Summary
Gustavo Ridd is a seasoned software engineer and leader with 13 years of experience building distributed systems and scalable cloud services at AWS, currently serving as a Senior Software Development Engineer in Vancouver. With a strong academic foundation (MSc in Computer Science) and deep expertise in algorithms, concurrency, and optimization, he has shifted between individual contributor and management roles while consistently delivering production-grade solutions. His background includes research-adjacent work and teaching assistantships in programming languages, reflecting a habit of explaining complex concepts and mentoring engineers. Known for blending theoretical rigor with practical engineering, he focuses on reliability, security, and cost-efficiency in cloud platforms and continually learns and shares knowledge across teams.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Ciencias de la computaci贸n, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Ciencias de la computaci贸n at Universidad de Chile
Spanish, English