Alvar Maciel
Information Security Engineer
Argentina
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Top SchoolAlvar Maciel is an Information Security Engineer and backend developer with 14 years blending software engineering and education across Argentina and remote programs. He currently works at ShipHero in security and backend roles while having a long track record as a teacher and pedagogical lead for national initiatives like Plan Ceibal and Fundación Sadosky. Alvar brings practical experience migrating school infrastructure to open systems and designing digital learning curricula, which he pairs with hands-on backend work and localization of technical docs—he’s contributed to the Spanish Python documentation as a technical writer and localization specialist. His background as a primary school teacher and coordinator gives him a rare ability to translate complex security and engineering concepts into accessible learning experiences. Colleagues know him for bridging classroom pedagogy with production systems, mentoring others in computational thinking while shipping reliable backend solutions.
14 years of coding experience
Profesor de Enseñanza Primaria, Elementary Education and Teaching, Profesor de Enseñanza Primaria, Elementary Education and Teaching at Escuela Normal Superior Roque Saenz Peña
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Github Skills (11)
internationalization10
localization10
spanish10
translation10
documentation10
python9
restructuredtext9
rs9
git9
pandas6
dataframe6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
python/python-docs-es
May 2020 - Dec 2021
Spanish translation of the Python documentation.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Localization Specialist
Technical Writer & Localization SpecialistContributions:4 reviews, 99 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Alvar primarily contributed to the Spanish translation of the Python documentation. Their work involved merging branches, fixing conflicts, and updating various documentation files, including the Code of Conduct, FAQ, contributing guidelines, and translation memory. They also updated scripts used in the translation process and created issues for untranslated files. This demonstrates a focus on maintaining the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of the Spanish language documentation.
python-documentationpythonspanish-translationtranslation
alvarmaciel/learning
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Repo of notes and learning projects
Contributions:3 PRs, 36 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 2 months
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