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Research
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Andres Vargas

Software Engineer
Paraiso

Summary

Interested in learning and working with multicultural teams. An enthusiastic team player and deep creative thinker and a lover of leadership and innovative skills to create out of the box solutions. Consider myself a person who likes to solve problems, teach and learn every day. Lover of science and also extremely curious and constantly looking for opportunities to create new skills and gain new knowledge. A believer in hard work, perseverance, and the value of good relationships, seeking to be generous and collaborative in life and at work.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

GPU Software Engineer

INTEL
04.2024 - Current
  • Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
  • Integrated new technologies into existing systems, increasing capabilities and improving overall performance.
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
  • Collaborated with software developers to optimize firmware-hardware interactions for maximum system performance.

Technical Lead Software Engineer

Windriver
7 2022 - 04.2024
  • Designed, implemented and supported full stack development on cloud with frameworks and languages like Angular, NodeJs Postgresql, Python and Go.
  • Managed to implement and bring 100% of the developments to a productive environment, passing through important quality tests using tools like Pytest and Robot.
  • Evaluated and adopted new technologies like terraform, Helm and cloudify to address changing industry needs in the cloud space.
  • Teamed on develop a technology roadmap to fully automate the CICD process, using tools like gitlab-ci, jenkins and tekton.
  • Prioritized unit tests and verifications in more than 85% of the code we do every day.
  • Implemented 100% functional infrastructure in different languages for multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure).
  • Supervised architecture, design and implementation of company-wide platforms and applications.
  • Led a code integration initiative that helps reduce the delivery time of each new release.
  • Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in software design, problem solving and working to improve overall team performance.
  • Designed support structure needed to confirm scalable application rollouts.

Senior Software Engineer

Align Technology
08.2021 - 07.2022
  • Focus on C# and .NET development for Align 3D model software, internal control and productivity
  • Specifically, developing Python software that allows the company to know the statistics of production employees and the performance of the equipment.
  • Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
  • Lead as subject matter expert of the OMS project which was 100% implemented.
  • Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
  • Promoted technical leadership to entry-level and junior engineers in complex enterprise system environment.

Embedded Software Engineer

RidgeRun
09.2020 - 07.2021
  • Designed and implemented embedded software in C and C++ for medical industry, image processing and high performance equipment
  • Used design patterns to optimize the use of resources within embedded systems, including baremetal applications and also linux base services
  • Worked side by side with the client KARL STORZ Imaging Inc in the development of software for the medical industry
  • Mainly in the development of video processing software and use of external devices in surgical cameras
  • Adopted object-oriented development methodologies such as polymorphism and inheritance.
  • Debugged software at rudimentary signal level, analyzing performance and diagnosing faults.
  • Tuned systems to boost performance.

Embedded Software Engineer Intern

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
02.2020 - 11.2020
  • Collaborated with software, firmware and hardware engineers to develop complete embedded solutions.
  • Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
  • Participated in IOT (Internet of Things) development, specializing in networking devices such as wired switches.
  • Designed and implemented scalable applications for data extraction and analysis.
  • Designed a C-based tool capable of generating information visualizations in the console for embedded systems that allows optimizing debugging times and error detection by allowing you to see and navigate through the information, which directly influences the work of more than 5 software development teams to improve bug fix times.

Exceltec Bussiness Solutions (Walmart Outsourcing)

Full Stack Software Engineer
09.2018 - 10.2020
  • Developed post-sale technical processes for installation and technical support.
  • Reviewed code, debugged problems, and corrected issues.
  • Coordinated support responses to customer issues, verifying closure of concerns and correction of deficiencies.
  • Analyzed existing software implementations to identify areas requiring improvement.
  • Developed functional databases, applications and servers to support websites on back-end.
  • Designed and implemented software for the billing system of more than 40 Walmart branches in Central America. These systems were programmed in C#, Angular, NodeJS. The systems have a flow of thousands of daily invoices which must be 100% processed and registered to comply with the tax responsibilities of the company in each country

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Tecnologico De Costa Rica
Cartago, Costa Rica
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Tecnológico De Costa Rica
Cartago
02.2015 - 02.2020

High School Diploma -

Colegio Vocacional De Artes Y Oficios De Cartago
Cartago
01.2012 - 11.2014

Skills

    Systems Development Lifecycle Management

    Agile Methodology

    Stack Development

    Mentorship and coaching

    DevOps

    Automation methods

    Technical Analysis

    Object-oriented development

    API design

    Critical Thinking

Accomplishments

  • National Programming Championship of Costa Rica, Programathon (Third Place, 2017)
  • National Programming Championship of Costa Rica, Programathon (First Place, 2018)
  • Supervised team of 7 senior DevOps and Full Stack Engineers to improve the Studio Developer product release lifecycle.

Languages

English
Very Good
Spanish
Excellent

Research

I currently conduct a research that aims to verify that it is possible to automate the understanding by a computer for the detection of vulnerabilities (CVE) written in natural language. With the aim of automating vulnerability scanning detection processes, mainly in embedded systems used in intelligent buildings.

Certification

Growth Mindset Bootcamp

Publications

[Vargas, A. F. (2024). Towards AI-Based
Identification of Publicly Known Vulnerabilities. SECAI, ESORICS..]

Timeline

GPU Software Engineer

INTEL
04.2024 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Align Technology
08.2021 - 07.2022

Embedded Software Engineer

RidgeRun
09.2020 - 07.2021

Embedded Software Engineer Intern

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
02.2020 - 11.2020

Exceltec Bussiness Solutions (Walmart Outsourcing)

Full Stack Software Engineer
09.2018 - 10.2020

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Tecnológico De Costa Rica
02.2015 - 02.2020

High School Diploma -

Colegio Vocacional De Artes Y Oficios De Cartago
01.2012 - 11.2014

Master of Science - Computer Science

Tecnologico De Costa Rica
05.2001 -

Technical Lead Software Engineer

Windriver
7 2022 - 04.2024

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