Summary
Claudio Rivera is a Senior Engineer in Minneapolis who transitioned from a 12+ year career as a professional touring drummer into software development, bringing a self-taught, hands-on approach to modern engineering. He combines practical IT experience and CompTIA certifications with a decade of technical work, recently contributing to engineering teams at Foundry and Target. Claudio is comfortable across support, operations, and product engineering roles, and his background as the go-to tech person in bands gives him a knack for rapid troubleshooting and user-focused solutions. Equally at ease debugging production issues or building small web projects, he leverages curiosity-driven learning and collaborative instincts honed on the road to drive reliable, maintainable systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
English, Spanish