Pablo Valdera
Backend Software Engineer at commercetools
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolPablo Valdera is a backend software engineer with 12 years of experience building robust, API-driven systems for large-scale B2B and SaaS platforms. He combines industrial practice—recently shaping checkout journeys at commercetools and leading API teams at Shell Recharge—with deep academic grounding from a PhD in programming languages, which informs his preference for well-structured, functional designs (Scala/ZIO) and DSL work. Comfortable across JVM stacks, TypeScript, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), he has a track record delivering production microservices and designing domain-specific languages for complex domains like banking and forensics. Pablo values clear communication and mentorship, having served as technical lead and coordinated national-scale digitalization projects such as Chile’s theoretical driving exam. He brings a pragmatic research mindset to engineering problems, favoring automation and composable APIs that scale. Based in Amsterdam, he blends hands-on implementation with architectural leadership to drive reliable, maintainable integrations.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of AmsterdamMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit BrusselBachelor of Science (BSc) / Profesional Degree in Engineering , Informatics, Bachelor of Science (BSc) / Profesional Degree in Engineering , Informatics at Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch
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Github Skills (28)
eclipse-plugin9
pattern-matching9
rascal9
java-annotations9
checker9
code-generation9
query-language9
relational-algebra9
reverse-engineering8
language-server8
metaprogramming8
parser-generator8
modularity8
java8
interpreter8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cwi-swat/implicit-propagation
Feb 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:29 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
SWAT-engineering/dan
May 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:121 commits, 97 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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