Summary
Alvaro Valdenebro is a Senior Principal Software Engineer based in Madrid with 14 years building high-performance, distributed systems and real-time platforms. Currently leading architecture and delivery at Cabify, he combines hands-on coding discipline with systems thinking shaped by roles from co-founding a P2P Bitcoin exchange to R&D in cloud and big data at Telefónica. He mentors teams, drives reliability at scale, and favors pragmatic, testable designs—“show me the code” is a guiding philosophy. His background in academia and teaching underscores strong foundations in networking, operating systems and distributed architectures, while his startup experience brings an entrepreneurial, product-oriented mindset to complex engineering problems.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Spanish, English