Alejandro Mendez
Senior Software Engineer (Trust & Identity) at Jisc
Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolAlejandro Mendez is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Trust & Identity with over two decades of software development experience and 11 years in focused professional roles. He brings deep Python and Django expertise (using Django since 1.x) alongside a strong background in lower-level C/C++ systems, evidenced by co-authoring OpenIKEv2 and creating pyikev2. His work spans research and production: from a long academic tenure at Universidad de Murcia to shaping authentication and AAA solutions at Jisc, where he now contributes to resilient identity infrastructure. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core back-end stability and security in widely used projects like FreeRADIUS. Alejandro combines rigorous academic training (PhD, Cum Laude) with pragmatic engineering, often turning protocol-level understanding into maintainable web services. Colleagues rely on him for designing reliable, standards-driven identity systems that bridge research-grade implementations and production needs.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Universidad de Murcia
English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
c1710
authentication10
user-authentication10
c1110
radius10
python9
policies9
daemons7
daemon7
jboss-eap6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server
Feb 2016 - Jun 2021
FreeRADIUS - A multi-protocol policy server.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:54 commits, 45 PRs, 153 comments in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Alejandro primarily contributed to the FreeRADIUS server's back-end logic. Their work includes adding and adjusting error codes in the Python module, modifying the behavior of the `instantiate()` method, removing an unnecessary realm update check, and optimizing the server's performance by modifying connection timeouts. These changes indicate a focus on stability, efficient resource management, and security improvements within the RADIUS server's core functionalities.
policymulti-protocolarpdot1xbfd
janetuk/libradsec
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch, 6 tags in 2 years 11 months
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