David Torrico
Software Architect & Developer Backend at Helga
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Torrico is a hands-on Software Architect and founder with 10+ years of experience modernising and maintaining mission-critical web and backend systems across enterprise, agency and product contexts. He specialises in pragmatic legacy modernisation, Drupal-heavy platforms and backend APIs, while also delivering mobile (Flutter), applied ML/computer vision prototypes and hardware-adjacent solutions (Raspberry Pi + Python) that integrate reliably into products. Comfortable both stabilising existing landscapes and introducing clean-architecture capabilities, he routinely translates between technical and non-technical stakeholders as an embedded consultant. As founder of Epsilon Labs and current architect at Helga, he pairs delivery-focused engineering with coaching to raise long-term team capability rather than shipping one-off fixes. Notably, he balances deep legacy experience (ColdFusion/MS SQL) with modern stacks and fast ML prototyping, enabling pragmatic, production-ready trade-offs.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science ZFH, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science ZFH, Computer Science at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesEidgenössische Berufsmaturität, Technische Berufsmaturität, Eidgenössische Berufsmaturität, Technische Berufsmaturität at Berufsbildungszentrum UsterInformatiker EFZ, Applikationsentwicklung, Informatiker EFZ, Applikationsentwicklung at Berufsbildungsschule Winterthur
German, German, Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (57)
drupal10
javascript10
ddev10
audit10
firefox-addon10
chrome-extension10
php10
firefox10
performance-analysis10
chrome10
site-builder10
webextension10
composer10
lighthouse9
face-detection9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dpacassi/UltimateDrupalReference
Feb 2018 - Oct 2022
Curated Drupal reference for developers and site builders: setup, modules, theming, troubleshooting, and learning resources.
Contributions:83 commits, 4 PRs, 88 pushes in 4 years 8 months
drupalcomposerddevdrupal-developersdrupal-development
dpacassi/face-detection
Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
Comparing different Face detection solutions from Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Dlib, OpenCV and other open source solutions.
Contributions:52 commits, 52 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
dlibface-detection
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