Summary
Ricardo Calderón is a Principal Software Engineer based in Costa Rica with 11 years of progressive experience at Kepler, where he advanced from Software Engineer to Principal, driving architecture and delivery across multiple engineering levels. He blends hands-on coding (often found “mentally in his terminal”) with team leadership, operationalizing scalable solutions and mentoring engineers through rapid growth phases. Comfortable across the stack, Ricardo has a track record of evolving product codebases into robust, production-ready systems and taking ownership of end-to-end delivery. Outside work he’s an avid motorcyclist and outdoors enthusiast, a detail that reflects a practical, disciplined approach to problem solving and risk management.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bach Informática Empresarial, Ciencias de la computación, Bach Informática Empresarial, Ciencias de la computación at Universidad de Costa Rica
Spanish, English