Álvaro Galván
Advanced Research Engineer at Ateme
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolÁvaro Galván is an Advanced Research Engineer with 9 years of experience building OTT video applications across web, Smart TVs (Tizen, WebOS), consoles (Xbox, PlayStation) and Chromecast, currently based in Madrid. He combines deep expertise in streaming technologies (DASH, HLS), DRM integrations (PlayReady, Widevine, FairPlay) and ad stitching (IMA, DAI, MediaTailor) with hands-on product delivery. As a Shaka Player maintainer and active GitHub contributor, he brings uncommon protocol-level and player-side knowledge that speeds up integration and debugging for complex streaming stacks. His background spans R&D, lead engineering and continuous improvement roles, giving him a blend of research rigor and pragmatic engineering for production video platforms. Colleagues rely on him for solving tricky playback and DRM edge cases that often block deployments.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero Superior de Telecomunicaciones, Telematica, Ingeniero Superior de Telecomunicaciones, Telematica at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English
Github Skills (82)
drm10
encryption10
javascript10
stream10
playback10
video-streaming10
vod10
chromecast10
widevine10
packager10
shaka10
player10
youtube9
http-live-streaming9
rebuild9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
avelad/shaka-player
Feb 2019 - Jul 2026
JavaScript player library / DASH & HLS client / MSE-EME player
Contributions:2 PRs, 4257 pushes, 3920 branches in 7 years 5 months
javascript
avelad/multiview-shaka-player
Jun 2023 - Feb 2026
Contributions:47 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
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