Gabriel Ballesteros
Data Engineer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolGabriel Ballesteros is a Data Engineer with 11 years of experience building data-driven solutions across Latin America, currently advancing data platforms at Mercado Libre from Rio de Janeiro. He moved through roles in software quality, analytics and data science, giving him a rare blend of production-grade engineering, model deployment and observability expertise. Comfortable with BigQuery, Airflow and AutoML pipelines, he has hands-on experience designing ETL workflows, experiment analysis and data monitoring that support fast-moving product teams. Gabriel completed a Data Analytics bootcamp at Ironhack and a BSc in Computer Science from the University of London, having started his career in testing at IBM which shaped his attention to reliability. He’s pragmatic about shipping repeatable data products and enjoys turning QA-rooted rigor into scalable monitoring and model governance. Notably, his background spans both technical testing roots and modern data engineering practices, enabling smoother handoffs between analytics, ML and production systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of LondonBachiller Tecnológico, Informática, Bachiller Tecnológico, Informática at Escuela Superior de Informática del BuceoTechnical, Introducción al Testing Funcional, Technical, Introducción al Testing Funcional at Fondation Forge UruguayData Analytics Bootcamp (Full-Time), Data Analytics Bootcamp (Full-Time) at IronhackLicenciatura, Sistemas, Incomplete, Licenciatura, Sistemas, Incomplete at Universidad ORT Uruguay
Spanish, English, Portuguese
Github Skills (13)
mercadopago10
whitelist7
sh6
documentation6
android5
aseprite4
shell3
ios3
build-automation3
macos2
css1
automation1
javascript1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
gabriel-ballesteros/mtg-metagame-scraper
Nov 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:42 commits, 26 pushes, 2 comments in 8 months
gabriel-ballesteros/spotify-recommender
Dec 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:25 commits, 19 pushes in 9 months
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