Summary
Javier Ruedas is an information-focused full-stack developer and digital projects specialist with eight years of experience building web applications, teaching immersive web and DevOps bootcamps, and founding a digital services practice. Currently at UTSA Libraries & Museums, he blends software skills (Spring Boot, PHP/MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Python) with archival and metadata expertise to deliver map-driven historical data tools and automated ETL pipelines into NoSQL stores. He holds an MS in Information Studies (4.0) and brings professional ethnographic interviewing and archival preservation experience to shape user-centered information architectures. As an instructor and curriculum author, he has a track record of turning complex backend concepts into teachable, practical workflows and improving UX through measurable front-end optimizations. Trilingual and culturally fluent, he combines fieldwork-era sensitivity from anthropology with modern API integrations (Wikipedia, Spotify, Mapbox) to make cultural data both discoverable and usable.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Anthropology, 3.74, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Anthropology, 3.74 at The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Science (MS), Information Studies, 4.0, Master of Science (MS), Information Studies, 4.0 at University of Texas at Austin - School of Information
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Anthropology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Anthropology at Tulane University
English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Catalan, marubo, German