Summary
Javier Guignard is a software engineering manager with 11 years of experience building backend systems, cloud-native architectures, and AI-driven solutions, currently leading engineering at Platzi. An Electronic Engineer by training who began coding at 15, he brings deep hands-on expertise in Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Docker and practical cloud deployments across AWS and GCP. He has a track record of progressing from developer to tech lead and manager while teaching programming and coordinating academic programs, which keeps his approach rooted in mentorship and continuous learning. Javier combines product-focused delivery with operational rigor—designing scalable systems, deploying ML/LLM projects, and guiding distributed teams to improve software quality and impact. Based in Río Ceballos, Argentina, he also brings decades of industrial and embedded experience that inform pragmatic architecture and tooling choices.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniería en Sistemas de la Información, Informatics, Ingeniería en Sistemas de la Información, Informatics at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Spanish, English