David Velasco
Senior Software Engineer at Trading 212
Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Velasco is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of cross-disciplinary experience blending product engineering, computational research, and data-driven solutions across industry and academia. He builds core libraries, component systems, and scalable platforms—most recently contributing to Trading 212’s core domain—while also delivering end-to-end mobile and web products for e-commerce, sustainable mobility, and citizen science. His background in bioinformatics and toxicology informs rigorous data pipelines and analytical tooling used in genomics, pharmacovigilance, and environmental studies, enabling him to bridge experimental methods with production-grade software. David excels at translating large, complex problems into modular, testable products, having designed white‑label mobile architectures, GraphQL BFFs in Go, and extensible frontend/BFF generators for scientific data warehouses. Comfortable in both startup and enterprise settings, he pairs hands-on implementation with product strategy and technical roadmapping. An unusual strength is his proven ability to lead multidisciplinary projects end-to-end—from field research and UX to APIs and performance monitoring—making him effective where domain knowledge and engineering intersect.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Biology, Bachelor of Science, Biology at Universidad de MálagaMaster of Science - MS (Stay), Arctic Biology & Technology, Master of Science - MS (Stay), Arctic Biology & Technology at The University Centre in SvalbardBachelor of Science (Stay), Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Science (Stay), Molecular Biology at San Diego State UniversityNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyBachelor of Science (Stay), Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Bachelor of Science (Stay), Biological and Biomedical Sciences at University of Technology Sydney
English, Spanish
Github Skills (157)
visual-studio10
gene-expression10
editor10
api10
payload10
rapid10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
react-typescript10
tailwindcss10
vscode10
nodejs10
mongodb10
visual-studio-code10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
davelsan/GeneExpressionPlots
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
A Javascript based tool to visualize gene expression over a custom discrete variable (e.g. time) and grouped by another (e.g. tissue or genotype).
Contributions:7 PRs, 106 pushes, 50 branches in 2 months
geneticsgene-expressionvisualizejavascripttissue
davelsan/template-three-vanilla
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
Three.js template to create vanilla JS WebGL experiences or integrate within other projects and frameworks.
Contributions:10 PRs, 30 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year
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