Nicolás Ávila
Principal Software Development Engineer at HICAPPS
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
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Top SchoolNicolás Ávila is a Principal Software Development Engineer based in Santiago with over a decade of experience building clinical and web systems, currently leading engineering at HICAPPS. He combines rare domain expertise as a speech-language therapist and audiologist (Magister in Audiology) with advanced training in health informatics, enabling him to design software that truly understands clinical workflows. His career includes progressive technical leadership at Clínica Alemana—moving from clinical informatics to IT architect and tech lead—plus backend development and teaching roles that reflect strong full‑stack and mentoring skills. Co-creator and organizer of the Angular Chile community and an active advocate for JS and Go ecosystems, he brings community-driven practices into product teams. Outside of work he balances technical curiosity with hands-on pursuits like cycling, gardening and music, which he credits for creative problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Maestría en Informática en Salud, Maestría en Informática en Salud at Instituto Universitario Hospital ItalianoMagister en Audiología, Magister en Audiología at Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (45)
ngxs10
event-sourcing9
cqrs9
handlebars9
sendgrid9
redux9
mjml8
state-management8
angular8
que8
snomed-ct8
rxjs8
ngrx8
hubot8
nodejs7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nicoavila/SVSXML
Nov 2015 - Apr 2020
Conversor XML para Super Intendencia de Valores y Seguros
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
xmlvaloresconversorjavaseguros
ngChile/meetups
Apr 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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