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Alejandro Monetti
Verified Expert in Engineering
API Developer
Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
Toptal member since January 9, 2018
Bio
Alejandro is a software engineer and co-founder of Effectus Software, a mobile-and-web-development agency. He strives to utilize the breadth and depth of his experience, knowledge, and best practices to deliver successful solutions in his development work. Alejandro always endeavors to work with his clients to turn their ideas into innovative, high-value products.
Portfolio
Effectus Software
Scrum, JavaScript, APIs, GraphQL, SQL, Heroku, Agile Software Development...
Thinking Capital (via Toptal)
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Heroku, RabbitMQ, Agile Software Development, Ruby...
AD60 (via Toptal)
Remote Work, APIs, SQL, Heroku, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, GitHub
Experience
- APIs - 10 years
- Ruby on Rails (RoR) - 10 years
- GitHub - 10 years
- Agile Software Development - 10 years
- Heroku - 10 years
- Ruby - 10 years
- PostgreSQL - 10 years
- SQL - 9 years
Preferred Environment
APIs, Ruby on Rails (RoR), SQL
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on is my thesis to earn my software engineering degree. I used machine learning to predict distributors' sales.
Work Experience
Co-founder
2017 - PRESENT
Effectus Software
- Led back-end architecture decisions across Ruby on Rails projects, with a focus on clean, high-quality code.
- Communicated with our business users, continued to gather their project requirements, and worked with the other engineers to match their business goals.
- Designed and developed several RESTful APIs from scratch, defining endpoints, data models, authentication mechanisms, and business logic while ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Designed and implemented integrations with multiple payment gateways, handling one-time payments, subscription management, webhook processing, payment verification, refunds, and failure recovery.
Technologies: Scrum, JavaScript, APIs, GraphQL, SQL, Heroku, Agile Software Development, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, GitHub
Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
2021 - 2021
Thinking Capital (via Toptal)
- Contributed to building a product that is expected to be the next driving force of the company by providing analysis on the financial performance of small businesses.
- Integrated Action Cable to incorporate real-time web notifications.
- Wrote unit tests using RSpec and Minitest with 100% code coverage.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Heroku, RabbitMQ, Agile Software Development, Ruby, PostgreSQL, SQL, GraphQL, APIs, GitHub
Ruby on Rails Developer
2018 - 2018
AD60 (via Toptal)
- Contributed to building a REST API from scratch to serve a React Native app (a digital investment platform where users' money is pooled together to unlock collective buying power, giving access to essential banking and investing opportunities).
- Integrated Dwolla for bank transfers (ACH payments).
- Wrote unit tests using RSpec to accomplish 100% code coverage.
- Implemented Sidekiq for scheduled background processes.
Technologies: Remote Work, APIs, SQL, Heroku, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, GitHub
Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
2018 - 2018
Donational (via Toptal)
- Contributed to building the product.
- Wrote unit and feature tests using RSpec.
- Integrated Stripe Connect as a payment gateway.
- Implemented Sidekiq for scheduled background processes.
- Developed several messaging features to improve the customer experience.
Technologies: Remote Work, APIs, SQL, Heroku, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, GitHub
Freelance Senior Rails Engineer
2018 - 2018
Yoshi (via Toptal)
- Developed several messaging features to improve customer experience.
- Wrote unit tests using RSpec.
- Fixed bugs.
- Communicated with operators constantly to solve daily issues.
- Contributed to building the product.
Technologies: Remote Work, SQL, Sentry, SemaphoreCI, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby, GitHub
Software Developer
2016 - 2017
dLocal
- Integrated new payment methods.
- Contributed to building the Payouts API.
- Created a library to send files via SFTP.
- Wrote unit tests using PHPUnit.
- Integrated New Relic to the platform for performance monitoring and management.
Technologies: Scrum, APIs, Agile Software Development, Jenkins, MySQL, Laravel, PHP, GitHub
Software Developer
2015 - 2016
TangoCode, Inc.
- Developed the Barnes & Noble College Booksellers internal website.
- Coded an algorithm to transfer books between stores.
- Created an automation testing framework to ensure data with regression testing.
- Implemented agile (scrum) best practices for organizing the team.
- Developed a scheduler in GeneXus to synchronize data between two different applications.
Technologies: Scrum, Heroku, Agile Software Development, AS400, GeneXus, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby
Experience
Wysh: Financial Protection For You and Your Loved Ones
https://www.wysh.com/Wyshbox offers online life insurance with no medical exam required. At Wyshbox, we have combined the traditional strengths of insurance with modern tech tools. By replacing confusing paperwork and long phone calls with a 100% digital application, offering personalized plans and flexible coverage, and creating an anxiety-free claims process that shields loved ones against stress, we've built tech-first life insurance that's easy to understand, flexible to use, and simple to buy.
With Wyshbox, you can:
• Use our free Wysh Builder to work out the EXACT coverage you need.
• Sign up for flexible coverage that can grow (and shrink) with you.
• Enjoy a 100% digital application with no medical exams.
• Apply for tailored term life insurance in 9-ish mins.
Plus, our policies are reinsured by a leading reinsurer with an AM Best A+ rating, so you always know you're in good hands.
With Wyshbox, you can:
• Use our free Wysh Builder to work out the EXACT coverage you need.
• Sign up for flexible coverage that can grow (and shrink) with you.
• Enjoy a 100% digital application with no medical exams.
• Apply for tailored term life insurance in 9-ish mins.
Plus, our policies are reinsured by a leading reinsurer with an AM Best A+ rating, so you always know you're in good hands.
Thinking Capital Cash Flow Advisor
https://www.driven.ca/lps/thinking-capital-is-now-drivenThinking Capital (now Driven) is a renowned fintech company and Canada's first digital small business lender. They provide organizations with up to $300,000 in fixed and flex funding. Their fixed financing solution is small business loans with set repayments, and their flex funding option is business lines of credit. They can provide financing to companies as quickly as 24 hours.
Cash Flow Advisor
It is a free finance tool for small and medium-sized business owners that can help them manage and track their cash flow. You can set business goals and receive customized reminders to help you stay on track.
The Thinking Capital Cash Flow Advisor gives you access to key metrics that can help you understand your company's financial performance. On their platform, you'll be able to review weekly reports and projections on the go.
You can also analyze the cash flow of all your bank accounts in one spot if you have more than one.
Cash Flow Advisor
It is a free finance tool for small and medium-sized business owners that can help them manage and track their cash flow. You can set business goals and receive customized reminders to help you stay on track.
The Thinking Capital Cash Flow Advisor gives you access to key metrics that can help you understand your company's financial performance. On their platform, you'll be able to review weekly reports and projections on the go.
You can also analyze the cash flow of all your bank accounts in one spot if you have more than one.
Education
2020 - 2021
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
Universidad ORT Uruguay - Montevideo
2012 - 2016
Engineer's Degree in Software Engineering
Universidad ORT Uruguay - Montevideo, Uruguay
Certifications
SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT
Scrum Master
Peregrinus
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, REST APIs
Tools
Bitbucket, GitHub, Atom, Jenkins, SemaphoreCI, Sentry, RabbitMQ
Languages
Ruby, SQL, GraphQL, PHP, JavaScript, Python
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Laravel, Angular
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Scrum, RESTful Development
Platforms
Heroku, MacOS
Storage
PostgreSQL, MySQL
Other
Remote Work, APIs, GeneXus, AS400, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, Tech Sales, Organizational Design, Leadership, Fintech
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