Leonardo Padilla
Senior Software Engineer at EPAM Systems
Bogota, RAP (Especial) Central, Colombia
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Top SchoolLeonardo Padilla is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining backend systems across startups and global consultancies, currently at EPAM Systems in Bogotá. As co-founder and former CTO of Kaumer, he shipped product features, deployed infrastructure, and embraced customer-driven UX lessons that shaped his pragmatic approach to solving real problems. He is comfortable diving into source code to refactor, fix subtle bugs, and adapt libraries for modern Python and Django versions, as demonstrated by contributions to the django-userena project. His background spans Python, Go, NoSQL (Redis), AWS, and automated testing, with hands-on experience in vehicle tracking, real-estate search, and ERP integrations. Colleagues value his knack for automating repetitive workflows and turning operational pain points into reliable, maintainable systems. Leaning on both startup grit and enterprise discipline, he blends curiosity-driven code exploration with production-grade delivery.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
system engineer, Ingeniería de sistemas, system engineer, Ingeniería de sistemas at Fundación Universidad del Norte
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (16)
debug10
refactoring10
python10
django10
testing10
modeling9
modello9
modeler9
git8
version-control8
html7
django-models6
pythonanywhere6
ag-grid6
angular6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bread-and-pepper/django-userena
Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
Accounts for Django made beautifully simple
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 9 PRs, 9 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Leonardo primarily focused on fixing bugs and refactoring code within the Django Userena project. Their contributions involved addressing issues related to form validation, email handling, and model structure. They also updated dependencies like html2text and adapted the codebase for Python 3 compatibility and Django version updates, highlighting a focus on maintenance and ensuring project stability.
djangodjango-projectpythonaccounts
leonardoo/django-dropbox
Sep 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:2 releases, 42 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 2 months
djangodropboxdjango-appstorage
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