Jhony Rocha
Web Developer, Devops at eduNEXT
Colombia
Summary
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Top SchoolJhony Rocha is a mechatronics-trained web developer and DevOps engineer with a decade of experience building and operating web services, primarily using Django and AWS. He currently contributes to eduNEXT and the Open edX platform, where his work on acceptance tests, front-end refactors, and site-aware account components has improved maintainability and user experience for a widely used open-source LMS. Jhony combines hands-on deployment automation with Ansible and production monitoring skills, plus experience migrating legacy platforms and implementing controlled release strategies. His background in automation and embedded test systems informs a disciplined, test-oriented approach to web engineering and operations. Comfortable across the stack, he also delivers custom WordPress sites and payment-integrated REST APIs. Based in Colombia, he brings a pragmatic blend of engineering rigor and product-focused execution to education technology projects.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero mecatrónico, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Ingeniero mecatrónico, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaSistemas automatizados, informática industrial e instrumentación, Automation Engineer Technology/Technician, Sistemas automatizados, informática industrial e instrumentación, Automation Engineer Technology/Technician at Ecole Nationale d'ingénieurs du Val de Loire
Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (8)
testing10
front-end-development10
python10
react9
javascript9
django8
back-end-development8
backend8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/openedx-platform
Jun 2016 - Oct 2021
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 11 commits, 8 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jhony primarily focused on refactoring and improving the codebase related to the Open edX platform's acceptance tests and front-end components. They replaced relative imports with absolute imports across multiple directories to improve code maintainability. Additionally, the user addressed performance concerns by relaxing load in the instructor dashboard. They also updated the student account deletion components to be site aware, improving the user experience.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
eduNEXT/openedx-k8s-harmony
Feb 2023 - Dec 2024
A Prototype Helm Chart for deploying multiple Tutor instances onto a cluster
Contributions:6 PRs, 49 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 10 months
helm
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