Danilo Espino
Ingeniero De Software at Freelance (Self employed)
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Summary
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Top SchoolDanilo Espino is a seasoned software engineer from Montevideo with over a decade of hands-on experience building and maintaining web and backend systems across startups and large enterprises. He combines formal Computer Engineering training from Universidad de la República with roles spanning senior engineering at Oracle and Mercado Libre to current engineering and consultancy work, demonstrating versatility across cloud services, Drupal/WordPress sites, server administration and test automation. Danilo has taught programming at the university level and led Data & IT initiatives at ILDA, reflecting a blend of technical mentoring and operational leadership. His open-source contributions include QA and automated tests for Facebook’s Instant Articles PHP SDK, highlighting attention to code quality and edge-case behavior. Comfortable switching between deep engineering work and client-facing IT consulting, he brings pragmatic problem-solving rooted in production experience. Fluent in English and active in local tech communities, he pairs technical breadth with a clear focus on reliability and maintainability.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Primary & Secondary School, Primary & Secondary School at Colegio Nacional José Pedro Varela - IUDEPCertificate of Proficiency in English, Certificate of Proficiency in English at University of CambridgeComputer Engineer, Computer Engineer at Universidad de la República
English, Spanish
Github Skills (4)
php10
phpunit10
testing10
object-oriented-programming9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
facebookarchive/facebook-instant-articles-sdk-php
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
The Facebook Instant Articles SDK for PHP provides a native interface for creating and publishing Instant Articles.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 25 days
Contributions summary:Danilo's contributions primarily revolved around testing the Facebook Instant Articles SDK for PHP. They implemented new tests for `deleteChild`, `replaceChildren`, and `deleteOnlyChild` functions within the `InstantArticle` class. Additionally, the user addressed copy-paste bugs, corrected indentation issues, and rephrased a comment, indicating a focus on code quality and thorough testing.
php
despinoUY/uruguayo
Mar 2017 - Sep 2019
Contributions:118 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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