David Cuartero
Technical Lead at Insight Solutions
Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Cuartero is a technical lead with 17 years of hands-on experience building secure, test-driven Python systems and leading cross-functional engineering teams from Zaragoza, Spain. He has progressed from deep engineering roles in cybersecurity at buguroo to head of software development and now technical lead at Insight Solutions, consistently emphasizing automation, Dockerized deployments, and rigorous testing. His open-source contributions include strengthening test infrastructure for the PyKnow expert system and resolving licensing/linking issues in the widely used aircrack-ng ecosystem, reflecting both technical depth and attention to compliance. A community builder and founder of a hackerspace and local tech meetup organizer, he pairs big-picture product thinking with pragmatic code and process improvements. Notably, he blends security-focused engineering with developer training and team standardization, helping organizations scale reliable practices as they grow.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, unfinished, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, unfinished at CESTETraining cicle, Systems Operations, Training cicle, Systems Operations at I.E.S Tiempos Modernos
Spanish, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
unit-testing10
inference-engine10
licensing10
pytest10
python10
openssl10
test-automation10
security10
c119
c179
fabricjs6
canvas6
list-comprehension6
auditing5
audit5
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
buguroo/pyknow
Apr 2016 - Mar 2017
PyKnow: Expert Systems for Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:180 commits, 75 pushes, 6 branches in 11 months
Contributions summary:David focused on adding tests and improving the testing infrastructure for the pyknow project. They added unit tests for rule operators and workflow functionality. Furthermore, the user implemented and tested features related to the Literal operator, the OR operator and refactored fact matching and value handling within the expert system.
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aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng-archive
Oct 2008 - Apr 2014
Pre-migration repository. New repository ➙
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:339 commits in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on incorporating OpenSSL exceptions within the codebase, particularly in header files to allow linking with the OpenSSL library. This involved adding specific license exceptions to various source files, including header and source files, related to the GPL license and copyright holders' permissions. Furthermore, the user contributed to fixing licensing issues and ensuring the correct application of the GPL license, contributing to the security aspects of the project.
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