Summary
José Villaveces is a Senior Data Engineer with 14 years of experience building data-driven systems across research and industry, currently shaping solutions at Globant from Bogotá, Colombia. His background blends bioengineering research—where he developed federated Elasticsearch-based biobank interoperability and scientific visualizations during a PhD—with enterprise big data and software roles at Allianz and NorCom. He excels at turning complex, heterogeneous datasets into clean, maintainable pipelines and interactive tools, drawing on hands-on experience integrating molecular interaction datasets and visualization apps. Comfortable across the stack, José brings research rigor to production engineering and a proven ability to bridge domain science and scalable data platforms. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who learns quickly and prefers elegant, well-tested solutions over quick fixes.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bioengineering Diploma Course, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering Diploma Course, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Universidad de La Sabana
English, Spanish, German