Javier Montilva
Solutions Engineer at Dstillery
Mérida, Merida State, Venezuela
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Top SchoolJavier Montilva is a solutions-oriented software engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications using Python, JavaScript, SQL/NoSQL and modern frameworks like Flask, Django and React. He has progressed from technical support and junior development into senior and solutions engineering roles, consistently improving API infrastructures, database models, integrations (JIRA, ServiceNow, GitLab) and test coverage. A self-taught, curious developer, Javier has contributed to the open-source Faraday vulnerability management project by enhancing status and dependency checks for its backend, demonstrating attention to reliability and operations. Comfortable in Agile teams and teaching environments, he pairs hands-on implementation with mentorship and a drive to adopt new technologies and AI tooling. Based in Mérida, Venezuela, he brings a practical blend of customer-facing support experience and backend engineering rigor to solve challenging integration and scalability problems.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering at Universidad de los Andes (VE)
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (5)
cybersecurity10
vulnerability-management10
python10
vulnerability10
sqlalchemy9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
infobyte/faraday
May 2018 - Aug 2019
Open Source Vulnerability Management Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:187 commits, 62 comments, 14 issues in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Javier primarily focused on the `status_check.py` file, updating and enhancing its functionalities. These changes involved adding checks for Faraday server dependencies, client dependencies, and credentials, alongside improvements to the code's readability and organization. The contributions included modifications to existing features like checking the server's running status and the PostgreSQL connection, while also expanding the status checks with new functionalities.
vulnerability-managementbugbountycvecollaborationvulnerability-scanners
montive/tasks_list_app
Aug 2022 - Aug 2024
Tasks List Application developed with Python, Flask and ReactJS
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years
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