Summary
Carlos Peña is a lead software engineer with 13+ years crafting resilient web systems and guiding teams across remote, London, and Madrid hubs. He blends deep backend expertise in Ruby, Elixir, Python and PostgreSQL (including PL/pgSQL and pgTAP) with practical front-end work in Elm, React and Vue, and a strong focus on TDD/BDD and pair programming. As a former CTO and tech lead, he pairs hands-on implementation with product-minded leadership, helping startups translate customer needs into scalable architectures. He organizes local Elm meetups and brings an adventurous personal edge—he’s a skydiver and paraglider pilot—reflecting a taste for calculated risk and continuous learning.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
International Latin Summer School, Lingua latina - Ars docendi, International Latin Summer School, Lingua latina - Ars docendi at Accademia Vivarium Novum - Roma
Ingeniería informática (not finished), Ingeniería informática (not finished) at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) at University of Buenos Aires
Spanish, English, French, Latin, Greek