Santiago Vanegas
Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn
Old Toronto, Ontario, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSantiago Vanegas is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in native Android development and a strong foundation in algorithms and data structures. He has shipped production-grade Android apps since 2016 for primarily U.S. clients, contributing to performance-critical features like video processing (OpenGL/FFmpeg) and scalable native architectures at companies including LinkedIn and Jumprope. Experienced as a technical leader in Agile teams, he has led Android squads, driven CI practices, and collaborated closely with BA/QA to take features from conception to launch. Santiago pairs hands-on engineering—unit-tested, reviewed, and CI-integrated code—with thoughtful architectural trade-offs across synchronous and asynchronous designs. He also brings back-end familiarity and a competitive-programming background that informs his focus on efficient, algorithmic solutions.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Computer Science (Systems Engineering), GPA: 4.54 / 5.00, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Computer Science (Systems Engineering), GPA: 4.54 / 5.00 at Universidad Escuela de Administración y Finanzas y Tecnologías
Spanish, English, German, Czech
Stackoverflow
815reputation
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android-layout
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material-design
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Github Skills (60)
aws-sdk-android10
aws-sdk9
amazon-web-services9
android-layout9
material-design9
docker8
android8
sdk8
java8
golang8
floatingactionbutton7
android-library7
api7
camera6
aws-mobile6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
svanegas/programming_seminar
Sep 2014 - Nov 2016
Contributions:26 commits, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 years 2 months
pythonleetcodeonline-judgehandbooksseminar
svanegas/programming_solutions
Aug 2013 - Oct 2020
Contributions:107 commits, 71 pushes in 7 years 2 months
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