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Jorge Enrique Zafra

550 W Arlington Pl, Chicago,IL

Summary

Enthusiastic Software Engineer eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of software development process, experienced in Java and Python Applications. Motivated to learn and grow as Backend Software Engineer.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

MercadoLibre
01.2021 - 02.2023
  • Developed scalable, clean and robust Java code and also its respective tests for Desktop, Mobile and Native applications as well as for internal Microservices.
  • Collaborated in team-based, Agile environment to accomplish objectives by deadlines(Sprint).
  • Participated in requirements gathering and design development meetings.
  • Reviewed code and debugged errors to improve performance of new and old features.
  • Troubleshot various software issues by using debugging processes and tools like New Relic, Kibana and Datadog.

Assistant Programmer

redBus
07.2018 - 04.2019
  • Coordinated technical requirements of new features to be implemented in the company software.
  • Provided dedicated coaching to new clients,so that they were able to use the company's software by their own.
  • Developed some customized bus tickets required for the clients to comply with the colombian law, using HTML and CSS.
  • Created a solution to the customer problems related to confusions in the bus origin and destination, adding the province name. In that way decreasing the customer complaints by a 10%

Education

ESL - English As A Second Language

Midwestern Career College
Chicago, IL
01.2025

Software Developer - Software Development

Holberton School
Colombia
01.2021

Mechatronic Engineer - Mechatronic Engineering

Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Colombia
09.2017

Skills

  • Java (Spring Boot - Micronaut)
  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • API Design and Development
  • Spring MVC
  • Relational Databases
  • Version Control Systems: Git, GitHub
  • Agile Methodology
  • Testing Junit, Mockito
  • Design Patterns and SOLID Principles

Languages

English
Upper intermediate
B2
French
Beginner
A1
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Software Engineer

MercadoLibre
01.2021 - 02.2023

Assistant Programmer

redBus
07.2018 - 04.2019

ESL - English As A Second Language

Midwestern Career College

Software Developer - Software Development

Holberton School

Mechatronic Engineer - Mechatronic Engineering

Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Jorge Enrique Zafra