J Abarca
Senior Backend Engineer at TapResearch
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJ Abarca is a Senior Backend Engineer in Houston with 11 years of experience building web applications that address social problems and streamline business processes. Currently at TapResearch, he brings a track record of leading small engineering teams and implementing payment and invoicing systems across countries, with prior senior roles supporting Apple projects and payment platforms. He blends backend engineering (Ruby on Rails and web stacks) with analytics and BI experience from earlier MIS and CRM leadership roles, enabling data-driven product decisions. Trained in economics and data science, he pairs technical depth with a systems-level view of product impact and compliance in regulated environments. A pragmatic team lead who moves between hands-on coding and operational ownership, he often surfaces business insights from data to guide engineering priorities.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature at Fuji InstituteIntroduction to Data Science, Introduction to Data Science at Wizeline AcademyDiploma in Economic Science, Economics, Diploma in Economic Science, Economics at Universidad de Guadalajara
English, Spanish, Japanese
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Github Skills (69)
twitter10
async10
prototypes10
javascript9
zenhub9
closures9
cancancan8
hotel-booking8
soap-server8
soap8
authorization8
ruby7
authentication7
vagrant7
rails7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jesusabarca/.dotfiles
Jul 2016 - Oct 2019
Contributions:99 commits, 93 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 3 months
jesusabarca/bmi
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Body mass index calculating app
Contributions:9 PRs, 8 pushes, 10 branches in 1 day
body-massbody-mass-indexindexbodymass
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