Ferran Llamas
Software Engineer III at Nuclia • AI Search
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolFerran Llamas is a software engineer with 10 years’ experience building and scaling cloud-native backends and data platforms, currently leading work on NucliaDB, an open-source vector database for search and RAG. He brings hands-on expertise in Python, Rust, Kubernetes, and distributed systems from roles at Nuclia, Canonical (MicroK8s contributor), and Onna, where he helped maintain microservice architectures and data pipelines. Ferran’s contributions to Canonical’s MicroK8s focused on improving CLI UX, installer validation, and addon reliability—work that directly improved usability for edge and datacenter Kubernetes deployments. With a master’s background from ETH Zürich and a track record of shipping both framework integrations and low-level tooling, he blends pragmatic engineering with an eye for developer experience. Notably, he moves comfortably between maintaining production services and contributing to open-source infrastructure projects that power other engineers.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Computers and Networks, Master's degree Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Computers and Networks at ETH ZürichUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
kubernetes10
python-lib10
python-click10
pytest10
python10
kubernetes-pods10
cli10
testing10
dockers9
docker9
snap8
cicd8
git7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
canonical/microk8s
Apr 2022 - May 2022
MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for datacenters and the edge.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 10 commits, 17 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ferran primarily focused on improving the command-line interface (CLI) and configuration aspects of MicroK8s. They implemented consistent help argument handling across various commands and updated the codebase to validate installer arguments. The user also addressed issues related to addons by validating newly added repositories, and contributed to cleaning up resources and updating the dashboard proxy. Overall, the user's work enhanced the usability and maintainability of the MicroK8s CLI and its addons functionality.
microk8sedgefor-developersk8skubernetes
guillotinaweb/guillotina_ratelimit
Dec 2018 - Jul 2021
Provides global and service-specific rate limiting in a per-user basis
Contributions:4 PRs, 14 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 7 months
phprate-limitinglimitingbasislaravel
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