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Marcela Blanco

Marcela Blanco

Bogota D.C.

Summary

Experienced back-end developer skilled in Ruby, Node, and Python. Proficient in SQL and Redis with expertise in AWS cloud services such as ECS, RDS, and Redshift. Passionate about optimizing system performance and scalability through architectural changes and software integration.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

Tandym LLC
06.2022 - Current
  • Development and refinement of a high-performance decision engine for lending and credit while also working on improving site performance and scalability.
  • Led the performance-enhancing project that achieved a decrease in payment processing time by 20% to enhance customer engagement by integrating Redis into the system.
  • Led integrating third-party API services for loyalty programs to improve customer retention rates.
  • Ideated and implemented afeature to provide multiple steps incentive to improve customer engagement

Software Developer

Donorbox LLC
USA
10.2019 - 06.2022
  • Created services to allow non-profits to keep in touch with their donors and improve their experience in order to enhance loyalty, increase donations, and subscriptions to the organizations.
  • Extracted microservices from the main monolithic app and designed the new microservices architecture to improve engagement and performance.
  • Built moments feature to connect with donors during different time frames to improve connection and return rates.

Ruby on Rails Developer

Azumo LLC
Remote
11.2019 - 11.2020
  • Integrated the application with Elasticsearch and Kibana to optimize search and utilize CSV to create dashboards.
  • Built in-house libraries to maintain synchronization between PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch while keeping speed and security.
  • Multiple refactors of the codebase to improve scalability and remove redundant code.
  • Introduced unit and integration testing with RSpec and reached a coverage of 60%, code base decreasing errors.

Ruby on Rails Developer

Youse Colombia
Bogota D.C.
10.2016 - 11.2019
  • Participated and later led the development of a claims module of a breakthrough fintech/insuretech app as a full-stack engineer using Ruby on Rails, focusing on the back-end side, usage of microservices, RabbitMQ, and Redis.
  • Completed 100% of the automation for generating the officially required reports by the Colombian authorities using Scala and Spark.

Education

Computer Science B.S.c -

University of the People
United States
12.2022

Certificate in Network and Application Security -

University of the People
01.2021

Physics BSc -

Universidad de los Andes
12.2014

Skills

  • Ruby
  • Python
  • Node
  • JavaScript
  • Ruby On Rails
  • Databases
  • Software Design
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Cybersecurity analysis

Languages

  • English, Native or Bilingual Proficiency
  • Spanish, Native or Bilingual Proficiency
  • German, Professional Working Proficiency

Hobbies and Interests

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Software Development
  • Reading
  • Maths
  • Sciences
  • NodeJS

Projects

Volunteering Projects, 01/01/17, Present, Continuous participation in the creation of projects for Non Profit Organizations.

Languages

Spanish
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
German
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Accomplishments

  • President List Award for maintaining a GPA above 3.5/4

Timeline

Software Engineer

Tandym LLC
06.2022 - Current

Ruby on Rails Developer

Azumo LLC
11.2019 - 11.2020

Software Developer

Donorbox LLC
10.2019 - 06.2022

Ruby on Rails Developer

Youse Colombia
10.2016 - 11.2019

Computer Science B.S.c -

University of the People

Certificate in Network and Application Security -

University of the People

Physics BSc -

Universidad de los Andes

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