Hi, I’m Manuel Galindo 👋

Versatile Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience in software development, specializing in Java with Spring Boot for backend and Angular and React for frontend. Possesses excellent communication skills and thrives in collaborative team environments. Demonstrates a strong orientation towards results while adhering to established procedures and best practices. Highly competent in tackling complex projects, leveraging technical expertise and soft skills to deliver high-quality solutions. Adept at optimizing processes, reducing technical debt, and ensuring code quality and security compliance.

Skills

Work Experience

Software Engineer Specialist at ScotiaBank

November 2024 – Present

  • Currently at ScotiaBank, I am part of GBME (Global Banking and Markets Engineering), collaborating on the support and enhancement of internal applications used for Commodities, Energy, and Agriculture trading.
  • Provide second- and third-level support for trading platforms, resolving incidents and minimizing downtime.
  • Develop and implement enhancements and bug fixes in Java (versions 11, 17, and 21), ensuring high code quality and test coverage.
  • Optimize interactions with the Oracle database by fine‑tuning queries and maintaining schemas to maximize performance and stability.
  • Collaborate with QA, DevOps, and Risk teams to streamline deployment pipelines and ensure compliance with security standards and regulations.
  • Java 11/17/21
  • Oracle DB
  • Git
  • Jenkins
  • SCRUM

Consultant Engineer at Valtech (Formerly Kin and Carta)

March 2023 - September 2024

  • During my time as a consultant, I had the privilege of working with an outstanding team, where we collaborated to build high-quality software solutions. This experience allowed me to refine my technical skills while fostering strong teamwork and communication, all within a results-driven environment.
  • Senior Cloud Engineer - Discover Financial (May 2023 - September 2024): During this role, I worked across two teams where I significantly improved and reimplemented several microservices. My efforts resulted in reducing technical debt to 0% and achieving over 90% test coverage in all projects. I also ensured compliance with security requirements, facilitating smooth production deployments without delays due to security and quality reports.
  • KaseyBot Support - Internal (March 2023 - May 2023): Update of an internal bot to schedule meetings for new hires. Reimplementation of the web client with Angular to add new tools for monitoring and managing the agenda of new hires.
  • Java 11/17/21
  • Spring Boot
  • Apache Kafka
  • Rabbit MQTT
  • Oracle DB
  • Jenkins
  • OpenShift Cloud Platform
  • React
  • GraphQL
  • GitHub
  • Jira
  • SCRUM
  • Angular
  • PostgreSQL
  • Zoom
  • Slack

Software Engineer at Rocketfy

August 2022 - January 2023

  • This experience in the startup world required me to actively propose and work on finding options to improve existing services and development and support of backend services for the core application.
  • NestJS
  • MongoDB
  • Angular
  • Scrum
  • AWS

Java Developer SSr at Globant

December 2021 - June 2022

  • I contributed to projects by exploring alternative SpringBoot configurations using Kotlin, to get the most out of this language without affecting performance. This was challenging as popular libraries like modelmapper don't work with default configurations.
  • Kotlin backend developer - Disney Media: Worked within applicable regulatory standards, policies and guidelines to implement high quality software. Active participation during Scrum ceremonies, proposing points of view and solutions for fulfillment of objectives. Compliance with execution of activities according to planning, including QA evaluation.
  • Java 17
  • Spring Boot
  • Apache kafka
  • Kotlin
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Scrum
  • Jira

Consultant Engineer at GFT (Formerly Sophos Solutions)

November 2020 - December 2021

  • This was a challenging experience where I took on a role close to full stack. I contributed to the frontend application design, helped improve backend performance aspects, and redesigned the database schema to enhance production DB performance.
  • Solution Consultant II - Fullstack Engineer - Bancolombia S.A (April 2021 - December 2021): Added backend functionality to optimize searches. Redesign of the database model to optimize historical storage of the application. Active communication with the team, code quality assurance.
  • Solution Consultant I - Fullstack Engineer - Bancolombia S.A (November 2020 - April 2021): Frontend application implementation, including a private module for reporting and administration of the application, with security functions to prevent bots. Thanks to the strong results of my work, I was promoted, further recognizing my contributions and dedication to delivering high-quality solutions.
  • Java 11
  • Spring Boot
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • Angular
  • Azure DevOps
  • Scrum

Software Engineer at Asmet Salud EPS

April 2019 - November 2020

  • This was my first experience as a Java developer, where I had an interesting learning curve starting with the use of servers like WebLogic running monolithic applications, up to jBoss as an on-premise microservices server.
  • Software Engineer (January 2020 - November 2020): Implementation of various applications or modules including web interfaces, backend and database model. Proposal for improvements to modernize some internal applications with orientation to microservices.
  • Software Engineer Junior (April 2019 - January 2020): Support for monolithic applications supported on WebLogic servers. Thanks to the good results of my work I was promoted.
  • Java 8
  • Oracle DB
  • Angular
  • PL/SQL
  • XP
  • Java 6
  • JavaServerFaces JSF

Electronic Engineer at Cafeinnova CDTxT

October 2014 - December 2016

  • Developed firmware using scripting languages for new products.
  • Analyzed work to generate logic for new systems, procedures and tests.
  • Tested troubleshooting methods and documented resolutions for inclusion in knowledge base for support team use.
  • Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance.
  • Two and three layer PCB design.
  • Python
  • Arduino
  • EagleCAD
  • C++
  • C
  • ARM Cortex microcontrollers
  • BeagleBone Black

Firmware Developer at Taio Systems

September 2013 - August 2015

  • Wrote clean, clear and well-tested code for various projects.
  • Developed firmware using scripting languages for both new and existing products.
  • Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
  • Tuned systems to boost performance.
  • C
  • C++
  • Linux
  • Intel Quark D1000 Microcontroller
  • Intel Quark X1000 SoC
  • Raspberry Pi

Certifications

Google - Professional Cloud Architect Certification Google - Professional Cloud Architect Certification link

October 2024

Microsoft Certified - Azure Developer Associate Microsoft Certified - Azure Developer Associate link

June 2025

Education

MSc, Computer Science

Universidad del Cauca | 2021 - 2025 | GPA: 4.7/5.0

  • Master in research. Proposal: Development of a framework for the development of IoT applications with Semantic Web technologies (SWoT apps).

BEng, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

Universidad del Cauca | 2012 - 2018

  • Title obtained with the research "Estimación de los parámetros estáticos de corrección de la señal entregada por un magnetómetro electrónico de tres ejes" focused on a practical method to improve the accuracy of MEMS magnetic sensors.

Selected projects (1)

Luminiqa.shop

Next.js • React • Node.js • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • CI/CD

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