Mikel Román
Freelance Software Engineer at Self-employed
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolMikel Román is a freelance software engineer based in Barcelona with a decade of experience focused on back-end engineering, high-performance computing, and distributed systems. He blends hands-on production experience from IBM and Openfort.io with research roots at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and DeustoTech, giving him a strong foundation in scaling compute-intensive services. Known as a "code spelunker," he enjoys diving into complex systems and optimizing performance bottlenecks across infrastructure and services. Comfortable in both research and product contexts, he repeatedly turns HPC concepts into practical backend solutions for real-world applications. Mikel’s dual degrees in Computer Engineering and Industrial Electronics, plus a Master’s in High Performance Computing, underpin a pragmatic, systems-first approach to architecture and implementation.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering at University of DeustoUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, Basque, Spanish, Catalan
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Github Skills (57)
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darknet8
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messaging7
testing7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
BSPQ18-19/BSPQ19-E9
Mar 2019 - May 2019
BSPQ19-E9
Contributions:3 PRs, 78 pushes, 16 branches in 1 month
binary-monkey/prog3_proyecto_server
Feb 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:1 release, 98 PRs, 160 pushes in 1 year 5 months
spring-bootstoringnodejssharing
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