Summary
Mauricio Villaescusa is a Principal Data Engineer based in the Atlanta metro area with 11 years of hands-on experience building cloud-native data platforms, IoT systems, and backend services. He has progressed from embedded and hardware-focused roles into leadership and principal engineering positions at companies including AWS, REEF, and Ambry Genetics, blending systems-level thinking with scalable serverless and ETL architectures. Mauricio routinely bridges hardware, firmware and cloud — having shipped products involving embedded C/C++, Raspberry Pi/ESP8266, MQTT, and large-scale AWS services — which gives him a rare end-to-end perspective on data collection through production analytics. A persistent problem solver and multitasker, he also co-founded The Smart Investor Tool, evidencing entrepreneurial instincts alongside deep technical craft. Known for rapid learning and pragmatic delivery under pressure, he excels at turning complex integration challenges into reliable, maintainable pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Course Computer Programming, Course Computer Programming at University of Havana, CUJAE
Spanish, English, French, German