Marcos Gurgel
Senior Software Engineer at DuckDuckGo
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarMarcos Gurgel is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building resilient web and data-driven systems, now working at DuckDuckGo in London. He spent the previous five years at BBC News leading visual and data journalism efforts, shaping how complex datasets are presented to global audiences. Earlier roles at BBC Music and World Service show a strong blend of engineering leadership and hands-on delivery across media platforms. Marcos excels at translating editorial and product requirements into scalable, user-focused engineering solutions and mentoring cross-functional teams. He combines a newsroom mindset for clarity with production-grade engineering practices, often navigating tight deadlines and live publishing constraints. Based in the UK, he brings a thoughtful mix of technical depth and product awareness rarely seen outside media technology.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
26reputation
2kreached
1answer
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Github Skills (33)
french10
duckduckgo10
browser-extension10
privacy10
firefox10
android-app10
privacy-protection10
chrome10
android10
ios-application10
translation9
javascript9
ios9
single-page9
hacking9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
bbc/news-vj-number-formatter
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
JS number formatter module for international services
Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 10 months
jsnumber-formatter
mgurgel/bag-web-svelte
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:45 pushes, 3 branches in 15 days
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