Ivan Galaviz — Software Engineer
Powering marketing campaigns for titles worldwide at Netflix.
Ivan Galaviz is a Software Engineer at Netflix, where he builds a Digital Asset Management system for marketing campaigns. He has over 7 years of experience, previously working as a Senior Software Engineer at Nubank and Software Engineer at Wizeline. His expertise includes Java, Go, Clojure, Python, distributed systems, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). He holds a B.E. in Computer Engineering from Universidad de Guadalajara and is a member of Mat X Space, whose MCB-1 experiment flew aboard SpaceX CRS-31 to the International Space Station.
Projects
Space Experiment
MCB-1
Aboard SpaceX Mission CRS-31
November 2024
A biomimetic smart material inspired by muscle fibers, tested aboard the ISS to withstand extreme temperatures via the MISSE module. Led by Mexican youth group Mat X Space. Featured in Forbes Mexico and El País.
Educational Tool
Expo Playground
Annotated Code Explorer
2026
Helps beginners understand LLM-generated Expo/React Native code via interactive highlights and inline annotations.
EXPERIENCE
7+ years building scalable systems
Software Engineer
Netflix
- ▸ Building a Digital Asset Management (DAM) System that powers marketing campaigns for Netflix titles
- ▸ Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions that reach users worldwide
Senior Software Engineer
Nubank
- ▸ Led the design, implementation, and monitoring of critical projects to enhance the experience of people applying for Nubank's products
- ▸ Mentored mid-level engineers to empower them to own essential tasks and projects
- ▸ Interviewed dozens of candidates across all hiring pipeline stages
- ▸ Organized and executed initiatives to increase brand awareness (Building Nu MX Meetups)
Software Engineer I → III
Wizeline
- ▸ Worked on a platform processing hundreds of billions of events monthly for major US broadcasting companies
- ▸ Built Authorization/Identity flows for one of the biggest entertainment companies in the US
- ▸ Developed a chatbot for the largest real estate company in the US
- ▸ Promoted from Trainee to full-time in 2 months; progressed to SE III in 3 years
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Press coverage, talks & publications
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Musk Will Carry a Mexican Experiment to Space in October
"A team of young Mexicans will see their experiment launched aboard SpaceX"
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The Kids Who Dreamed of the Stars
The story behind Mexico's latest space experiment
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Engineering Principles at Nubank
YouTube · In Spanish
Go Concurrency Patterns
YouTube · In Spanish
Mat X Space Blog
May 2025
My Space Adventure: From Mexico to Samara
Two-week Summer Space School experience at Samara University, Russia
Read articleDetecting Hate Speech with AI
Spotify Podcast · In Spanish
AI Against Gender Violence
Spotify Podcast · In Spanish
SKILLS
Technologies I work with
AI & Emerging Tech
Languages
Cloud
Databases
Paradigms
EDUCATION
Education & community engagement
B.E. Computer Engineering
Universidad de Guadalajara
Aug 2013 — Jun 2018
Terminal Project: News scraper for Mexican news websites with violence classification using NLP.
Summer Space School
Samara University, Russia
Data Engineering Bootcamp
Wizeline Academy
Deep Learning
Saturdays.AI
Machine Learning
Saturdays.AI
ELP English Language Program
University of Toronto
Marketing Team Member
Mat X Space
Web presence and content strategy. Built matxspace.com and blog.matxspace.com.
Mentor & Judge
Technovation Girls
Empowering girls to become tech entrepreneurs. Supported teams in identifying community problems and creating mobile app solutions.
Course Designer, Speaker & Mentor
Wizeline Academy
Designed courses on chatbot development, taught JavaScript and Go, mentored junior and senior engineers, and led initiatives translating spoken English to ASL.
AWARDS
Recognition & achievements
IAC Research Papers
IAC '23 (Baku) & IAC '24 (Milan)
Presented with Mat X Space
1st Place
Int'l Air & Space Program
Nov 2022
Premio Ceneval
Excellence Award EGEL
2018
Research Scholarships
Programa Delfín
2017, 2018
LET'S BUILD SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or ways to collaborate.