Summary
Juan Riffo is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building full-stack web platforms, primarily using Java, Spring Boot, and Angular, and deploying microservices to cloud environments like GCP and Azure. At Globant he helped modernize Equifax and Credit Agricole applications, contributing to backend performance optimizations, complex integrations (including Bloomberg), and robust testing practices with JUnit and Cucumber. He has a track record of improving application performance and delivery—previously delivering a 15% backend improvement at Sovos and cutting deployment time by 30% through CI at ConstruIT. Comfortable switching roles in self-managed Scrum teams, he blends backend expertise (Java, databases, batch processing with Python) with frontend work in Angular/React. Based in Santiago, Chile, he brings a pragmatic, client-focused perspective from cross-border projects and a habit of tackling delicate, high-stakes integrations. Notably, he pairs enterprise-grade engineering with hands-on operational insight using observability tools like Grafana.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Engineer's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Duoc UC