Joan Girona
Senior Software Engineer at HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International)
Riba-roja de Túria, Valencian Community, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolJoan Girona is a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building web applications and infrastructure, currently focused on the open-source Uwazi project at HURIDOCS. He blends software design, TDD, CI/CD and IaC practices to deliver reliable, maintainable systems and has stepped into SRE/DevOps and team leadership to scale operations. His background spans product work (cloud ERP and school management platforms) to NGO-focused tools that make human rights data accessible for advocacy and litigation. Joan is comfortable across the stack—from server-side JavaScript and PHP roots to modern deployment automation—and routinely champions process improvements and developer tooling. He brings a pragmatic, learning-oriented approach to new challenges and a track record of translating domain needs into production-ready, open solutions. Based in Spain, he combines technical depth with mission-driven impact that’s visible in long-term stewardship of community-oriented projects.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer System Administration Computer Science, Computer System Administration Computer Science at IES La Senia, Paiporta 
Spanish, Catalan, English
Github Skills (56)
data-science10
open-source10
pdf10
ai10
collections10
documents10
database10
expressjs9
typescript9
api-requests8
request-validation8
authenticity8
nodejs7
middleware7
redux7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
huridocs/uwazi
Nov 2015 - Jan 2023
Uwazi is a web-based, open-source solution for building and sharing document collections
Contributions:967 releases, 311 reviews, 3847 commits in 7 years 3 months
web-basedsharingpdfcollectionsai
daneryl/shell_node_util
Dec 2018 - Dec 2023
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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