Joaquín Murcia Ballesta

Informatics graduate and mathematics student with work experience as a software developer, proven soft skills and capability to quickly learn and implement programming and data solutions

Software Development Engineer Intern Amazon
Madrid, Spain June 2023 – August 2023
- Implemented server-side data metrics monitoring system over an AWS-based microservice architecture,
providing visibility over a notifications pipeline’s health and performance, resulting in estimated savings of
at least 5h/month in developer’s time
- Interacted with databases, data warehouses and lakes such as DynamoDB and Amazon Redshift
- Took ownership of the project proactively, as opposed to being assigned tasks; e.g. by holding brainstorming
and business requirements meetings with external tenants to define relevant goals
• Software Developer MaibornWolff GmbH
Munich, Germany June 2022 – September 2022
- Migrated and maintained a multi-project pipeline from Jenkins to GitLab CI over a microservice architecture
for Miele, as part of the biggest and most profitable project in the company
- Upgraded the Docker image building process with filters, reducing the average pipeline runtime by 35%
- Developed a Python script to present statistics about pipeline duration and costs
- Added functionality to a Python script to ETL billable hours’ data, which automated the determination of
employees’ working hours’ balance

M.Sc. in Informatics Technical University of Munich
Munich, Germany October 2021 – August 2022
Erasmus exchange student
- Advanced Topics in Software Engineering: 10/10 and best grade in the optional Java-based cloud
project, consisting in the design, implementation and deployment of a Java Spring microservice-
based pickup station delivery service
Took full charge of containerization, GitLab CI/CD pipeline, AWS cloud deployment and scaling
• B.Sc. in Informatics Autonomous University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain September 2018 – September 2023
GPA: 8.7/10
- Artificial Intelligence: Honors
- Project in Software Analysis and Design: best class project, consisting in the Java-based design
and implementation of a political voting service
• B.Sc. in Mathematics Autonomous University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain September 2018 – approx. June 2024