Summary
Gilberto Requena is a Senior Software Engineer based in Munich with 10 years of experience building maintainable, scalable applications and distributed systems across ecommerce and HR tech. He has progressed from full-stack and Java-focused roles to senior engineering positions at Zooplus, Syncier, and currently Personio, bringing deep expertise in Java, Spring, and performance tuning. Known for applying pragmatic, agile practices, he has tackled critical production performance issues and designed robust RESTful and batch-processing solutions. Gilberto combines backend systems thinking with hands-on delivery—comfortable across databases, application servers, and cloud-deployed services. He is a continuous learner who seeks new technologies and challenges, evidenced by a steady career transition from Latin America to Germany and growing responsibility on international teams. Outside core duties he documents and shares practical engineering solutions via his personal site, signaling a focus on knowledge transfer and maintainability.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero, Computación, Ingeniero, Computación at Universidad de Oriente (VE)
Spanish, English