Ángel Maeso is a seasoned freelance CEO, sysadmin and full-stack engineer with 17+ years delivering backend-first web systems, DevOps automation and migrations for 350+ clients and 13,000+ freelance hours. He combines deep PHP/Symfony, Node and Python expertise with hands-on infrastructure skills across Kubernetes, AWS, DigitalOcean and traditional Linux stacks, specializing in upgrades, performance tuning and cost-efficient migrations. A pragmatic maintainer and security-minded developer, Ángel contributes to well-known open-source projects like mongo-express and Kloxo, fixing vulnerabilities and improving developer ergonomics. He has led large modernization efforts—upgrading massive codebases, introducing CI/CD and static analysis—and mentors teams while operating as a solitary remote freelancer. Based in Manzanares, Spain, he pairs entrepreneurial experience as a longtime founder with advisory work for platforms like Malt, making him equally fluent in client-facing delivery and low-level technical problem solving.
17 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniería Informática Superior Ingeniería informática, Ingeniería Informática Superior Ingeniería informática at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Ingeniería Informática Superior Ingeniería informática, Ingeniería Informática Superior Ingeniería informática at Escuela Superior de Informática (UCLM)
Admin Theme based on the AdminLTE Template for easy integration into symfony
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:14 releases, 292 commits, 46 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Ángel contributed to the AdminThemeBundle, focusing on integrating the AdminLTE template with Symfony. Their changes included modifications to various template files, such as widgets, layouts, and partials for menu, demonstrating a focus on UI components. Code changes also involved integrating the KnpMenuBundle for creating navigation menus, illustrating front-end and back-end skills. They also worked on fixes that suggests they were also working on integrating with other systems.
Web-based MongoDB admin interface, written with Node.js and Express
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:176 reviews, 32 commits, 210 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ángel's contributions primarily involve maintaining and improving the mongo-express web interface. They made several updates to the codebase, including enhancing the performance of the webpack build process by increasing asset size limits. The user also addressed bug fixes, such as correcting a typo, upgrading the test with empty db data column, and removing debug text, showing a commitment to code quality. Furthermore, the user worked on feature enhancements, such as displaying node version and V8 version on the interface.
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Ángel Maeso - CEO & Sysadmin Freelancer at Quijost