Luis Chico
C C Developer at Wazuh, Inc.
Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolLuis Capistrano is a C/C++ developer with 9 years of hands-on experience building embedded systems, robotics simulations, IoT prototypes and security tooling from Greater Salta, Argentina. He has moved between firmware and full-stack responsibilities—designing vehicle-monitoring hardware, improving sensor networks, and creating Gazebo/ROS simulation environments to accelerate robot firmware iterations. Currently contributing to the prominent open-source Wazuh security platform, he has focused on rootcheck hardening, test coverage and automation for efficient event cleanup. Comfortable across Python, C++14, Ruby and Linux toolchains, he pairs low-level electronics knowledge with pragmatic software engineering and Dockerized workflows. Colleagues rely on him to bridge hardware constraints and scalable software practices, often spotting system-level faults early through simulation and targeted testing.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Embedded System Specialization, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Carrera de Especialización en Sistemas Embebidos (CESE) de la UBA, Embedded System Specialization, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Carrera de Especialización en Sistemas Embebidos (CESE) de la UBA at University of Buenos Aires
Spanish, Portuguese, English
Github Skills (12)
security10
automation10
automations10
python10
testing10
databases9
database9
querying9
linux8
vulnerability-detection7
sia7
incident-response7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wazuh/wazuh
Jun 2023 - Apr 2025
Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer & Automation Engineer
Security Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:97 reviews, 19 PRs, 444 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Luis contributed significantly to the Wazuh security platform, focusing on the rootcheck module. They addressed comments, refined existing code, and developed tests for the module. Additionally, the user worked on automating the deletion of rootcheck events from the database, ensuring efficient data management. The commits reveal a focus on improving testing procedures and ensuring the proper functioning of security features.
malware-detectionendpointscompliancecloud-securitysecurity-hardening
lchico/tesis_especializacion_chz
Apr 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 29 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
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