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Víctor González
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Valencia, Spain
Toptal member since June 19, 2018
Bio
Víctor has been working with GIS software for more than 15 years. He has worked on various projects, from driving and developing mainly geospatial components at Xarvio to leading the development and training of a dissemination platform for FAO or developing websites with the latest technology. Along that ride, Víctor has adapted to working in teams ranging from one or two people to dozens, organizing across different subteams, and being productive while working with different technologies.
Portfolio
Xarvio
GeoTools, PostGIS, GeoServer, Spring, Java, Apache Maven, Kubernetes...
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the United Nations
Webpack, JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS, Linux, Bash, Python, Apache Tomcat, SQL...
CSGIS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Webpack, Apache Maven, Python, JavaScript...
Experience
- GeoServer - 15 years
- Java - 15 years
- PostGIS - 13 years
- GeoTools - 13 years
- Git - 11 years
- Spring - 7 years
- Kubernetes - 5 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 4 years
Preferred Environment
Apache Maven, Spring, Java, Kubernetes, PostGIS
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is to drive and develop geospatial solutions for Xarvio Field Manager, an application to aid and optimize crop production.
Work Experience
GIS Software Engineer
2018 - 2022
Xarvio
- Designed and developed a multistep geoprocess to convert satellite imagery into classified vector data ready to be visualized, including coding specific steps from scratch with GeoTools and JAI.
- Built and deployed high-availability microservices for obtaining data from multiple sources, processing, and publishing it meaningfully so users can understand their fields better, make decisions, and plan tasks based on that information.
- Built a library of added functionality, fixes, and abstractions on top of GeoTools to be used by virtually all the microservices in the project.
- Performed geospatial data migrations regularly with zero downtime.
- Deployed GeoServer in a horizontally scalable setup with Kubernetes, enhanced by a Sidecar Spring service with REST endpoints to act on the GeoServer data and catalog directly.
Technologies: GeoTools, PostGIS, GeoServer, Spring, Java, Apache Maven, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), GDAL/OGR, JTS Topology Suite, Linux, Bash, SQL, PostgreSQL, QGIS, Git, Spring Boot, GraphQL, GIS, Microservices, REST, Microservices Architecture, Back-end, Message Queues, REST APIs, Hibernate, AWS Lambda, RDBMS, CI/CD Pipelines, API Gateways
GIS Consultant
2017 - 2018
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the United Nations
- Developed and maintained the dissemination platform for the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS).
- Generated documentation for the platform to be used by specialists in workshops in Latin America.
- Provided training for specialists in Latin America.
- Supervised and provided support to specialists in Latin America.
- Implemented administration tools for non-technical users to manage the platform.
Technologies: Webpack, JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS, Linux, Bash, Python, Apache Tomcat, SQL, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, OpenLayers, Leaflet, Git, GDAL/OGR, GIS, Front-end, Full-stack, Full-stack Development, Back-end, RDBMS, CI/CD Pipelines
Software Lead Engineer
2014 - 2018
CSGIS
- Developed web applications to visualize and edit alphanumeric spatial data using Leaflet and OpenLayers.
- Created reusable web components and webpack loaders for a workflow that allows us to decouple entirely from specific solutions like React or Vue.
- Designed and maintained PostGIS databases. I also created queries for spatial analysis and supported the rest of the company.
- Deployed and optimized GeoServer in production scenarios (contributing to the oscarfonts/GeoServer Docker image). I also have given training courses about it.
- Deployed complete spatial data infrastructures (including PostGIS, GeoServer, and web apps) to virtual machines with VMWare and AWS in high availability.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Webpack, Apache Maven, Python, JavaScript, Java, Git, HTML, CSS, GDAL/OGR, PostGIS, SQL, PostgreSQL, OpenLayers, Leaflet, QGIS, GeoServer, GeoTools, JTS Topology Suite, Linux, Yarn, NPM, Node.js, GIS, Front-end, React, Full-stack, REST, Full-stack Development, Back-end, RDBMS, CI/CD Pipelines
GIS Specialist
2012 - 2018
Freelance
- Developed web-based applications for visualizing geospatial data.
- Built mobile applications for Android to share geospatial data.
- Served as the core developer of some desktop GIS applications (gvSIG CE, GearScape).
- Developed a new domain-specific geoprocessing language (GGL2).
- Contributed to open source projects such as GeoServer and the PostGIS Raster driver for GDAL.
- Contributed to QGIS plugins such as XyTools and Animove.
- Installed, configured, and managed production servers for geospatial data and applications.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Tomcat, PostgreSQL, Webpack, NPM, Apache Maven, Python, JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS, SQL, PostGIS, GeoTools, GeoServer, GDAL/OGR, Linux, OpenLayers, Leaflet, Git, GIS, Front-end, Full-stack, REST, Full-stack Development, Back-end, RDBMS, CI/CD Pipelines
Software Developer
2009 - 2011
Universitat Politècnica de València
- Cleaned and refactored existing parallel code for simulation of computational fluid dynamics.
- Implemented new methods for simulations of computational fluid dynamics.
- Added testing based on result value comparison to avoid regressions.
- Launched simulations to supercomputing centers in Spain.
- Validated simulation results against known experiments such as viscoelastic periodic channel flow.
Technologies: MPI, Bash, Linux, C++, C
Experience
Geoladris
https://github.com/geoladrisA dissemination platform for building modular applications.
It has been developed as part of the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) of the REDD+ programme of the United Nations
It is aimed at technicians in Latin American countries for them to publish and analyze their forestry data easily.
It has been developed as part of the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) of the REDD+ programme of the United Nations
It is aimed at technicians in Latin American countries for them to publish and analyze their forestry data easily.
gvSIG CE
Lead developer of a GIS desktop application.
GGL2
Lead developer of a GIS desktop application and geoprocessing language.
GDAL PostGIS Raster driver
Contributed to a performance improvement in the driver.
Google Summer of Code: OSGeo
Integration of a geoprocessing language (GGL2) in a GIS (gvSIG).
2nd Prize of the 52º North Student Innovation Prize for Geoinformatics
Designed and developed the integration of a geoprocessing language (GGL2) in the WPS implementation of 52º North, according to the OGC standards.
Lightweight JavaScript Dependency Injection Library
This lightweight JavaScript library is designed for Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control (DI/IoC) with no external dependencies. It is well-suited for both Node.js and browser environments.
This library provides a clean and simple API and it is written strictly in ES2015.
This library provides a clean and simple API and it is written strictly in ES2015.
Education
2005 - 2011
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Valencia, Spain
Skills
Libraries/APIs
JTS Topology Suite, GDAL/OGR, REST APIs, Node.js, OpenLayers, Leaflet, React, MPI
Tools
Apache Maven, GeoTools, Git, GIS, Webpack, NPM, Apache Tomcat
Languages
Java, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS, Python, Bash, C, C++, GraphQL
Frameworks
Spring, Spring Boot, Yarn, Hibernate
Paradigms
Microservices, REST, Microservices Architecture
Storage
GeoServer, PostGIS, PostgreSQL, RDBMS
Platforms
Docker, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, AWS Lambda
Other
Back-end, QGIS, Full-stack, Full-stack Development, Message Queues, CI/CD Pipelines, Front-end, API Gateways
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