Adrian Villa
Full-Stack Software Engineer & Enginering Manager
MSc. in Management
MSc. in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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French
Mexican
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Summary

I'm a self-taught software engineer, with my programming journey starting back in 1999. After graduating in Management and Entrepreneurship at HEC Paris, my work involved leading teams to build and sustain efficient tech stacks, fostering a culture where collaboration and engineering excellence are key to achieve sizeable organization impact. I am currently located in Berlin, Germany.

Technical Work Experience
2023 — Today
Pro-bono Software Engineer
Mexico/Berlin
Developing an ActivityPub platform for Pasaporte Cultural, Mexico's major cultural network. Implemented ActivityStreams vocabulary into polymorphic Django and GraphQL/Relay object types, creating a federated site network that enhances digital connectivity for cultural communities. Release pending.
Creating an AI-driven language learning tool that provides contextualized vocabulary and expressions for 200 languages with detailed morpho-semantic explanations and automatic audio generation. Release pending.
2021 — 2023
VP of Engineering, Pareto.ai
Bay Area
As the CEO's strategic partner, contributed to the company's leap into the bespoke LLM training industry, adding over $20 million in shareholder value and expanding headcount from 30 to 100. Co-developed the product roadmap with continuous evaluation of strategic alternatives under strict financial planning and cost-controlled resource allocation. Contributed to hiring and training 15+ core team collaborators, led a team of 6 engineers and designers.
Architected, developed and maintained a robust back-end platform using Django and PostgreSQL. Exposed a GraphQL API in Python using Graphene, fulfilling the Relay specification. Established Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery pipelines with GitHub Actions to AWS Lambda using Zappa.
Led the development of four applications using React 17/18, Relay, and SSR renderers. Conducted UX/UI research and user testing. Migrated front-end code to a monorepo, improving maintainability, quality, and DRY compliance.
Developed a 100+ component design system with Storybook and Chromatic to achieve company-wide UI consistency, with custom, efficient grid and tokens SCSS libraries. Trained designers to best practices in web development.
Led the shift towards a company-wide data-centric culture, defining KPIs/OKRs, deploying ETL pipelines using Stitch, and establishing Metabase views. Trained non-technical collaborators to promote data-driven decision-making.
Revamped sales and marketing departments, achieving a threefold on-call deal closing rate, and boosting email marketing performance tenfold.
Defined and implemented essential tools and support systems used company-wide, such as agile organization systems, remote work best practices, weekly schedules, and collaborative tools, benefiting over 100 employees daily.
2019 — 2020
Technical Co-Founder, Meccamico
Milan, Italy
Co-designed two car repair market products with the CEO, driving our platform to Italy's top three car websites in six months, achieving 2M annual organic traffic, 100% uptime, and cost-efficiency. Oversaw end-to-end technical development, prioritizing reliability, maintainability, and documentation.
Developed a high-performance Apollo Server GraphQL backend as a Serverless Lambda function, connecting to PostgreSQL on Google Cloud Platform with OAuth2/JWT authentication and microservices integration.
Developped five React/Apollo Client apps with CI/CD automation, NodeJS SSR and SEO-focused Sitemap generators. Created a 100+ Component Design System with Storybook, featuring full SSR support. Designed and open-sourced 3 SCSS libraries, reducing styling bundle size by 80%.
2009 — 2019
IT Consultant, Full-Stack Engineer
Freelance
Advised SMBs and Startups on technology decisions, hiring procedures, and collaboration best-practices aligned with business context and market opportunities. Developed and managed WordPress and Django systems for freelance and personal projects. Proficient in Nginx/Apache web servers, Debian/Ubuntu-based infrastructure, and AWS S3.
Technical Skills
Typescript / Javascript
React, Relay, Apollo, Redux, Deno, Bun, esbuild, Webpack, Node, Babel, ESlint, Storybook, Express, Jest
Python
Django, Rest Framework, Graphene, PIL, Pytest, ipdb
Front-end
HTML, JSX, SCSS, LESS, CSS, Chrome/React Devtools
Databases
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Sqlite, Sequelize, Redis
Source Control/CI/CD/IaC
Git, Github Actions, Vercel, Netlify, Terraform
Systems
Arch (sway/i3), Debian / Ubuntu, Alpine, Mac OS
Tools
Vim, Docker, SSH, tmux, zsh, Sublime, Figma, Nginx
Education
2013 — 2018
MSc. in Management, Grande Ecole Program
HEC Paris, France
Second best Master in Management worldwide, according to the Financial Times. Courses on Management, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Supply Chain, Entrepreneurship.
Thesis Cum Laude (8.7/10) on "Blockchain tokens as currencies: Insights from Monetary Theory and History."
2017 — 2018
MSc. in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ESADE, Ramon Lull University, Barcelona
Dual Degree with HEC Paris' diploma. Studied the management of innovative entreprises with a focus on in-company learning.
2014
Stanford Summer International Honors Program
Stanford University, California, U.S.A.
Design and Analysis of Algorithms (CS161),
Data Mining and Extraction (STATS202)
AFK
Analog Photography
Economics, Politics, Technology News
Daily Cycling, Swimming, Hiking
Opera, Classical Music
Source
This resume is an HTML/CSS page optimized for @media print and leverages the pagedjs polyfills. The source code is available on GitHub and is continuously deployed at resume.adrianv.net