Clara Allende
Engineering Manager at Despegar
Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolClara Allende is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience leading Scala/Java development at Despegar and a background in systems engineering from UTN-FRBA. She combines hands-on backend expertise—evolving from Senior Scala developer to manager—with ongoing teaching roles in programming paradigms, bringing a pedagogy-minded approach to technical leadership. An advocate for female inclusion in STEM, she actively contributes to mentorship and education while continuing to write production software. Her earlier work spans research internships (Inria), open-source collaboration (Uqbar, Google Summer of Code), and enterprise development (IBM), reflecting a blend of academic rigor and pragmatic delivery. Colleagues know her as a persistent problem-solver who enjoys learning new technologies even while managing teams at scale.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Bachelor at Instituto Parroquial Nuestra Señora de la Asunción6th Year Superior Degree, 6th Year Superior Degree at Asociación Argentina de Cultura InglesaInformation Systems Engineer, Information Systems Engineer at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Japanese
Github Skills (10)
restful10
jvm10
playframework10
reactive10
java10
scala10
web-framework9
ada6
backend6
git2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ClaraAllende/intro-objetos-java
Apr 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:18 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
ClaraAllende/playframework
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
javaplay-frameworkframework
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