Jean Urquiaga
Backend Lead at Verusen AI
Peru
Summary
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Top SchoolJean Urquiaga is a Backend Lead and technologist with 13 years building scalable web applications and APIs, currently leading backend engineering at Verusen AI. A Computer Science graduate from Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, he co-founded DevCode.la and served as CTO, growing the platform into a StartUpPeru and StartUpChile-backed education venture focused on web and mobile technologies. His hands-on backend expertise centers on Django and Node.js, and his career spans startups and product engineering roles across Latin America and remote-first teams. Known for blending entrepreneurial grit with practical system design, he brings proven experience shipping production systems and mentoring engineering teams. An understated strength is his track record of transitioning from founder to senior engineering roles, giving him a rare perspective on both product strategy and day-to-day execution.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero Informático, Ingeniero Informático at Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
1,513reputation
247kreached
39answers
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Github Skills (33)
csv8
xml8
xlsx7
nodejs7
json7
spreadsheet7
excel7
grid7
react7
jstree6
mongodb6
database6
angular6
django-models6
django-orm6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
DevCodela/CursoProDjango
Oct 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:20 commits in 27 days
DJeanCar/LoveImages
May 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:42 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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