Tirso Rodríguez Velasco

Head Of Engineering at Wolf & Badger

Tirso Rodríguez Velasco has a diverse work experience spanning various roles in different companies. Tirso started their career as a Ton- und Bildtechnicker Assistent for a freelance project in 2012. Tirso then worked as a Software Developer at Unicept from 2013 to 2014, where they were involved in creating in-house projects using technologies such as Java, Swing, Spring Framework, Liferay, Portlets, Hibernate, Maven, JSF, and Primefaces.

In 2014, Tirso joined Hatraco GmbH as a Python Developer. Tirso played a key role in maintaining, improving, and developing e-commerce services written in Python and Django. Tirso quickly took ownership of a significant part of development and implemented good practices to improve deployments and reduce unplanned work.

From 2016 to 2019, Tirso worked at Gamesys as a Python Developer and later as a Lead Python Developer. In their role as Lead Python Developer, they headed a team of Python developers and was responsible for building and maintaining systems to support games and players. Tirso utilized various tools and technologies such as Django, Flask, Tornado, Google AppEngine, Container Engine, Compute Engine, BigQuery, DataDog, CloudSQL, DataStore, and other products in Google's suite of cloud-based tools. Their responsibilities also included managing product backlogs, coordinating with product owners and project managers, staff training, recruitment, and long-term planning.

Since 2019, Tirso has been working at Wolf & Badger as the Head of Engineering. Tirso currently holds this position, and one of their earlier roles at the company was Lead Python Developer. As Lead Python Developer, they led a team of developers, both locally and abroad, in maintaining the core product and building new features. Tirso focused on building and improving processes and deployment pipelines, ultimately saving time on routine tasks. Tirso remained active in coding and was involved in refactoring significant portions of the code and delivering new features while maintaining good numbers in tech debt.

Overall, Tirso Rodríguez Velasco has extensive experience in Python development, team leadership, system maintenance, and product management.

Tirso Rodríguez Velasco completed their Bachelor's Degree in Computer Software Engineering from Universidad de Sevilla from 2009 to 2011. Prior to that, they attended Instituto Murillo from 2003 to 2006, although the degree and field of study for this period are not provided.

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Timeline

  • Head Of Engineering

    September, 2021 - present

  • Lead Python Developer

    May, 2019