Jorge González
Senior Full-Stack Developer at King Tide
Mexico City
Summary
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Top SchoolJorge González is a software development manager with 13 years of experience leading remote US-facing teams to build and modernize scalable web applications using PHP/Laravel, Elixir/Phoenix, and modern front-end stacks. He has a strong track record of migrating legacy systems to robust architectures—most recently steering a migration from a distributed Python Lambda monolith to an Elixir-based GraphQL API and event-driven services. Jorge emphasizes engineering maturity: introducing GitFlow, code reviews, Docker workflows, and automated testing that raised test coverage from single digits to 85% at a previous company. He also delivers high-throughput systems in production, including an SMS platform that handled millions of messages and performant reporting on AWS Aurora. An active contributor to the Laravel localization effort, he improves developer and end-user experience for Spanish speakers—a detail that reflects his focus on internationalization and practical polish. Based in Mexico City and an alumnus of the Recurse Center, he combines hands-on engineering with mentorship to help teams ship reliable, user-loved features.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Tecnológico de Monterrey
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
2,526reputation
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Github Skills (26)
rails-i18n10
translation10
laravel-mix10
internationalization10
laravel10
php10
lang10
localization10
ember-i18n10
i18n-js10
testing9
validation9
task-queue8
queue8
documentation8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
laravel/framework
Aug 2015 - Mar 2020
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 18 PRs, 6 comments in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily contributed to bug fixes and minor enhancements within the Laravel framework, focusing on correcting typos, updating documentation, and improving code clarity. Their work involved modifications to various core files, including those related to validation, authorization, testing, queue management, and database interactions. Furthermore, the user addressed code style inconsistencies and added features to optimize the SQS driver.
laravelphpframework
Laravel-Lang/lang
Feb 2016 - Oct 2020
List of 128 languages for Laravel Framework, Laravel Jetstream, Laravel Fortify, Laravel Breeze, Laravel Cashier, Laravel Nova and Laravel UI.
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:9 commits, 8 PRs, 1 comment in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily contributed to the localization efforts of the Laravel framework by providing Spanish translations for various validation error messages and attributes. They updated the `validation.php` file, adding new translations for newly introduced validation rules like `required_unless`, `distinct`, `in_array`, `file`, and `multiple_of`, along with updates to the `attributes` array for common form fields. Their work ensured the framework's usability for Spanish-speaking users.
laravel-breezelaravel-cashierlaravel-fortifylaravel-frameworklaravel-jetstream
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