Santiago R. Rebella

About Me

Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience working in Corporate and at startups as contractor. Proficient full-stack developer with expertise in building scalable backend services (API services, architecture, and async mechanisms). Excellent track record in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of various internet-based applications.

I love learning new things. While solving real customer problems are often intrinsically fun to tackle, I'm most attracted to hard engineering problems.

Highlights

Orchestrated the migration of a monolithic ASP website to a modern ASP.NET architecture using WEB API and AngularJS, ensuring seamless integration and hosting within Azure platforms. Completed key deliverables punctually, actively implementing fxes to enhance performance and ensure operational stability. Redesigned database architecture to optimize query performance and prevent deadlocks, enabling support for over 1M records. Directed a team of 2 full-stack developers, aligning task priorities and providing technical guidance to ensure project delivery.
Participated on a JAVA platform for Boat Echosounder simlators, for fishings and marines schools in Argentina. This took 3 years to be completed and was made for my degree of Computer Engineer.
Developed a museum stock management system and implemented a PHP referral program for SaaS platforms using SQL and .NET WebForms, enhancing operational effciency. Conducted comprehensive penetration tests on web applications utilizing tools like Backtrack, Burpsuite, and OWASP ZAP, uncovering vulnerabilities through advanced methodologies, including SQL Injection and Authentication Bypass.
Knowledge of Ethical hacking and penetration test using intermediate proxies (such as Burpsuite) and OWASP ZAP.

Books

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Robert C. Martin
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture Martin Fowler
ASP.NET MVC 5 Jon Galloway, Brad Wilson, k. Scott Allen, David Matson
Dependency Injection in .NET Mark Seemann

Manual of me

A guide to how I work, collaborate, and communicate:

How I Work Best

I do my best work with clear context and problem definitions.
I value uninterrupted focus time for deep work.
I enjoy pairing or discussing ideas early rather than late.

Communication Preferences

Slack or Teams for quick messages.
Email for anything that needs structured thought.
I appreciate concise, direct communication.

What Energizes Me

Solving complex problems with simple solutions.
Collaborating with people who enjoy what they do.
Learning new technologies and improving craft.

What Drains Me

Unclear goals or shifting priorities.
Unnecessary meetings without structure.
Long communication threads without decision-making.

Feedback

I value honest, constructive feedback.
Direct and timely works best.
I prefer specific examples rather than general impressions.

Interests

My personal interests include:

Artificial Intelligence. It's an exciting time for machine learning. I'm currently taking online courses on Pluralsight and I've assisted to several IOT conferences.
.NET CORE. I like the path Microsoft has taken with ASP.NET and I am currently updating my stack to work with this new framework, combined with Angular 6.
Away from Keyboards time. I am from Uruguay, south of america, home of some of the greatest beaches and trails in the world. I enjoy spending weekends on beaches and if not around a beach, probably getting lost in the woods running or trekking.

Recent Projects

Docola is a digital health platform enabling providers to support patients with information & education throughout the care continuum.
The technologies i used to develop the sites were: ASP.NET, MVC, C#, AngularJS, JQuery/Javascript, ASP.NET WEBAPI, SQL SERVER, Azure Portal, Azure media services, Azure storages, Azure Apps, Webjobs.
Frontend programming: HTML, CSS, LESS
Backend programming: Domain Driven Development, GOF Patterns, Dependency injection in .net, Repository pattern, unit of work.

Volunteer and Socials

Volunteer at Sumo Conectivo, Mar del plata (2010)
Active member NETCONF a .NET community for developers in Uruguay and Argentina.