Rick Buitrago
Software Engineer at GoodHabitz
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRick Buitrago is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with 11 years of experience building distributed, transactional, and high-performance systems using Java and NodeJS, complemented by strong frontend, cloud, and edge computing expertise. He has led and scaled engineering teams across startups and large enterprises—designing backend architectures, migrating data analysis tools, and shipping consumer-facing and enterprise applications at companies like Skillshare, WAES/ASML, and GoodHabitz. Rick pairs hands-on coding with data-driven leadership, mentoring and grooming offshore and cross-functional teams while driving agile delivery and sustainable throughput. He’s comfortable in both product- and consulting-style environments and has a knack for bridging requirements, impact analysis, and performance-aware design. A technically-minded systems engineer by nature, he blends practical engineering with published technical writing and a track record of introducing compliance and ETL automation in complex landscapes.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Ingenieria de Sistemas Desarrollo de Software, Ingenieria de Sistemas Desarrollo de Software at Politécnico GrancolombianoIngeniería de Sistemas Desarrollo de Software, Ingeniería de Sistemas Desarrollo de Software at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
irc-bot9
sasl9
playing9
irc8
imdb7
abstract-factory6
design-patterns6
factory-pattern6
strategy-pattern6
java6
omdb-api5
node-module4
restful-api4
api3
rest-api3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rbuitragoc/tariff_calculator_v1
Mar 2020 - Mar 2023
VH MDE - 03/2020
Contributions:3 PRs, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
reactcurrency-convertermdecurrency-exchange-rates
rbuitragoc/shrink
Apr 2020 - Oct 2023
Shrinking URLs á la skill share
Contributions:3 PRs, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
urlsreactnodejsshare
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