Jesús Valencia
Principal Software Engineer at Roche
Lucena, Andalusia, Spain
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Top SchoolJesús Valencia is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in .NET, DevOps and container-based CI/CD platforms, currently building next-gen healthcare communication middleware at Roche. He combines hands-on C# development with deep DevOps expertise—designing container-first pipelines (notably using Earthly to run complex pipelines locally without external services) and shaping testing, branching and release strategies. Jesús teaches container technologies at the University of Barcelona’s DevOps master program, bringing practical industry patterns into the classroom. He’s passionate about performance and optimization, routinely profiling and refining core components to reduce resource use and improve reliability. An active open-source contributor, he enhanced landing/autopilot capabilities and fuel-flow simulation in the popular MechJeb2 Kerbal Space Program mod, reflecting his long-standing interest in aerospace and flight simulation. Based in Lucena, Spain, he blends systems thinking, prototyping and collaborative design to tackle complex interoperability challenges across instrument and hospital systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Engineering, Master's Degree, Computer Engineering at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (2)
csharp10
dotnet-core10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
MuMech/MechJeb2
Nov 2017 - Mar 2019
MechJeb2 - KSP mod
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Jesús primarily contributed to the `MechJeb2` mod by adding functionality related to landing, including new actions like "Land target" and "Land at KSC," and modifications to existing landing methods. The user also introduced changes to the core components and the fuel flow simulation, indicating involvement in core mechanics and potentially performance optimizations. These changes reveal a focus on enhancing the autopilot's capabilities within the Kerbal Space Program game.
ignitionroboticsmodautopilotksp
PapaJoesSoup/BDArmory
Jul 2016 - May 2020
Gun turrets and other weapon systems for KSP
Contributions:13 releases, 576 commits, 207 PRs in 3 years 10 months
kspweaponturretsgun
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