Bibiana Mollinedo Rivadeneira

Lisbon, PT • brivadeneira@protonmail.com • linkedin.com/in/brivadeneira • github.com/brivadeneira • hackmd.io/@brivadeneira

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Data Software Engineer | Python & Backend Developer

Backend Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience. Developing skills in GIS and Data Engineering, with a Telecommunications Engineering degree. Strong interest in space-based and scientific data projects, with a focus on contributing to open-source and socially impactful initiatives.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Mitiga Solutions

Barcelona, Spain

GIS Data Engineer

Jun 2024 — Present
Climate risk intelligence mid-size company, 5-member engineering team.
  • Redesigned and migrated a legacy pluvial flooding prediction pipeline using Azure Blob, Argo Workflows, and geospatial formats (GeoJSON, Zarr, Parquet); introduced DuckDB indexing to accelerate spatial queries.
  • Led backend improvements on 3+ FastAPI microservices for climate risk APIs by rewriting and modernizing legacy code, modularized 10+ Python components, and standardized CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Helm); cut setup time by 80%, established internal engineering standards (TDD, DoR/DoD, PR templates, pre-commit hooks).
  • Designed and executed API stress/load tests with Locust on the same services; uncovered and resolved 15+ bottlenecks, increasing throughput by 350% under high-load simulations.

    • Spire

    Harwell Campus, England, UK

    Ground Processing Data Engineer

    Nov 2023 — May 2024
    Satellite space-based data global company, 4-member hyperspectral microwaves team.
  • Led the strategic Ground Processing Data design for the pioneering In-orbit atmosphere sounder.
  • Architecture design for over TB/day of data from +5 sources using a state-of-the-art tech stack PySpark, AWS, Grafana, and Databricks.
  • Developed automated quality-assessment pipelines for over 10 hyperspectral lab instruments, enhancing signal accuracy and reducing manual validation time by 40%.

    • ShipHero

    New York, US

    Backend Software Engineer

    Apr 2022 — Oct 2023
    E-commerce, warehouse management services platform, 5-member engineering team
  • Played a pivotal role in maintaining and improving code for +30 carrier integrations using Python, Flask, GraphQL, and AWS.
  • Heading the Amazon Merchant API migration and integration, for +1k products/month.
  • Effectively implemented Locus stress tests to manage 1M+ pre-order traffic.

    • Properati from OLX

    Buenos Aires, AR

    Backend Software Engineer

    Apr 2021 — Apr 2022
    LATAM real estate start-up, 8-member sellers side features team
  • Partnering in microservices migration, maintenance, restructuring, and feature development for a service handling +4M users, using Golang, Ruby, Bash, and Python.
  • Efficiently managed the creation of a recommender with Gorse, enhancing precision by 0.4.
  • Enhancing and scaling Python code for the geo-core API to accommodate over +4M locations.

    • Welo TV

    Córdoba, AR

    Backend Developer and Telco consultant

    Dec 2020 — Apr 2021
    RTMP and HTTP multimedia streaming on-demand start-up 7-member company
  • Successfully refactored +4 projects focused on code modernization using Python, fastAPI, jwplatform, elasticsearch, Gcloud, docker, Kubernetes.
  • Conducted extensive research and provided recommendations on networking protocol implementations.

    • AG Projects

    Amsterdam, NLD

    Python RTC Developer

    Dec 2019 — Dec 2020
    Real-time communication systems and public domain packages 3-member company
  • Survived the migration of +5 Twisted projects from Python/Cython 2 to 3 using a modern stack.
  • Happily launched the development of an async Mobile push notifications RTC server from scratch to deb package creation, leveraging fastAPI and compatible with over +20 RTC standards.

    • SKILLS

    Python (advanced) • Bash (intermediate) • Golang (basic) • Ruby (basic) • FastAPI • Jupyter • Pandas • Pytest • Unittest • PySpark (basic) • AWS • Azure Blob Storage (basic) • Docker • Kubernetes • Helm • Argo Workflows (basic) • PostgreSQL • SQL • ETL pipelines • Databricks (basic) • Geospatial data, STAC, Zarr, Parquet • GIS data engineering • Git • GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows • TCP/IP fundamentals • HTTP/HTTPS protocols • DNS and Load Balancing • VPN and SSH
    Agile • Scrum • Remote-first workflows • Async communication • Transparent, open collaboration • Mentorship • Continuous learning

    EDUCATION

    UNRC

    Río Cuarto, Córdoba, AR

    Telecommunications Engineering

    Graduation year: 2019

    UNJu

    San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, AR

    IT Technician

    Graduation year: 2012

    LANGUAGES

  • English: B2, upper intermediate

  • Spanish: native

  • Portuguese: A2, elementary

    • PROJECTS & OPEN-SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS

    2023
    Cheap bus trip data scraping, graph-like db storage, and Telegram alerting.

    2019
    Interactive simulation of optical waves in jupyter for Ed

    RECOGNITION

  • 2017 - by NASA Space Apps

  • 2011 & 2012 - by INET

    • ASSOCIATIONS & SOCIAL IMPACT

    2019

    Volunteer

    Local free software festival misc organizer tasks

    2017

    Organizer

    First girls in IT event in the local community organizer and instructor

    2016 - 2017

    Volunteer

    Local speakers coaching

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