Alejandro Ibarra
Senior Developer at Cake Development Corporation
Greater Zaragoza Metropolitan Area Spain
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Top SchoolAlejandro Ibarra is a Senior Developer with 15 years' experience specializing in PHP and CakePHP, currently shaping client solutions and building new applications at Cake Development Corporation—the company behind the CakePHP framework. He brings deep backend expertise in migrations, schema handling and security hardening, evidenced by contributions to high-profile repos like cakephp/cakephp and phinx where he improved migration reliability and post-flight checks. Previously a development lead at DBAccess, he has full-stack Java and enterprise experience (Struts, Hibernate, J2EE) across large web systems for AVON and academic institutions. Alejandro pairs hands-on coding and test-driven fixes with technical writing for CakePHP docs, and his profile reflects both long-term framework stewardship and practical production problem-solving. Based in Greater Zaragoza, he combines a master's in software engineering with an engineer’s pragmatism for reliable, maintainable web platforms.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Sciences, Bachelor, Sciences at Colegio Francia (Lycée Français de Caracas)Predegree, Computer Engineer, Predegree, Computer Engineer at Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Bolívar
French, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (26)
database-migrations10
unit-testing10
cakephp10
postgresql10
testing10
rs10
security10
php10
database-migration10
documentation10
mysql9
authentication9
test-framework9
internationalization9
user-authentication9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
CakeDC/migrations
Jun 2011 - Jul 2019
Migrations Plugin for CakePHP
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 10 PRs, 14 pushes in 8 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Alejandro primarily focused on improving and maintaining the CakePHP migrations plugin. Their contributions involved fixing bugs related to capitalization in migration names and adding features to improve the user experience, such as previewing changes. They also addressed issues related to table prefix support and incorporated fixes to unit tests, enhancing the plugin's reliability. The user's work reflects a focus on refining the core functionality and addressing specific issues within the migration process.
phpmigrationscakephp
CakeDC/users
Jun 2011 - Mar 2022
Users Plugin for CakePHP
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 6 reviews, 191 commits in 10 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alejandro primarily focused on fixing unit tests and addressing issues related to fixture data within the CakePHP framework. They made changes to the UsersController and UserTest files, correcting test data to ensure accurate testing. Further, they made code changes related to the registration process and email verification within the user plugin. The commits demonstrate a focus on ensuring the stability and correctness of the user plugin's core functionality through thorough testing.
social-loginregistrationphprbacplugin
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