José Salazar is an Embedded Software Developer with nine years of experience building embedded and backend systems, currently working at RidgeRun on projects that bridge medical devices and edge microservices. He prefers mission-driven work tied to environment, urban mobility, science, or entrepreneurship and is happiest when technologies serve real-world needs. Comfortable in Python and experienced with Rust, C++ and web technologies, José has also developed serverless backends for event-driven applications and led hiring interviews. He holds a Computer Engineering degree from Tecnológico de Costa Rica and is pursuing a Master's in Software Engineering, bringing both academic rigor and hands-on product delivery. Outside work he composes music and enjoys film, reflecting a creative perspective that informs his pragmatic engineering approach.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer engineering at Tecnológico de Costa Rica
High School Degree of Excellence, High School Degree of Excellence at Liceo San Antonio de Desamparados
Master's degree Software engineering, Master's degree Software engineering at University of Europe for Applied Sciences
Repo to use during the "Improve your Python code using Amazon CodeGuru" course offered by AWS.
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José Salazar - Embedded Software Developer at RidgeRun