Fernando Rico
Software Engineer at Supranode
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolFernando Rico is a seasoned software engineer and open-source core team member of the Elixir programming language with 15 years of experience building and securing backend systems. Based in Amsterdam, he blends hands-on engineering and leadership—founding Supranode while serving as Director of Engineering at Jobandtalent and now contributing to AI work at Together AI. His contributions to high-profile BEAM projects (Elixir, Phoenix, Plug, Ecto) focus on core language improvements, documentation clarity, test robustness, and security hardening, reflecting a pragmatic attention to developer experience and long-term maintainability. Trained as an electrical and computer engineer and a trained musician, he brings both rigorous technical discipline and creative problem-solving to distributed systems and developer tooling.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Títutlo de Grado Medio Music, Títutlo de Grado Medio Music at Professional Conservatory of Music Adolfo SalazarM.Sc Electrical and Computer Engeneering (Ingeniero Superior de Telecomunicación) Electrical & Computer Engineering (Telecomunicación), M.Sc Electrical and Computer Engeneering (Ingeniero Superior de Telecomunicación) Electrical & Computer Engineering (Telecomunicación) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English
Github Skills (20)
web-application10
elixir10
testing10
webapp10
api-server10
web-framework10
web-development10
ecto10
documentation10
mixing9
security9
mixnet9
databases9
mixture9
mixins9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
elixir-lang/elixir
Jan 2018 - Jul 2022
Elixir is a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:58 reviews, 194 commits, 315 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Fernando primarily contributed to the Elixir language repository by addressing documentation errors and improving the language's core functionality. They fixed grammar mistakes in the documentation, added missing parentheses in various code examples, and clarified the documentation for existing methods. Furthermore, the user refactored documentation around the use of compiled patterns in core library functions and improved test suite robustness.
functional-languagescalablefunctional-programmingelixircompiler
phoenixframework/phoenix
Dec 2017 - Apr 2020
Peace of mind from prototype to production
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 26 PRs, 83 comments in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Fernando contributed to the Phoenix framework by adding security headers to the controller, enhancing the application's security posture. They also refactored the `mix.exs` file, moving dependencies related to testing under the "Test deps" section. Furthermore, the user updated the `.gitignore` templates, aligning them with the latest standards and improvements from `mix new`, improving development workflow.
realtimepeacephoenix-frameworkelixirprototype
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