Summary
Gabriel Peña is a Senior Software Engineer from Bogotá with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable backend services, predominantly in .NET and C#. He has driven end-to-end solutions across cloud-native platforms (Azure) and high-throughput IoT systems, including re-architecting microservices to process thousands of telematics heartbeats per second. His background spans product-focused freelance leadership to roles at Microsoft and EPAM, where he led large-scale migrations, monitoring tooling, and data consistency initiatives for services serving millions of users. Gabriel pairs strong systems design and database skills with front-end experience (Angular) and a track record of deploying resilient infrastructure on Azure. He is passionate about turning complex business requirements into practical, user-centered tools and regularly proposes high-quality, innovative solutions. An understated strength is his experience operating at the intersection of telemetry, performance engineering, and cloud deployment—helping teams keep services performant and reliable under real-world scale.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Systems and computer science engineer Computer science, Systems and computer science engineer Computer science at Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ANDROID CERTIFIED APPLICATION ENGINEER Ingeniería informática, ANDROID CERTIFIED APPLICATION ENGINEER Ingeniería informática at Aula Matriz
Android development Computer science, Android development Computer science at Udacity
Spanish, English