Fernando Paredes
Staff Software Engineer at Uber
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFernando Paredes is a Staff Software Engineer based in Austin with 13 years of experience building reliable, production-grade systems at companies ranging from startups to scale-ups like Uber and Venmo. He brings deep backend and mobile expertise—having led iOS teams at Dubsmash and contributed essential backend integrations such as Sidekiq and Slack onboarding for open-source sites. His background in military intelligence and language training informs a disciplined, security-aware approach to architecture and team leadership. A pragmatic refactorer and maintainer, he improves code clarity and testing in community projects like RxSwiftCommunity and Homebrew casks. Comfortable both founding a stealth crypto startup and driving technical excellence at large platforms, he blends entrepreneurial curiosity with a track record of shipping impactful features at scale.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
English, Spanish, Persian
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Github Skills (23)
rxswift10
slack-integration10
package-management10
packaging10
homebrew-cask10
ruby10
reactive-extensions10
observable10
package10
macos-application10
observables10
activerecord10
swift10
macos10
application10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
OperationCode/operationcode_old_site
Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
Our open source website. We're on a mission to help the military community learn software development, enter the tech industry, and code the future.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:46 commits, 11 PRs, 21 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Fernando contributed significantly to the back-end functionality of the application. They added Sidekiq for background job processing and implemented a Slack integration feature that involves inviting new users during the sign-up process. Furthermore, the user refactored the codebase, including removing unused files, and applying consistent syntax.
cssjavascriptindustryweb-developmentnextjs
Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions
Nov 2013 - Apr 2015
💀 Alternate versions of Casks (deprecated)
Role in this project:Community Manager / Developer Advocate
Community Manager / Developer AdvocateContributions:129 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Fernando primarily contributes to the repository by adding and updating Cask definitions for various software packages. These definitions specify how applications are installed and managed using Homebrew Cask. The contributions include adding new applications like Google Chrome variants, Tor Browser, and Cocktail for Mountain Lion, as well as updating existing entries to reflect changes. Furthermore, the user appears to be merging and managing the repository content.
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