David Peña
Senior Software Engineer at Mercado Libre
Bogota, Colombia
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Peña is a Senior Software Engineer based in Bogotá with 9 years of experience building backend and cloud-native systems across fintech, logistics, and real estate tech. He has progressed from junior roles to senior engineer at Mercado Libre, delivering microservices, event-sourced architectures, CI/CD and multi-cloud deployments that emphasize scalability, security, and cost control. His background includes designing geospatial solutions and customer-tracing platforms that increased conversion for property and lending products, and implementing data-hashing pipelines to protect sensitive banking data. Comfortable across Python and container ecosystems (Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run) and infra-as-code patterns, he blends hands-on implementation with architecture and operational ownership. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Engineering Management, he pairs practical production experience with a growing leadership and systems-design focus.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachiller Tecnico, Bachiller Tecnico at Instituto Tecnico Industrial Centro Don BoscoIngeniería Ingeniería de sistemas, Ingeniería Ingeniería de sistemas at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasSENA: Servicio Nacional de AprendizajeUniversidad de los Andes
Spanish, English
Github Skills (20)
wsdl10
soap9
soap-client9
python7
api-authentication7
golang6
database5
sql5
orm5
api4
orm-framework4
go4
orm-library4
aws3
authentication3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Liftitapp/Excel_loader
May 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:5 PRs, 93 pushes, 12 branches in 1 month
fenfisdi/cdslab_agents_config_api
Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
CDSLab Agents Config API
Contributions:42 reviews, 70 PRs, 94 pushes in 4 months
apiconfigagentspython-requests
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