Jacobo De Vera
Head Of Backend at Todoist
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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Top expert inNeovim Ecosystem and Shell Customization
Jacobo De Vera is a pragmatic software leader with 17 years building Linux-based server backends and distributed teams, currently serving as Head of Backend at Doist. He combines deep hands-on expertise in C++, Python, databases and server architecture with a strong track record of shipping large migrations and product splits—most notably leading Hotjar’s multi-team effort to carve Ask and Observe into independent products. A people-first manager, he has scaled teams, reduced hiring time dramatically, and prioritised inclusive, high-performing engineering cultures across remote and on-site environments. Early-career work on IBM DB2 and contributions to production tools like Vundle.vim reflect a long-standing focus on robustness, developer productivity and maintainability. Based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he pairs technical depth with practical tooling instincts—“I’m in GitHub for the tools”—and often moves between architecture, hands-on coding and hiring to unblock delivery.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Erasmus Computer Science, Erasmus Computer Science at University College CorkMEng Computer Engineering, MEng Computer Engineering at Universidad de La Laguna
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (13)
vimscript10
plugin-development10
git9
scripting7
script7
sh7
shell7
argparse6
vim6
nerdtree6
bash6
python6
code-documentation6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
VundleVim/Vundle.vim
Aug 2011 - Apr 2015
Vundle, the plug-in manager for Vim
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 10 PRs, 8 pushes in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jacobo primarily focused on improving the functionality and maintainability of the Vundle plugin manager. Their contributions include bug fixes, such as appending `.git` to repository URLs for correct cloning and resolving symlinks during helptags generation. The user also implemented new features like lazy loading plugins and support for plugin pinning, and they refined the codebase by adding documentation. Several commits addressed potential issues with helptags generation and other runtime configurations.
vimvundle
jdevera/dotfiles
Aug 2010 - May 2022
Some of my configuration files for linux tools like zsh, vim, git, etc.
Contributions:378 commits, 88 pushes, 2 branches in 11 years 10 months
linuxvimzshdotfilesdotfiles-linux
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