Juan Ortega
Senior Backend Engineer at Upwork
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Top SchoolJuan Ortega is a Senior Backend Engineer based in Montevideo with over a decade of hands-on Java experience building and modernizing enterprise systems and high-throughput microservices. He combines deep expertise in Java/Jakarta EE and Spring with pragmatic modernization work—migrating legacy apps to Docker, driving a 25% reduction in inactive resources, and improving code quality across large FinTech and logistics platforms. A proven technical leader and mentor, he champions TDD, clean code, SRP, and CI practices while helping teams deliver reliable, scalable systems that process millions of transactions daily. He also brings teaching and technical writing experience, translating complex distributed-systems concepts into practical guidance for developers and students.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Electronic engineer Ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica, Electronic engineer Ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica at Universidad Nacional Experimiental del TáchiraMaestría en Gerencia de Proyectos Gerencia de Proyectos PMI, Maestría en Gerencia de Proyectos Gerencia de Proyectos PMI at Caribbean International University
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
2,675reputation
2.0mreached
66answers
8questions
java
top-5%
Github Skills (139)
api-client10
testing10
authentication10
spring-security10
security10
junit10
maven10
refactoring10
waffle10
mocks10
api10
sdk10
javscript10
java10
mocking10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
JuanMorenoDeveloper/java-11-upgrade-certification-practice
Feb 2020 - Apr 2022
Java 11 1Z0-817 Exam Exercises
Contributions:2 PRs, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
j2eejavajava-11cascertification
earth001/ng-demo
Dec 2017 - Mar 2020
Angular CLI Demo
Contributions:8 PRs, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
angular-clitypescriptangularcli
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