Susel Durán
Lead Software Engineer, Back End at Muck Rack
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolSusel Durán is a lead back-end engineer with 12 years of experience building maintainable, user-focused web services and enterprise systems across Python/Django and varied tech stacks. She has led architecture, API design, and DevOps efforts at companies from startups to enterprise (InvoiceSherpa, Canopy Growth, Muck Rack), frequently owning system architecture, integrations with accounting/payment platforms, and migration from legacy systems. Comfortable switching roles—from team lead and recruiter to hands-on developer and tester—she champions clear design principles and rigorous testing to deliver reliable production software. Based in Montreal, she combines a language-agnostic mindset with deep practical experience in PostgreSQL, Celery/RabbitMQ, Docker/Kubernetes and cloud deployments. A former lecturer and long-time continuous learner, she brings both teaching discipline and curiosity to complex engineering challenges.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, General Education (High School), Bachelor's degree, General Education (High School) at IPVCE LeninInformatics, Informatics at Superior Polytechnic Institute Jose A. Echeverria (CUJAE)Engineer's degree, Informatics, 4.95/5, Engineer's degree, Informatics, 4.95/5 at University of Informatics Sciences
Spanish, English, French
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Github Skills (23)
login-system10
authentication10
webauthn9
voting9
django-project9
django9
openid-connect9
two-factor-authentication9
xadmin9
account-management8
python8
saml8
django-framework8
html6
apply6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
suselrd/django-catalog-wizard
May 2014 - Mar 2016
Contributions:40 commits, 15 pushes, 17 tags in 1 year 10 months
suselrd/django-social-network
Jun 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 12 pushes, 13 tags in 7 months
social-networkpythondjangoapproachsocial-media
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