Sebastian Giraldo
Software Engineer at Acima
Quindío, Colombia
Summary
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Top SchoolSebastian Giraldo is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building and modernizing marketplaces and SaaS platforms across monolith and microservices architectures. He excels in Ruby and JavaScript ecosystems, driving TDD/BDD, CI/CD, and performance improvements using Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Datadog, HoneyBadger and AWS, with practical exposure to GraphQL, React and TypeScript. As a hands-on tech lead and former CTO, he’s led migrations from legacy WordPress systems to Rails microservices, cut tech debt dramatically, and designed secure third‑party integrations (SSO, gift-card APIs) under tight timelines. He combines deep architecture, data modeling and refactoring skills with team leadership, mentoring and clear technical documentation to turn business needs into scalable solutions. An active StackOverflow contributor and creator of bilingual developer content, he pairs rapid problem-solving and adaptability with unconventional stress relief—fitness and skydiving—that help him stay focused under pressure.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
10 semestres Ciencia y teoría de sistemas, 10 semestres Ciencia y teoría de sistemas at Universidad del Quindío
English, Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
4,302reputation
1.1mreached
89answers
113questions
ruby-on-rails
top-5%
postgresql
top-5%
macos
top-5%
database
top-5%
Github Skills (200)
svg10
fonts10
font-awesome10
svg-font10
css10
devise10
branding10
ruby-on-rails10
iconic10
bounce10
authentication10
logos10
woff10
google-fonts10
autocomplete9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ssoulless/odot
Nov 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:162 commits, 50 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
ssoulless/EncuestasUniquindio
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 6 months
encuestasdelplataformauniversidad
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