in Python - Flask
  • Navigated tensions between employees as they created a barrier to working effectively
  • Technologies: Python - Flask, Angular.js, Digital Ocean

Software Developer - Tech Lead

2007 - 2014

Neonline

  • Neonline is an advertising agency based in Austria
  • Moved from junior towards senior within this company
  • Worked on many projects over 7 years of employment most of which were using Ruby on Rails
  • Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Python, Javascript

Education & Certification

BA Computer Science Engineering

2003 - 2009

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Languages

Spanish

Native or bilingual

English

Full Professional

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