Orestes Carracedo
Senior Software Engineer at Datadog
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolOrestes Carracedo is a senior software engineer and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience building high-performance systems, founding and scaling remote consulting and product companies focused on big data and data visualization. He co-founded Lighthorse Consulting and spun out Navigo, a risk-management product for protecting employees abroad, combining product-led engineering with real-world impact. After leadership roles in engineering and developer relations at Google and New Relic, he now contributes data visualization expertise at Datadog. Based in Barcelona, he blends hands-on implementation with community leadership—mentoring, speaking, and helping thousands enter the software field through organized support networks. Known for turning client engagements into lasting products, he brings a practical founder’s mindset to complex distributed data problems.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree Software Development, Associate’s Degree Software Development at CIFP César Manrique
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (156)
twitch10
realtime10
actions-on-google10
firebase10
javascript10
harvest10
realtime-database10
angularfire10
angular10
typescript10
nodejs10
ngrx10
angular-library10
rxjs10
react10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
orestes/spotify-now-playing
Apr 2020 - May 2024
A companion to https://github.com/orestes/spotify-web-watcher
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 4 years 1 month
gamingstreamingspotifywatcherlive-coding
orestes/dotfiles
Apr 2016 - Sep 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 6 months
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