Jorge Álvarez
Senior Software Engineer at Adobe
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolJorge Álvarez is a Senior Software Engineer based in Barcelona with 10 years of experience building high-performance web and e-commerce systems. At Adobe he architects and implements microservices (Java/Spring/AWS) for Adobe Commerce Channel Manager while maintaining deep expertise in Magento and PHP-based extensions, including hands-on migrations (PHPUnit, PHP 7.3→7.4, jQuery/KnockoutJS). He is an active Magento open-source contributor, having authored PHPCS sniffs and driven frontend/back-end refactors in the widely used magento2 codebase to improve compatibility and developer tooling. Jorge also teaches web frameworks in a master’s program, bridging practical engineering with mentoring and curriculum design. Colleagues know him for pragmatic upgrade strategies and for shaping the Upgrade Compatibility Tool’s architecture and testing approach—work that quietly reduces friction for many Magento merchants and integrators.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Technical Engineering in Computer Systems. Enhanced Integration of Internet applications, Informática, Technical Engineering in Computer Systems. Enhanced Integration of Internet applications, Informática at Universidad de Oviedo
English
Github Skills (14)
code-standards10
php10
javascript10
coding-conventions10
coding-style10
front-end-development10
jquery10
magento10
ecommerce10
php-codesniffer10
back-end-development9
xml9
unit-testing8
ui-design8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
magento/magento2
Jun 2020 - Oct 2021
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Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:100 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Jorge's commits primarily involve refactoring and upgrading the Magento 2 codebase to newer versions of jQuery and resolving deprecation warnings. Their contributions include modifications to JavaScript files within both the frontend and backend components, focusing on replacing older jQuery functions with their modern equivalents. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to UI elements and form validation, demonstrating a focus on improving the user experience across different areas of the e-commerce platform. The user also updated the code to align with Magento's coding standards.
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magento/magento-coding-standard
Sep 2021 - Oct 2021
Magento Coding Standard
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:41 reviews, 35 commits, 6 PRs in 28 days
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily focused on implementing and refining Magento coding standards, as evidenced by their work on the `magento-coding-standard` repository. Their commits demonstrate the creation of PHP CodeSniffer (phpcs) sniffs to identify and flag obsolete email directives, and XML structure validation. They also made changes to the related unit tests, ensuring the proper functionality of the implemented sniffs.
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