hello! im mateo pérez. senior software engineer, reader & investor
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about

made in 🇨🇴

i'm a 25-year-old software developer from the colombian eastern plains (yes, a cowboy 🤠). i love exploring new cultures, meeting people, and building things with code.

hobbies

readinvestcooktravelhikingfootball

education 📚

universidad de los andes

2018-2022 studied and graduated as a software engineer with a gpa of 4.04/5 (yeah, 404). here i fell in love with web development, creating stuff & finances.

cees

2002-2017 i would not define myself as a good student, but as a curious & competitive person. i participated (and sometimes won) in tennis, swimming, football, and math/physics competitions. in high school, i started my interests in tech & innovation.

featured projects

here are some of the projects i've worked on. each project represents a unique challenge and learning opportunity.

spycloud

spycloud

investigations platform to track and check the exposure of companies leacked data. we build from jupyter notebooks to a production ready platform serving +250 companies like amex, paypal, aws & goverments

reactauth0goterraformdockeraws
blossom

blossom

core banking system & cms to manage credit unions operations & content in usa. started as custom software for 5 credit unions in 2020, now serving +350 with a baas model

nextgraphqlpostgresdockeraws
compleat

compleat

personal project which i worked on with 2 more teammates. our goal was to digitize all restaurant operations in Bogota and Latam.We applied to the yc-2020 Winter batch and got to the second round.

nextdjangoauth0postgresaws
auxo

auxo

developed e2e features for multiple fintech products and kyc services, ensuring seamless integration and compliance throughout the user journey. using react, django & auth0.

nextdjangoauth0postgresaws

experience

praxent
2023-now

2025-now

sr fullstack developer.

2023-2025

mid fullstack developer.

auxo
2022-2022

mid fullstack developer.

hellobuild
2021-2022

mid fullstack developer.

compleat
2021-2022

co-founder & jr fullstack developer.

amcon
2020-2021

jr fronted developer.

universidad de los andes
2019-2020

teaching assistant for algorithms & object-oriented programming I & II, & management control systems.

book list 📚

Finance2020
Author: Morgan Housel

contact

feel free to reach out. i'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas or just to say hi.

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