Joel Ibaceta
Lead Developer Senior at Remesas.com
Lima, Lima, Peru
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Top SchoolJoel Ibaceta is a fintech-focused technology leader and CTO with 11 years of experience building payments, developer tools, and safety hardware software from Lima, Peru. He combines hands-on back-end engineering (PHP, Python, Ruby) with product and developer experience leadership, having driven SDKs, APIs and documentation at Mercado Pago and now leading Kwema’s safety badge platform. An open-source contributor and former Bosque language maintainer, he has shipped language interpreter features and practical tooling like a terminal video-to-ascii Python package prepared for PyPI. Joel blends startup and enterprise experience—cofounding and training teams while championing code quality, CI practices and community collaboration. Currently expanding into AI and scientific computing, he’s pursuing advanced degrees in AI and an MBA, positioning him to bridge research-driven systems with operational fintech products. Notably, his cross-domain work spans low-level parsing fixes to architecting developer DX that improves adoption and reliability for large payment platforms.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Gerencia de Producto Educación Ejecutiva, Gerencia de Producto Educación Ejecutiva at Universidad del Pacífico (PE)Master of Business Administration - MBA Ingeniería de sistemas, Master of Business Administration - MBA Ingeniería de sistemas at National University of EngineeringEngineer Computer Science, Engineer Computer Science at Universidad San Ignacio de LoyolaDiplomatura en Gobernanza y Evolución de Internet, Diplomatura en Gobernanza y Evolución de Internet at Universidad de Palermo
English, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
opencv10
python10
api-design10
video-processing10
text-manipulation10
typescript10
ffmpeg10
interpreter10
erb10
php10
sdk10
typescript-types10
html10
typescripts10
backend10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
joelibaceta/video-to-ascii
Nov 2018 - Dec 2021
It is a simple python package to play videos in the terminal using characters as pixels
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 6 reviews, 149 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Joel primarily contributed to the development of the Python-based video-to-ascii tool. They implemented features, including improved saturation, printing enhancements, and audio support through ffmpeg and pyaudio. They also refactored the code for a better architecture by introducing a render strategy pattern. The user prepared the project for deployment to PyPI, addressing module and versioning issues.
pythonvideoterminalasciiplay-videos
mercadopago/sdk-php
Feb 2017 - Oct 2018
Mercado Pago's Official PHP SDK
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 releases, 51 commits, 55 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily contributed to the PHP SDK for Mercado Pago, as indicated by the file modifications. Their work involved core functionality, including creating and modifying entities, implementing methods for saving, reading, and updating data. The user also focused on integrating refund functionality, enhancing the SDK's payment processing capabilities. Further modifications include code samples and fixes in the API.
phpsdkmercadopagobackend-sdk
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