Donato Aguirre
Staff Software Engineer at Monarch Money
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Summary
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Top SchoolDonato Aguirre is a product-minded Staff Software Engineer with nine years of experience building and leading high-performing mobile and cross-platform teams from Montevideo. He has progressed from hands-on React Native development to engineering leadership roles at Qubika, Eight Sleep, and Monarch Money, consistently focusing on maximizing delivered value and team performance. His open-source work includes maintaining a polished React Native starter template that modernizes builds, accessibility, and Android optimizations (Hermes/Proguard), underscoring a practical attention to developer experience and reliability. Donato blends technical depth in mobile engineering with a product-first mindset, and brings a disciplined, minimalist approach—reflected in his workflows and taste for ’80s music and Apple’s ecosystem—that helps teams ship cleaner, more maintainable products.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BCs Computer Science, BCs Computer Science at Universidad de la República
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
73reputation
3kreached
1answer
3questions
Github Skills (14)
mobile10
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
mobile-development10
android10
accessibility8
http6
jelastic6
api6
greatest-n-per-group6
nodejs6
postgresql6
react6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
thisisqubika/react-native-template
Jul 2020 - Feb 2022
A starter project for a React Native app
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:39 reviews, 24 commits, 43 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Donato primarily contributed to the setup and configuration of the React Native template project. Their work included setting up the environment, removing the tvOS target, and integrating a splash screen. They also made UI improvements by formatting files, handling connection errors in the HttpClient, and adding accessibility features. Furthermore, the user updated the React Native version and configured the build for Android with Hermes and Proguard, ensuring the project's functionality and build process were up-to-date.
reactdeep-linkingboilerplatereact-nativenative-app
donatoaguirre24/zshconfig
Feb 2017 - Dec 2020
Contributions:18 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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