Javier Hernández
Member at CloudLinux
Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolJavier Hernández is a seasoned GNU/Linux engineer with 15+ years building, packaging and maintaining Debian/RedHat/SUSE-derived distributions, with deepest expertise in Ubuntu-based desktop systems. He blends system- and desktop-focused software development—especially GNOME and accessibility tooling—with hands-on build and release engineering for large projects like GPII and AlmaLinux. Comfortable across Python, C and GTK+, Javier has led distribution integrations, large-scale public deployments and cross-platform accessibility work while coordinating distributed teams. A long-time GNOME contributor and Accerciser/Orca maintainer since 2010, he pairs deep upstream community experience with practical delivery as a consultant and release engineer. An avid quick learner, he frequently bridges low-level OS packaging and user-facing accessibility features, making him effective across the full stack of Linux desktop ecosystems.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Técnico Superior en Administración de Sistemas, Técnico Superior en Administración de Sistemas at Técnico Superior en Administración de Sistemas
Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (99)
almalinux10
core-platform10
infrastructure10
django10
personalization10
cross-platform10
gnome10
csharp10
userspace10
windows-installer10
realtime9
python9
windows9
chrome-extension9
mirror9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
javihernandez/gpii-chrome-extension
Feb 2016 - Aug 2019
GPII Google Chrome extension
Contributions:32 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
chromegoogle-chrome-extensiongoogle-chromechrome-extension
javihernandez/linux
Feb 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 37 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years
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