Santiago Andres Giraldo

Python Backend Developer

Gearplug•  October 2021 - Present

Gearplug is a Python/Django/Rest Framework stack developed RESTful API to manage data interoperability between different third party services, managing, maintaining, improving, testing, reworking, and optimizing application functionalities and features in a virtual linux environment. Managing the project's version control with Git and Gitkraken. Worked in Integrations with: MySQL, PostgreSQL with SQLAlchemy, Mongo with PyMongo, Google API's (spreadsheets, forms, calendar, gmail, youtube), MailChimp, Pipedrive, TikTok Marketing Api, MessageBird Api,

IT Support Specialist

Recuperarte en Casa•  October 2020 - Present

Support in different IT and ofimatic tools, website building and hosting management with Wordpress and help stablish the business trademark across social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram

Teaching Assistant

Technological University of Pereira•  May 2021 - October 2021

Professional support to carry out academic training processes in programming through the development of the learning paths defined by MinTIC. Provided teaching assistance in programming fundamentals in Python, Object Oriented Programming with Java, Web Development with stack MEVN(Mongo, Express, Vuejs, NodeJS) and SCRUM Agile practices in Software Development. Teach and improve the students programming and problem-solving skills.

Software Engineer

Universidad del Valle•  May 2020 - December 2020

Full stack web developer for Colombia's science ministry competition winner project SIGELO - Local logistic management System in pandemic risk scenarios COVID-19 Member of the development team responsible for implementing a chatbot management web application capable of deploying conversational and pollster instances to communicate important COVID-19 pandemic facts and data to users.

Jr Full Stack Developer

IT Process•  May 2019 - October 2019

Junior developer for a colombian software business, working with the developer team to program an enterprise resource planning web application to represent different stages in a customer business production supply chain implemented in: Python/Django stack, JavaScript/jQuery, Bootstrap, Custom CSS, Django Templates, DataTables.js, PostgreSQL, Linux, Project version control with Git and Gitkraken.

Teaching Assistant

Universidad del Valle•  September 2016 - April 2019

Provided teaching assistance proposing and evaluating academic activities to improve the students programming and problem-solving skills in the following topics: Introduction to Programming with Python, Fundamentals of Analisis and Algorithm Design (Computational complexity), Object Oriented Programming with basic concepts of server/client with Java, Fundamentals of Programming Languages.

Universidad del Valle (CO)

Master of Engineering, ME•  August 2020 - Present

Master in Systems Engineering and Computer Science, Academic investigation thesis in Machine Learning, Member of GUIA (Univalle Group of Artificial Intelligence), Subjects taken: computational theory, data mining, cloud computing and complex systems