Hector Mendoza
Principal Software Engineer at EmpiRx Health
El Paso, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolHector Mendoza is a hands-on Principal Software Engineer and solutions architect with 20+ years of cross-industry experience, now leading principal engineering at EmpiRx Health from El Paso. He combines deep systems and cloud architecture expertise—spanning mainframe migrations, automation platforms, and microservices on AWS/Azure—with proven client-facing leadership, having reported to C-suite stakeholders and grown accounts by over 100%. A prolific mentor and site-wide trainer, Hector has been one of five technical leads among 500+ engineers at HP’s CoE and has run brown-bags, hackathons, and hiring for multiple teams. He publishes free online courses, maintains open-source projects like SimpleEarth and jell.js, and even builds indie web games with his son using a custom engine, highlighting a rare blend of mentorship, engineering craft, and creative tinkering. With an MBA (cum laude) and a seat on UTEP’s CS advisory board, he brings both technical depth and strategic business acumen to complex modernization and automation initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at The University of Texas at El PasoMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at New Mexico State University
English, Spanish, GermanGithub contributions (2)
hmendoza2001/SimpleEarth
Aug 2014 - Nov 2022
Contributions:55 commits, 19 pushes in 8 years 4 months
Geo-Linux-Calculations/qtearth
Aug 2014 - Dec 2016
Contributions:49 commits in 2 years 4 months
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