Santiago Mejia
Software Engineer at Toptal
Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Summary
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Top SchoolSantiago Mejia is a software engineer and former CTO with 10 years of experience building backend systems, mobile apps, and payment platforms across fintech, telecom, energy, and cybersecurity sectors. A Telecommunications Engineer who graduated with honors from Universidad Católica Boliviana, he represented Bolivia three times at the ACM ICPC, signaling strong algorithmic and problem-solving skills. As a Toptal-engaged engineer and long-term freelancer, he combines startup agility with enterprise-grade discipline to deliver production-ready solutions. He won Startup Weekend Cochabamba and CO HACK Cochabamba, demonstrating an ability to turn technical ideas into viable products under tight timelines. Equally comfortable leading teams as CTO and shipping code as an individual contributor, he brings practical architectural judgment informed by hands-on development. Outside work he balances tech with nature, books, soccer and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which reflects a disciplined, curious approach to challenges.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Mobile Apps Development, Diploma, Mobile Apps Development at Universidad Católica Boliviana
Spanish, English
Github Skills (46)
crosswalk9
kotlin8
swiftui8
responsive8
nativescript8
admin8
bootstrap7
java7
webpack7
sass7
ngx-admin7
android7
react7
flutter7
swift7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
santiagommejia/Guardian
Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:21 commits in 1 year
Guchster/Angular-Lego
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:12 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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