Paulo Daniel Gonzalez

Chicago - USA

Email: pdgonzalez872@gmail.com | LinkedIn: pdgonzalez872 | Website: pdgonzalez872.github.io | GitHub: @pdgonzalez872

Summary

I'm a curious and energetic programmer who enjoys solving problems and creating valuable solutions. I'm passionate about open source software. I enjoy spending time with my family, playing racket sports (mostly padel these days), playing guitar and programming using Elixir.

Experience

  • - Remote - Chicago (IL) | Dec 2024 - Present
  • - Bootstrapped a platform for Padel enthusiasts with users around the world
  • - Wearing multiple hats across product, development, DevOps, marketing and support
  • - Secured sponsors and grew monthly active users after transitioning to full-time
  • - Continually add features requested by users, managing the entire lifecycle from requirements to production deployment
  • - Handle all technical and business aspects, using Phoenix LiveView and Postgres for a responsive, real-time experience
KASE Consulting LLC | Consultant and Software Engineer
  • - Chicago (IL) | Aug 2017 - Present (7+ yrs)
  • - Partner with small businesses to improve processes
  • - Build software for Adtech, FinTech and Sports industries
  • - Use Elixir, Phoenix (and LiveView) and Postgres to build high impact, scalable, full-stack solutions for our partners
  • - Lead end-to-end project lifecycles - from requirements gathering to solution design, implementation, and ongoing support - ensuring successful delivery and satisfaction
  • - Not accepting new clients at the moment but am happy to connect
HG Insights | Senior Software Engineer
  • - Remote - St Barbara (CA) | Aug 2022 - Feb 2024 (1 yr 7 mos)
  • - Worked on internal and external features and applications, maintained and refactored legacy code using Elixir, Phoenix LiveView, Phoenix non-LiveView (Graphql), Postgres and Snowflake
  • - Helped build and maintain open source libraries (Avalanche, Opentelemetry_Avalanche)
  • - Led a major migration effort from Snowpack to Avalanche, switching how the application connected to Snowflake (used as a transactional database), resulting in improved performance and maintainability
  • - Impacted by a company-wide restructuring in February 2024 that led to significant leadership changes and layoffs
Divvy | Senior Software Engineer
  • - Remote - Lehi (UT) | Feb 2019 - Jul 2022 (3 yrs 6 mos)
  • - Worked on new internal and external features, maintained and refactored legacy code
  • - Worked with third party APIs (products and partners) in the contexts of banking/underwriting partner, identity verification, accounting and address verification by writing and contributing to in-house libraries
  • - Worked with Elixir, Phoenix (Absinthe), SQS (Broadway), Kafka (Broadway) and Postgres
  • - Divvy was my second experience at a "Unicorn" and it had a $2.5b exit. Many engineers credit Divvy's success in part to the decision to use Elixir from the very start
Avant | Software Engineer
  • - Chicago (IL) | Dec 2015 - May 2017 (1 yr 6 mos)
  • - Worked on the CRM team automating caller workflows using Rails and Postgres
  • - I left Avant in great terms and intentions of returning in order to go on a 3 month trip around the world with my wife as it was an opportunity we could not miss
  • - After the trip and before returning to Avant, a small business talked to me about a problem they were facing and I thought I could solve it. That's why I didn't return to Avant and how I started my own consulting company
Self Taught Programmer and DevBootcamp
  • - Chicago (IL) | Jun 2014 - Oct 2015 (1 yr 5 mos)
  • - Took self guided programming courses from O'Reilly
  • - Attended Devbootcamp, an immersive, full-time programming bootcamp
  • - Attended "Engineering Empathy," a standout DevBootcamp course that, in my opinion, should be a must in any professional field. The skills I gained continue to help my daily work and professional interactions
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. | Equity Operations Analyst
  • - Chicago (IL) | Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 (2 yrs)
  • - Responsible for a variety of Equity clearing operations, such as daily ADR processing, equity settlements, balancing daily clearing ledgers, among others
  • - Used Excel macros (VBA) to automate over 40 hours weekly for our team
Nestle Purina | Supply Chain Intern
  • - St Louis (MO) | May 2011 - Aug 2011 (4 mos)
  • - Learned how folks supply goods to businesses around the world
  • - Used SAP to manage customer logistics and inventory
  • - Responsible for a mid-sized customer, Brookshire Groceries

Education

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville | Bachelor of Business Administration
International Business, Minor in Spanish (2007 - 2011) | Full Scholarship (D1 Tennis), played #1 singles for four years