Alejandro Barrios
Senior Software Engineer at Acquia
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlejandro Barrios is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of professional experience and a decade-plus track record building and leading international ICT projects across three continents. Currently at Acquia, he brings deep expertise in LAMP-stack development, Drupal customizations, GIS solutions, and open source platforms, paired with hands-on Linux and network administration. Previously a CTO and international consultant, he has managed multicultural teams and deployed technology for governments and NGOs in countries from Peru to Egypt and Jordan, often translating complex requirements into open-source, production-ready systems. His background in electronic engineering and a Global MBA gives him a rare mix of technical depth and strategic product/business acumen. Notably, he has led adoption and community promotion of open-source systems—such as a loan-tracking solution for microfinance—demonstrating a commitment to practical, scalable impact beyond code. Based in Somerville, MA, he combines self-driven learning with cross-cultural leadership to deliver pragmatic technology solutions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Global MBA, International Marketing, Global MBA, International Marketing at Suffolk University - Sawyer School of ManagementElectronic Engineer, Engineering, Electronic Engineer, Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
English, Spanish, Italian
Github Skills (15)
php10
acquia10
hmac10
http9
guzzle9
command-line-interface9
symfony8
traits5
docker4
azerothcore4
console2
chrome-extension2
javascript2
typescript1
code-review1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
acquia/content-hub-farm
May 2020 - Dec 2021
Content Hub Docker Farm
Contributions:1 review, 7 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 6 months
docker
abarriosr/http-hmac-php
May 2015 - Jul 2025
An implementation of the HTTP HMAC Spec in PHP that integrates with popular libraries such as Symfony and Guzzle.
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years 3 months
guzzlephpsymfony-bundlespechmac
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