Summary
Gustavo Mercado is a versatile Full Stack Software Engineer based in Bogotá with 9 years of experience building accessible, standards-compliant web applications for startups and agencies. He blends advanced frontend expertise with backend work in Rust, Go and Node.js, and practical experience integrating CMS and headless CMS solutions like WordPress, Drupal and Strapi. Comfortable across SQL and NoSQL datastores (Postgres, MongoDB, RDS) and modern frontend frameworks (Angular, Vue, Lit), he emphasizes usability, SEO and production performance. Gustavo’s background includes long-term client work and platform development—from early PHP/Laravel projects to current Rust and Go stacks—showing a pattern of adopting emerging technologies to solve real product needs. He also brings design tooling fluency (Figma, Photoshop, Inkscape) that helps bridge UX and implementation, and a habit of continuously researching new standards to keep projects future-proof.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Técnico Profesional en Sistemas, Sistemas de información, matenimiento y programacion, Técnico Profesional en Sistemas, Sistemas de información, matenimiento y programacion at Instituto de Formación Técnica Profesional
Ingeniería, Systems Engineering, Ingeniería, Systems Engineering at Universidad EAN
Ing. Electronica, Ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica, Ing. Electronica, Ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica at Universidad del Magdalena