Summary
Arturo Villar is a seasoned Data Engineer with 15 years of experience building data-driven, event-oriented systems and IoT/automation solutions from Galicia, Spain. Currently at Cabify, he applies a strong Scala and cloud-native background—honed through roles designing ETLs, Akka-based streaming services, and BigQuery/PubSub pipelines—to turn complex workflows into reliable production services. He combines research-rooted thinking (a masters and predoctoral research on cloud/autonomic workflow platforms) with hands-on DevOps skills, having owned deployments with Docker, Ansible and GitLab CI. Arturo’s career spans client-facing backend development and founding a gamification startup, reflecting a knack for translating domain problems into pragmatic engineering projects. Curious by nature, he frequently prototypes personal projects to explore new tech and solve everyday challenges.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniería Técnica en Informática de Sistemas, Ingeniería informática, Ingeniería Técnica en Informática de Sistemas, Ingeniería informática at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela