Ashley Camba
Vienna, Spain
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Top SchoolAshley Camba is a seasoned Python-focused software engineer and DevOps practitioner with 19 years of experience building production systems, realtime media pipelines, and SaaS products across startups and engineering teams. Comfortable from low-level C and embedded Yocto systems to Django web apps and PostgreSQL-backed services, Ashley has architected solutions for live streaming, WebRTC/gstreamer pipelines, and scalable multi-tenant Django platforms. A contributor to notable open-source projects like getsentry/raven-python and cookiecutter-django, Ashley blends hands-on backend development with documentation and packaging improvements that eased adoption and deployment. Experienced as a CTO, senior engineer, and independent contractor, they pair technical depth with product- and customer-focused thinking and Lean/Agile practices. Based in Vienna and motivated by practical curiosity, Ashley also brings an unusual hobbyist edge—robotics that chase cats—that hints at playful experimentation and systems-level tinkering.
19 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of TechnologyEnvironmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
English, Spanish, French, German, Russian
Stackoverflow
2,259reputation
1.1mreached
67answers
3questions
django
top-5%
Github Skills (20)
python10
django10
aws-lambda10
cookiecutter10
project-template10
documentation10
setuptools9
testing9
package-management9
sentry8
pytest8
monitoring7
crash-reports7
nginx6
automated-tests6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
getsentry/raven-python
Jun 2017 - Jul 2018
Raven is the legacy Python client for Sentry (getsentry.com) — replaced by sentry-python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Documentation Specialist
Back-end Developer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:93 commits, 127 PRs, 123 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Ashley primarily contributed to the Raven-Python project by improving documentation and enhancing the codebase. Their work involved updating the README file to include graphics, quickstart instructions, and other improvements. They also made code changes to support the AWS Lambda integration and refactored testing to use tox environments. Additional commits include fixing flake8 errors.
pythonsentrycrash-reportingcrash-reportsmonitoring
cookiecutter/cookiecutter-django
Dec 2013 - Dec 2013
Cookiecutter Django is a framework for jumpstarting production-ready Django projects quickly.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Ashley primarily focused on refactoring the project to be a Python package and made adjustments to the setup.py file, including adding and modifying dependencies and scripts. They added an `__init__.py` file for versioning and updated the `manage.py` script. Additionally, they corrected typos in Django version requirements. Their work centered on project setup, configuration, and dependency management within the Django environment.
cookiecutter-djangodjango-projectpythondjangocookiecutter
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