Alfonso Fuentes
Lead Engineer at PLOS
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlfonso Fuentes is a seasoned lead engineer based in Cambridge with over a decade of hands-on experience building web applications, HTTP services, RESTful APIs, desktop apps, and CLIs. He combines deep full‑stack technical craft—coding, reviewing, debugging—with five years of team leadership, mentoring, and delivering three complex web services end-to-end. A long‑time Linux user and open‑source enthusiast, Alfonso brings a practical engineering focus to system sustainability and adaptability, often prioritizing long-term maintainability over short-term fixes. His background spans bioinformatics and computer science across institutions in Japan and Spain, informing a strong track record in data‑centric and scientific software (including database-driven ecological and forensic applications). Known for translating complex technical requirements into pragmatic solutions, he thrives in multidisciplinary teams where continuous improvement and clear engineering stewardship are valued.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaMaster of Engineering (MEng) Computer Science, Master of Engineering (MEng) Computer Science at Nagoya Institute of Technology 名古屋工業大学Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics at Keio University
Spanish, Catalan, English, Japanese, Portuguese, German
Github Skills (200)
jquery-plugin10
parser10
web-application10
cancer-genomics10
css-in-js10
styled-components10
charting10
js2xml10
bundler10
visualizations10
javascript10
charts10
json2xml10
atlas10
heatmap10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ebi-gene-expression-group/solr-bulk
Apr 2019 - Sep 2023
Scripts to create and manage Solr collections used by (bulk) Expression Atlas
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 6 months
ebi-gene-expression-group/atlas-number-format
Aug 2017 - Sep 2020
A simple helper React component to display numbers in scientific notation.
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 years 1 month
react-componentreactscientific-notationnotationscientific
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