Juan Alonso
Infrastructure Software Engineer at European Space Agency - ESA
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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RockstarJuan Alonso is an Infrastructure Software Engineer with 13 years of experience, currently working at the European Space Agency from Leiden, Netherlands. He brings deep backend and cloud-integration expertise, evidenced by contributions to the widely used Apache Libcloud project where he enhanced the vCloud driver, added snapshot and console ticket features, and upgraded API support. Comfortable operating at the intersection of infrastructure and tooling, he focuses on reliable, standards-compliant implementations and pragmatic bug fixes that improve multi-cloud interoperability. Alongside his engineering career he edits at Politikon, reflecting strong communication skills and an ability to translate technical complexity for broader audiences. Juan combines production-grade coding discipline with a collaborative open-source mindset, making him effective on cross-functional teams building resilient cloud infrastructure.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
cloud-computing10
python10
apache9
standard-library9
apidoc9
c-library9
api9
common-library9
xml8
testing8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
apache/libcloud
Dec 2015 - Jul 2016
Apache Libcloud is a Python library which hides differences between different cloud provider APIs and allows you to manage different cloud resources through a unified and easy to use API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 7 PRs, 6 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Juan primarily focused on enhancing the vCloud driver within the Apache Libcloud library. Their contributions include fixing bugs related to proxy URL handling, refactoring code to adhere to coding standards, and adding support for vCloud API version 5.5. The user also implemented new features, such as methods for creating snapshots and retrieving console access tickets, while ensuring code quality and addressing related issues.
python-libraryapilibcloudpythonhides
juanfont/gitlab-log-streamer
Aug 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch, 17 tags in 2 years 6 months
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