Sergio Velasco
Head Of Staff Engineering at Mercadona Tech
Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
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Top SchoolSergio Velasco is a seasoned software leader with 11 years of hands-on development and progressive engineering management experience, currently serving as Head of Staff Engineering at Mercadona Tech. He has risen through technical and operational roles at Mercadona Tech—from Software Developer and Tech Lead to Head of Engineering Operations—demonstrating a blend of delivery discipline and organizational scaling. An advocate of XP and continuous improvement, Sergio focuses on quality-driven practices that bridge engineering craftsmanship and reliable operations. His background spans startups, teaching, and human-rights tech, reflecting a pragmatic curiosity and a talent for translating diverse domain needs into solid engineering outcomes. Based in Valencia, he pairs a formal software engineering education with early roots in sound engineering, an unusual cross-disciplinary perspective that informs his attention to detail.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Desarrollo de aplicaciones web, Desarrollo de aplicaciones web at IronhackSofware Engineering Degree Computer Engineering, Sofware Engineering Degree Computer Engineering at Universidad Complutense de MadridColegio Nuestra Señora del Buen ConsejoSound Engineer Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Sound Engineer Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians at C.E.S. Madrid
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (39)
data-science10
open-source10
pdf10
ai10
collections10
documents10
database10
democracy9
preserve8
rails8
open-government8
authenticity8
ruby7
api7
social-media6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
huridocs/preserve
Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
Preserve is a tool for capturing and saving online digital content. Integrated with Uwazi, Preserve captures content from websites, social media and communication platforms, and archives them with accompanying key metadata to ensure evidentiary value by establishing and demonstrating authenticity and chain of custody.
Contributions:6 releases, 65 commits, 212 PRs in 6 months
authenticitysocial-websitescapturingcapturesintegrated
huridocs/convert-to-pdf-service
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
An http service to convert documents to PDF based on a redis queue.
Contributions:3 releases, 30 PRs, 38 pushes in 27 days
redispdfredis-queuehttp-service
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