Nicolás Fernández
Software Engineer Apex at Payway Ar
Greater Buenos Aires Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolás Fernández is a software engineer with about four years of recent experience and a long track record of system-level development stretching back to early roles in C++ and enterprise stacks. Currently working as a Software Engineer Apex in Greater Buenos Aires, he has strong back-end and security engineering chops demonstrated by contributions to the widely used open-source Wazuh security platform, where he enhanced the metrics module and API commands. He moves comfortably across C++, C# and Java ecosystems and has experience with databases and migration projects from IBM DB2 to Oracle and SQL Server, as well as microservices and cloud tooling. Nicolás combines hands-on coding with operational responsibilities—versioning, QC, and user support—making him effective at shipping reliable, production-grade features. An economist by university training and a technician in computer systems, he brings both analytical rigor and practical engineering discipline to solving complex platform problems.
5 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciatura, Economics, Licenciatura, Economics at Universidad de Buenos AiresTecnicatura, Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst, Tecnicatura, Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst at Instituto Superior de Formación Técnica N° 182
Github Skills (12)
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api10
cprogramming-language10
apidoc10
security9
it-security9
json9
logging8
sys8
software-design8
system-design8
testing7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wazuh/wazuh
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:241 reviews, 14 commits, 19 PRs in 14 days
Contributions summary:Nicolás's contributions focused on adding and modifying the metrics module within the Wazuh open-source security platform. They implemented new commands, such as "get" and "list" for retrieving and managing metrics, and updated existing ones like "dump" and "enable." The changes also included refactoring and adding API commands related to metrics, along with ensuring the correct integration of these new features within the core components of the security platform.
securitywazuhxdrcompliancelog-analysis
soynof/monty-hall-paradox
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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