Alberto Vara
Software Engineer at Keep Coding Co., Ltd.
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolAlberto Vara is a seasoned Software Engineer based in Madrid with 12 years of experience building Python-based backend systems, microservices, and cloud-native deployments. Currently at Datadog, he has contributed security and performance improvements to the widely used dd-trace-py APM client, detecting attacks in Flask and Django integrations. He is the creator of PyMS, an opinionated microservice chassis for Python, and has led Python teams and meetups as a community organizer and instructor, teaching advanced and basic Python to professionals. His background spans security-focused engineering at Hdiv, hands-on DevOps and CI/CD across AWS, GCP, Kubernetes and Jenkins, and earlier full-stack web development with Django and PHP. Unusually, he pairs deep software engineering and open-source contribution with decades of AV/system integration expertise (Crestron, video/audio systems), giving him a pragmatic systems-level perspective. He excels at turning complex integration requirements into production-grade, observable services and developer-friendly tooling.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Programación web con Symfony 2, Programación web con Symfony 2 at Imagina FormaciónCurso de Fundamentos Agile Scrum, Curso de Fundamentos Agile Scrum at CAS trainingAnálisis UML y desarrollo de aplicaciones Django + Google Services, Análisis UML y desarrollo de aplicaciones Django + Google Services at InfoClubVirtualización de aplicaciones con contenedores Docker, Virtualización de aplicaciones con contenedores Docker at OpenWebinarsCurso de Marketing Digital, Curso de Marketing Digital at Google & IAB Spain (Actívate)Técnico Superior en Desarrollo de Aplicaciones Informáticas, Técnico Superior en Desarrollo de Aplicaciones Informáticas at IES MirasierraIngenieria informática, Ingenieria informática at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (19)
python10
django10
flask-ask10
apm10
security10
flask10
tracer9
trace9
cil8
debug8
debugging8
django-admin6
wamp-server6
configurations6
php6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/dd-trace-py
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
Datadog Python APM Client
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 1100 reviews, 121 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Alberto primarily contributed to the Datadog Python APM Client, focusing on enhancing security features through application security measures. They implemented functionality to detect attacks on cookies and path parameters within the Flask and Django frameworks. Furthermore, the user also contributed to performance improvements by enhancing set_http_meta. Additionally, the user refactored existing code to optimize various functionalities of the APM client.
profilingpythonapm-clientapmsecurity
avara1986/Practicas-GIT
Oct 2014 - Feb 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 4 months
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