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I’m Jose Robles, a senior backend and distributed systems engineer and technical leader with 15+ years building production platforms.

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I’m Jose Robles, a senior backend and distributed systems engineer and technical leader with 15+ years building production platforms. I’ve spent nearly four years leading the architecture, performance work, and delivery of production infrastructure in Rust and WebAssembly, and I also bring broad experience across Java, C#, C++, TypeScript/Node.js, and Python for APIs, data systems, and cloud-based services.

I enjoy tackling hard distributed systems problems end-to-end—from technical due diligence and architecture decisions to observability, CI/CD, and mentoring teams. Alongside my engineering work, I teach Bitcoin technology at Universidad de las Hespérides and publish offline-friendly Rust tooling for reproducible technical triage and explainable Bitcoin risk analysis.

  • 16 years' experience
  • Joined September 2026

Languages

  • Spanish; CastilianFluent
  • EnglishAdvanced

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Financial Services
  • Education
  • Professional Services
  • Other

Work experience· 7 roles

Professor of Bitcoin Technology · Universidad de las HespéridesJan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Remote teaching role focused on distributed networks, cryptographic security, consensus, and the Lightning Network. Designs technical course material and evaluates students’ reasoning, architecture understanding, and protocol knowledge.

Head of Engineering · DIBAJan 2021 – Jan 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Architected and shipped production Rust and WebAssembly infrastructure for a Bitcoin-native DeFi platform. Led architecture and performance decisions for a high-throughput Bitcoin transaction engine, established engineering practices and roadmap, and recruited and mentored an international team.

Senior Web Application Analyst and Release Manager · NTT DataJan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

Managed releases for enterprise Java applications and coordinated cross-team deployments for banking clients. Drove CI/CD adoption to shorten the release cycle and improve delivery reliability in AWS and Docker-based environments.

Java and C# Developer and Consultant · CapgeminiJan 2017 – Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo
Software Developer, Augmented Reality · VisuartechJan 2012 – Jan 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo
Research Engineer · Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaJan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo
Independent Consultant and Senior Freelance EngineerJan 2010 – Present · 16 yrs 11 mos

Education

MSc Materials Science (Applied Physics) · Universidad Complutense de Madrid2008
BSc Physics · Universidad Complutense de Madrid2007

Certifications and awards

First Certificate in English (FCE)2000 – 2026

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