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Ivan Galaviz

Software Engineer

IVAN GALAVIZ

Powering marketing campaigns for titles worldwide at Netflix.

Building at Scale Shipping Impact Mentoring Others
Mexico

EXPERIENCE

+ years building scalable systems

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Software Engineer

Netflix

Apr 2023 — Present

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 our users worldwide.

AI: LLMs & Emerging Tech Distributed Systems Java Microservices
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Senior Software Engineer

Nubank

Aug 2021 — Apr 2023
  • ▸ 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)
Clojure Datomic Event-Driven Functional Programming
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Software Engineer I → III

Wizeline

Aug 2018 — Jul 2021
  • ▸ 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
Go Python AWS gRPC React

SKILLS

Technologies I work with

AI & Emerging Tech

Vibe Coding, LLM Orchestration, Sub-Agent Workflows, Context Engineering, MCP Server Management, Skill Creation, AI-Powered Development

This entire site was vibe coded ✨

Programming Languages

Java, Python, Go, Clojure, TypeScript

Cloud

AWS, GCP, Azure

Databases

Datomic, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL

Paradigms

Distributed Systems, Event-Driven, Functional

EDUCATION

Academic background & continuous learning

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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 • 2024

Two-week introduction course about CubeSats in Samara, Russia. Read more

Data Engineering Bootcamp

Wizeline Academy • Oct — Dec 2021

Deep Learning

Saturdays.AI • May — Jul 2021

Machine Learning

Saturdays.AI • Mar — Jun 2020

ELP English Language Program

University of Toronto • 2015

VOLUNTEERING

Giving back to the community

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Marketing Team Member

Mat X Space

Nov 2022 — Present

I've been a key Marketing Team member for Mat X Space, focusing on web presence and content strategy.

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Mentor & Judge

Technovation Girls

2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2025

Served as a Mentor and Judge for Technovation competitions, empowering girls to become tech entrepreneurs and leaders. Supported teams in identifying problems in their community and creating mobile app solutions.

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Course Designer, Speaker & Mentor

Wizeline Academy

2018 — 2021

Significant participation in Wizeline Academy initiatives to foster talent development.

  • ▸ Creating and implementing chatbots
  • ▸ Teaching JavaScript to complete beginners
  • ▸ Teaching Go to mid-advanced programmers
  • ▸ Giving talks about concurrency in Go
  • ▸ Implementing a project to translate spoken English to ASL
  • ▸ Developing both soft and hard skills for junior engineers
  • ▸ Developing hard skills for senior engineers

TALKS

Sharing knowledge with the community, in Spanish

Engineering Principles at Nubank

Go Concurrency Patterns

Detecting Hate Speech with AI

AI Against Gender Violence

FEATURED IN

Press coverage & publications

Forbes México
Oct 2024 • In Spanish

Musk Will Carry a Mexican Experiment to Space in October

MCB-1 Space Experiment featured on SpaceX Mission CRS-31

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EL PAÍS
Dec 2024 • In Spanish

The Kids Who Dreamed of the Stars

The story behind Mexico's latest space experiment

Read article

Mat X Space Blog

May 2025

My Space Adventure: From Mexico to Samara

Two-week Summer Space School experience at Samara University, Russia

Read article

AWARDS

Recognition & achievements

MCB-1 Space Experiment

SpaceX Mission CRS-31 • Nov 2024

Featured in Forbes Mexico →

IAC Research Papers

IAC '23 (Baku) & IAC '24 (Milan)

Presented with Mat X Space

1st Place

International Air & Space Program • Nov 2022

Mat X Space was born here →
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Premio Ceneval

Excellence Award EGEL • 2018

Research Scholarships

Programa Delfín • 2017, 2018

LET'S CONNECT

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or ways to collaborate.

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