Álvaro Perdiz
Automation, Data and Back-end Engineer
Madrid, Spain
As an Automation, Data and Back-end Engineer works on developing our products like our flagship, the map, or other tools like the carrier vessel portal, marine manager, etc. Focused on ingesting, aggregating, and publishing our data from the core pipeline to the final products through the ETL processes and the APIs. He works closely with other teams like analysis and research to create innovative solutions to improve the internal processes. Also, he is focused on performance, testing, and best practices for high-quality development.
Álvaro has a great background in different areas and new technologies due to his expertise working on other NGOs and startups as a backend engineer, DevOps, and punctually supporting as a frontend developer. Before Global Fishing Watch, Álvaro worked on different fintech projects, volunteering portals, social networks, and other different projects.
Álvaro enjoys researching new technologies and teaching others how to apply them as well as he was a speaker at different events in Spain. Álvaro has a high knowledge of working with Google cloud and programming in Golang, Python, and JavaScript. He is certificated as a Node Application Developer.
In his free time, Álvaro enjoys traveling around the world, diving, and camping with his friends.