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Santiago Giraldo
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Google Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate
Machine Learning Specialization (DeepLearning.AI)

Scrum Master Certification Specialization (LearnQuest)
Highlights

Google Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate
Machine Learning Specialization (DeepLearning.AI)

Scrum Master Certification Specialization (LearnQuest)
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Machine Learning Engineer
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I am a Systems’ Engineer and MEng student from Universidad del Valle, Colombia, with 6+ years of experience in Backend Engineering with Python, Full Stack Development, Agile Delivery, and DevOps. Carrer focused in quality, communication and agile delivery to better fit customer needs.
Experience
Work history
Senior Python Team Lead at Gorilla Logic
(April 2025 - Present)
Brief partnership with a OSINT Provider, Leading a team of Gorilla Logic engineers to maintain their large-scale web scrapping platform. 📈 Keeping track of team's progress, removing blockers and making sure we deliver. 🛡️ Ensuring code quality doing regular code reviews and staying on top of bug fixes. 🗣️ Working closely with the core team to make sure our engineering work matches their standards.
Senior Python Backend Engineer at Gorilla Logic
(June 2022 - March 2025)
Partnered with a leader Grant Management System provider in the Professional Services team for almost 3 years, I went from an automation implementation engineer to team lead of the technical implementation engineering team, and my most relevant challenge was coordinating and training new hires during company acquisition of another platform. Led Technical Implementation engineers, enrolling/training new hires, evaluating technical feasibility of new SOW, working with management and customers.
Python Backend Engineer at GearPlug
(October 2021 - May 2022)
Joined Gearplug as a mid level engineer, I worked back to back with the team to bring improvements to the platform’s backend services, challenges included giving proper support to multiple services ensuring data could be migrated between them, much like Zapier or n8n.
Education
Credentials
Universidad del Valle
Master's degree in Computer Science, graduated December 2024
August 2020 - December 2024
Universidad Del Valle - Cali
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, graduated August 2020
February 2014 - August 2020

Google Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate
Completed March 2023
Courses
DeepLearning.AI · Course
Unsupervised Learning, Recommenders, Reinforcement Learning
Completed April 2023

Google · Course
Foundations of Project Management
Completed April 2023

LearnQuest · Course
Combining Scrum with Other Agile Methodologies
Completed April 2023
