Summary
Oscar Alfaro is a seasoned software engineer and academic with 11 years of experience, currently blending industry-grade data engineering at UserTesting with teaching Big Data on the MSc Data Science program at Universitat de Girona. He brings strong expertise in Scala, Akka, Kafka, Cassandra, Kubernetes and AWS from leading data analytics engineering efforts, and a solid Java/web backend foundation from earlier roles. Oscar鈥檚 academic record is distinguished (top grades across Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 studies) and informs his pragmatic approach to bridging research, teaching, and production systems. He thrives on turning complex distributed data challenges into reliable, scalable pipelines and enjoys mentoring the next generation of data scientists. Based in the Greater Barcelona area, he pairs deep technical craft with classroom communication, a combination that enhances both his engineering teams and students.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
CFGS, Desenvolupament d'aplicacions multiplataforma, 9.31 / 10, CFGS, Desenvolupament d'aplicacions multiplataforma, 9.31 / 10 at IES Montilivi
Proves d'acc茅s, 9.8 / 10, Proves d'acc茅s, 9.8 / 10 at IES Josep Brugulat
UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Educaci贸 secundaria obligatoria, Educaci贸 secundaria obligatoria at IES Pla de l'estany
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, specialization in computation, 8.76 / 10, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, specialization in computation, 8.76 / 10 at Universitat de Girona
Catalan, Spanish, English