Summary
Nelson Arapé is a backend developer specializing in data infrastructure with over a decade of professional experience and a M.Sc. in Applied Computing. Based in Stockholm, he helps build and operate Spotify’s event delivery system that handles tens of terabytes daily, working across Apache Kafka and Google Pub/Sub to power analytics and recommendations. Before Spotify he combined academia and industry as a university lecturer, researcher and consultant for large oil-sector clients, bringing deep domain knowledge in distributed systems and data management. He is a pragmatic full-stack engineer fluent in Java, Python, SQL and Kafka, with hands-on DevOps experience running large-scale data pipelines. Known for being self-taught and methodical, he often bridges research ideas to production-grade systems and has led small developer teams delivering enterprise-grade solutions.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Applied Computing, Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Applied Computing, Computer Science at Universidad del Zulia
Computer Engineer, Computer Engineering, 17.06/20, rank: 6/106, Computer Engineer, Computer Engineering, 17.06/20, rank: 6/106 at Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín
Bachiller, Bachiller at Colegio Claret
English, Spanish