Andres Peña
Software Engineer (Mobile & Web)
Software Engineer based in Ontario, Canada. Over 15 years of experience working in multiple programming languages and leading development teams with high software quality.
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Willful.
Director of Engineering
January 2023 — Current- Technologies: Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, PostgreSQL, NextJS, Supabase, Heroku CI/CD, CircleCI
- Ensures code quality and adherence to best practices.
- Leads technical teams and collaborates with stakeholders.
- Oversees software releases to production environments.
- Mentors and guides developers, promoting professional growth.
- Manage 6 direct reports.
- Define and implement the technical architecture.
- Collaborate on technical story creation and backlog refinement.
- Design and supervise A/B tests to validate product hypotheses.
- Identifies and mitigates technical risks.
- Communicates with stakeholders on progress and challenges.
- Collaborate closely with the Product and Marketing teams.
- Hiring and onboarding new technical team members.
- Scrum master rituals and responsibilities.
Bedstories AI
Full-stack Developer and Sole Creator
Personal Project — In progress- Technologies: Laravel - PHP, Ionic, ReactJS, React Native (refactor), Expo CI/CD
- Bedstories AI (https://bedstories.ai/)
- Create the endpoints and services.
- Develop, build, maintain, and publish the mobile application.
- Develop, build, and maintain the website.
Willful.
Software Developer
July 2021 — January 2023- Technologies: Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, PostgreSQL, CircleCI
- Developing a restful Ruby on Rails framework.
- Analyse and Test application requirements based on the company's needs.
- Build new model architectures to upgrade the functionalities of the application.
- Migrate data based on the new architectures.
- Review and test PR.
- Handling and collaborating with continuous integrations.
- Communicates with stakeholders on progress and challenges.
Millennium Flexible Packaging Inc.
Software Engineer
Apr 2018 — July 2021- Technologies: C#, .NET, MSSQL, Java, Android
- Developing a restful C# .Net framework.
- Building and preparing interfaces in WPF.
- Integrating database structures in MSSQL.
- Analyse and Test application requirements based on the company's needs.
- Building Android applications based on Java.
Automobl Inc.
Part-time web Developer
May 2020 — July 2022- Technologies: PHP, WordPress, MySQL
- Web Maintenance.
- Building and customizing plugins in WordPress.
- Integrating custom APIs.
- Analyse and Test application requirements based on the company's needs.
Inventiba Creations
Software & Mobile Developer
Nov 2010 — Dec 2017- Technologies: PHP, WordPress, MySQL, C#, .Net, MSSQL, Laravel, Zend, Ruby on Rails, Java, Swift, Angular, JQuery, Doctrine, MariaDB
- Developing and leading multiple projects and multiple startups.
- Building front-end interfaces using UI Frameworks.
- Developing RESTful services using different programming languages and frameworks.
- Consultant and support for multiple startups and companies.
- Analyse and Test application requirements based on the company's needs.
- Integrate and create custom APIs.
- Review Security vulnerabilities.
- Create different types of Web and Mobile Applications.
BergUrb
Web developer
Feb. 2007 — Apr. 2008- Technologies: PHP, Zend, MySQL
- Web Maintenance.
- Developing projects under the Zend Framework.
- Creating User Interfaces with JQuery.
- Integrating custom APIs.
- Analyse and Test application requirements based on the company's needs.
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About Me
Hi, I’m Andres Mauricio Peña, a Software Engineer and Engineering Director with over 15 years of experience creating and leading innovative web, mobile, and cloud solutions. I specialize in technologies like Ruby on Rails, React, Laravel, and .NET, and enjoy working across the full stack to deliver scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications. Throughout my career, I’ve led technical teams, defined architectures, and overseen successful product releases, while also staying hands-on in development. Whether mentoring engineers, designing APIs, or building mobile apps, I focus on performance, collaboration, and driving real impact through technology.
