José M. Gilgado

CEO

Spain15 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years of fullstack software engineering experience
Developed systems used by millions of users
Founded a successful SaaS startup

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and high-concurrency systems.

Contact

jose@buffer.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Api DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentSaas DevelopmentLeadershipFull-stack Development

Other Skills

BackboneGraphQLNode.jsPHPProject ManagementPush NotificationsREST APIRuby on RailsSaaSScalaThird-party IntegrationsTypescriptUX AnalysisWeb Development

About

I'm a fullstack Senior Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience. I've helped building features, APIs and systems used by millions of people, and I've done it with great teams from I learnt a lot. I love to share my thoughts here and at https://josem.co/.

Experience

Planleave

Founder & CTO

Feb 2020 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Founder of a SaaS web-based app to manage paid time off in organizations in a balanced and positive way.

SaaSWeb DevelopmentProject ManagementSaaS DevelopmentLeadership

Buffer

Senior Software Engineer II

Dec 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 3 mos

I'm responsible for third-party integrations and the backend API at the company supporting more than 80k active customers.
I'm also part of a team creating and maintaining a new GraphQL API in Node.js with Typescript.

GraphQLNode.jsTypescriptAPI DevelopmentThird-party IntegrationsBackend Development

Twincoders

Software Engineer

Jul 2012 – Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Madrid

I created a web-based product to manage mobile apps and send push notifications to different mobile platforms with more than 700k users in production with a concurrent system to send push notifications in Scala, sending up to 20.000 notifications per second.
I also created a web-based product with Ruby on Rails to manage sales for big companies and a REST API for more than 500k users with Ruby on Rails for an important bank in Spain.

ScalaRuby on RailsREST APIPush NotificationsBackend DevelopmentAPI Development

Wysiwyg

Software Engineer

Jan 2012 – Jul 2012 · 6 mos · Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area

I implemented several full-stack web applications in PHP, Ruby on Rails, and Backbone.
I also did many requirements analyses, UX analyses, and prototypes in most implemented projects, saving many hours for the company.

PHPRuby on RailsBackboneUX AnalysisFull-stack Development