Hernán Galileo
Cabrera Garibaldi

Senior Backend Engineer · Data Engineer · GIS Developer

Mexico City · Remote-first · galigaribaldi0@gmail.com

Hernán Galileo

Profile

Software engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and operating distributed systems, data pipelines, and geospatial services. I thrive at the intersection of engineering rigor and domain knowledge — whether that's fintech compliance, urban mobility data, or spatial analytics for city planning.


Work Experience

2023 — Present

Backend Engineer

Stori · Mexico City (Remote)
  • Designed and maintained Go microservices for card-issuing operations at scale in a regulated fintech environment.
  • Built event-driven pipelines using Kafka for real-time transaction processing.
  • Contributed to platform reliability through CloudWatch observability and AWS infrastructure improvements.
GoKafkaAWS PostgreSQLDocker
2021 — 2023

Data Engineer

Previous Role · Mexico City
  • Architected ETL/ELT pipelines with PySpark and AWS Glue processing millions of records daily.
  • Implemented Snowflake data warehouse solutions for analytical reporting.
  • Automated data quality checks and schema validation across ingestion workflows.
PySparkSnowflakeAWS Glue Step FunctionsPython
2019 — 2021

Backend Developer

Previous Role · Mexico City
  • Developed REST APIs with Flask and Django for internal tooling and client-facing services.
  • Maintained Oracle and PostgreSQL databases; introduced indexing strategies that cut query times by 60%.
  • Worked closely with front-end and QA teams in Scrum sprints.
PythonFlaskDjango OraclePostgreSQL

Geospatial & GIS Work

2025 — Present

Open Source Maintainer — Apimetro

Personal Project · github.com/galigaribaldi/Apimetro

REST API ingesting, modeling, and serving structured geospatial data for Mexico City's public transit network (Metro, Metrobús, Cablebús, Tren Ligero). Exposes GeoJSON endpoints consumable by QGIS, web maps, and spatial databases.

PythonFlaskGeoPandas PostGISGeoJSONSpatial SQL
2025 — 2027

Master's Researcher — Geospatial Urban Mobility

UNAM · Posgrado en Urbanismo (in progress)

Research focus: applying geospatial data pipelines to urban mobility analysis in Mexico City. Building spatial datasets from GTFS feeds, OpenStreetMap, and government open data.

QGISGeoPandasPostGIS GTFSOSM

Education

2025 — 2027

Master's in Urban Planning

UNAM — Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Specialization in geospatial data and urban mobility. In progress.

2014 — 2019

Bachelor's in Computer Systems Engineering

Instituto Tecnológico · Mexico City

Certifications

Scrum Developer Certified
Scrum Study · 2025–2028
Safe Development
Net4skills · 2025–2026
Azure Fundamentals AZ-900
Microsoft · 2021
Cisco CCNA S & R
Cisco · 2019–2020

Microsoft Learn Achievements

Azure learning path completions and module badges earned through Microsoft Learn.

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Choose the right Azure services by examining SLAs and service lifecycle
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Plan and manage your Azure costs
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Introduction to Azure fundamentals
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Explore Azure compute services
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Choose the best Azure IoT service for your application
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Choose the best tools to help organizations build better solutions
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Azure Fundamentals: Describe Microsoft Cost Management and service level agreements
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Azure Fundamentals: Describe core Azure services
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Azure Fundamentals: Describe core Azure services
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Describe core Azure architectural components
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Other

Published Author

La Historia de Quince — Letrame Editorial

Languages

Spanish (native) · English (professional)

Interests

Competitive chess · Swimming · Urban photography · Horror literature