Alex Hermida
Principal Software Engineer at Healx
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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Top SchoolAlex Hermida is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications and leading engineering teams from Pontevedra, Spain. He brings deep Python and JavaScript expertise, having contributed core frontend and backend improvements to the popular open-source Taiga project and driven scalable AI-enabled drug discovery platforms at Healx. A pragmatic leader and former co-founder/CTO, he combines product-minded engineering with operational experience—managing teams, running code reviews, and shipping APIs and UX refinements. His background spans startups to biotech, notable for resolving tricky cross-origin UI issues and adding backend endpoints and tests that improved platform robustness. Alex pairs formal computer engineering training and a Full Stack Nanodegree with a proven track record of turning complex domain problems into production software.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
First Certificate in English English, First Certificate in English English at University of CambridgeFull Stack Web Developer Nanodegree, Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree at UdacityBachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering Information Technology, Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering Information Technology at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.Bachelor's degree Business Managament, Bachelor's degree Business Managament at Universidade de Vigo
Spanish, English, Galician
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Github Skills (23)
javascript10
python10
apidoc10
back-end-development10
django10
api10
front-end-development10
angularjs10
integration-testing10
postgresql9
taiga9
html9
j8
project-management7
cherokee6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
taigaio/taiga-front
Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
Agile project management platform. Built on top of Django and AngularJS
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:230 commits, 228 PRs, 215 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and frontend functionality of the Taiga project management platform, built with AngularJS and Django. Their contributions include modifying the display of images by loading SVGs as images instead of objects to resolve cross-origin issues. They also worked on implementing features such as filtering user story data by milestone and assigned users, including the addition of a new directive to handle assigned users. Additionally, the user refactored and added templates for components in the application's user interface.
pythondjangoweb-appsap-hanaon-top
taigaio/taiga-back
Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
Agile project management platform. Built on top of Django and AngularJS
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:217 commits, 171 PRs, 137 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Taiga project management platform. Their work involved adding tests for private project retrieval, customizing project retrieval to filter querysets, modifying file upload permissions, and upgrading the Markdown version. Furthermore, the user added assigned users to user stories and also included the addition of new endpoints for various features.
pythondjangoweb-appon-toptaiga
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