Adrián Valera

Software Engineer | Backend Developer | Researcher

Experience

  • Currently, I'm part of the innovation team of the CTO office, where we research and implement the ideas that will shape the future of HPE.

    • Codurance

    • August 2022 – November 2022
    • Madrid, Spain (remote)
    • Software Craftperson in Training

    As a global consulting firm, Codurance helps companies increase their innovation capacity and grow their businesses.
    Java, Amazon Web Services, Docker, SQL, Junit, TDD, DDD

  • CQISense is a startup that develops a big data SaaS solution for telecommunications companies where I worked on building a microservices-based system using GCP and Kubernetes.
    Python, Golang, GCP, ElasticSearch, BigQuery

    • ESALAB

    • July 2019 – October 2021
    • Salamanca, Spain
    • Junior Software Developer – R&D

    The ESALab research group which belongs to the University of Salamanca, is composed of a group of researchers from different branches of scientific knowledge. I had two distinct stages in the group. The first one focused on the development of IoT solutions and the second focused on intelligent systems and machine learning solutions.
    Javascript, Python, Vuejs, Node.js, MySQL, IoT, Machine Learning

    • Hidrafresa S.L.

    • 2014 – 2016, 2021 – now
    • Salamanca, Spain
    • IT Technician

    Hidrafresa is a truck spare parts sales company based in Salamanca, Spain. I worked eventually as a computer technician/network manager for two years and currently I provide technical support and assistance in software-related business topics.

Skills

  • Languages:Java, Python, Go, Javascript, C, C#, Typescript, SQL
  • Frameworks: Vue.js, Spring, Ionic4, Flask, Sanic, Django, Node.js, Express.js, React
  • Tools: Git, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Bash, Postman, Google Datastudio, VIM, PowerShell
  • Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux System Administration, Google Cloud Services (GCP), AWS, Azure, Firebase
  • AI & ML: Scikit-Learn, Keras, Recomender systems, Tensorflow

Education

Thesis: Traceability system for fridges in hotel environments (grade 9.5 / 10)
Rewarded with the University Entrepreneur Program (TCUE)

  • University of Salamanca

  • September 2016 – July 2020
  • Salamanca, Spain
  • Bachelor in Computer Engineering

    • Thesis: Collaborative filtering Recommender Systems (grade 10 / 10)

    Research

    All the articles can be found in the research section

    • Information - Artificial Intelligence

    • July 2021
    • Context-Aware Music Recommender Systems for Groups: A comparative Study
    • Paper proposing a recommendation system for groups and conducting an extensive comparative study.

    • Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

    • October 2021
    • Group Recommender Systems in the Music Domain: A Systematic Literature Review
    • systematic literature review of articles published on the subject between 2010 and 2021.

    • Sustainability magazine

    • April 2021
    • Voice Assistant Application for Avoiding Sedentarism in Elderly People Based on IoT Technologies
    • This study proposes a system to avoid sedentarism lifestyles in the elderly and discusses the main advantages and the current challenges of the use of virtual assistants.

    Featured Work

    For more featured work check my personal portfolio