Rodrigo Quezada
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer at Desteia
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRodrigo Quezada is a Sr Product Engineer with 11 years of full-stack experience, currently focused on automating cross-border trade and product development for the Mexico market from NYC. He has driven high-impact projects at DoorDash and Blink Health—improving ETA prediction models and leading a Kubernetes migration—combining backend systems, frontend interfaces, and cloud-native tooling. Comfortable across Kotlin, JavaScript, AWS, and Kubernetes, he excels at turning complex data into accessible, actionable products that improve user experiences and business outcomes. A collaborative leader and mentor, Rodrigo has organized major community events like JSConfMX and consistently fosters cross-functional feedback loops. He pairs formal study in computer science (Harvard MLA, University of London) with hands-on engineering across startups and enterprises, bringing both academic rigor and product-focused pragmatism. As a NYC-based green card holder and seasoned freelancer/full-stack contributor, he looks for roles that blend data-centric systems with end-to-end product ownership.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Liberal Arts Computer Science, Master of Liberal Arts Computer Science at Harvard UniversityDip.HE (Diploma of Higher Education) Computer Science, Dip.HE (Diploma of Higher Education) Computer Science at University of LondonBachelor's degree Mechatronics, Bachelor's degree Mechatronics at Universidad La Salle, A.C.
Spanish, English, German, Russian
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Github Skills (64)
gatsby10
javascript10
electron10
css10
v810
react-component10
chrome10
datepicker10
html10
gatsbyjs10
graphql10
nodejs10
react10
compiler9
static-site-generator9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Ikana/.env
May 2017 - Jun 2026
Contributions:30 pushes, 2 branches in 9 years 2 months
Ikana/roderik-io
Jul 2016 - Feb 2022
personal portfolio site
Contributions:12 PRs, 35 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 8 months
react
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