Gonzalo Maldonado

Gonzalo Maldonado has a wealth of experience in the software engineering and development industry. Gonzalo began their career in 2010 as a Comercial Coordinator for Universia, where they developed internal tools in Python and established Key Performance Metrics for Online Advertising and Social Media efforts. In the same year, they also worked as an Oracle Analyst for Deloitte & Touche. In 2010, they joined YouTube as an Applications Engineer, working on projects involving the whole architecture of the site, from database issues to optimizing DOM manipulations. In 2011, they were the API Architect & Lead Developer at Revel Systems, where they ported the existing Asp/Asp.net application into Python and architected and created a mobile-first API. From 2012 to 2015, they worked at Yammer, Inc. as a Señor Rails Engineer, where they moved the billing system from an internal solution into Office 365. At Must Win, LLC, they were an Engineering Manager from 2015 to 2017, leading multiple teams of five people and working on projects such as Kubernetes-Consul Integration. In 2019, they joined Nextdoor as a Growth Engineer, where they were responsible for scaling the infra 200%+ to handle the March 2020 traffic spike. Gonzalo also became the Chief Technical Advisor at Akava, where they helped large organizations adopt DevOps, Agile, Continuous Delivery, and Innovation. Currently, they are a Staff Software Engineer at FireHydrant.

Gonzalo Maldonado attended Colegio Vistahermosa from 2000 to 2003, where they obtained their High School diploma. Gonzalo then attended Universidad Iberoamericana in Ciudad de México from 2005 to 2009, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science in CSEE. Gonzalo has also attended Tecnológico de Monterrey, but did not obtain a degree.