Juande Santander-vela
JAO Development System Engineer at Memoria de Acceso Aleatorio en Faq-Mac
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
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Top SchoolJuande Santander-Vela is a systems-focused software and product engineering leader with 13 years of experience delivering large-scale radio astronomy and observatory software programs across ALMA, SKA and ESO. As JAO Development System Engineer he drives system engineering integrity for the ALMA 2030 roadmap—translating science-driven functional and non-functional requirements into lower-risk, faster deliveries such as the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade. He combines deep technical roots (MSc in DSP, PhD in radio-astronomy data archiving/processing) with hands-on product and SAFe program leadership, having led software product management and systems engineering across multinational teams. Known for bridging academia and operations, he has repeatedly moved archive, data-processing and telescope-management concepts into production-grade systems. Based in Santiago, Chile, he also maintains a long-standing engagement with technical communication and community outreach through blogging and cross-domain astroinformatics initiatives.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor, Electronics Engineering, Doctor, Electronics Engineering at Universidad de Granada
Italian, German, Japanese, English, Spanish, Catalan, French
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Github Skills (91)
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
juandesant/DownloadSDSSFindingCharts
Feb 2013 - Mar 2015
Contributions:63 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years
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juandesant/dotfiles
Feb 2015 - Feb 2026
Contributions:18 pushes in 11 years 1 month
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