Gabriel Piffaretti
About Gabriel Piffaretti
Gabriel Piffaretti is a Senior Software Engineer at Hopper and a Lecturer on Software Engineering at Universidad ORT Uruguay, with over 7 years of experience in building applications and a passion for backend systems and architectures.
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Gabriel Piffaretti is a Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in the tech industry. He currently holds senior positions at Hopper and Universidad ORT Uruguay.
Current Positions
Gabriel Piffaretti is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Hopper in a remote capacity. Additionally, he serves as a Lecturer on Software Engineering at Universidad ORT Uruguay in Montevideo.
Previous Experience
Gabriel has a rich history in software engineering, having previously worked at Process Street as a Squad Lead from 2021 to 2022. Before that, he was a Technical Lead and Senior Software Engineer at Campaign Monitor from 2019 to 2021. He also held the role of Team Lead and Software Engineer at Beacon42 in Santiago, Chile, from 2016 to 2019, and served as a Software Engineer at TangoCode LLC for 11 months in 2016.
Academic Background
Gabriel studied at Universidad ORT Uruguay, where he undertook Postgraduate Studies in Big Data and Data Science from 2017 to 2018. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from 2013 to 2017 and completed additional studies in Software Engineering from 2013 to 2018. He also achieved a qualification as a Software Engineering Assistant from 2013 to 2015.
Technical Expertise
Gabriel has over 7 years of experience building applications for companies worldwide. He is particularly passionate about backend systems and architectures, specializing in full-stack development using Scala, Python, and React over the past 4 years. At Hopper, he is part of the Programmatic Merchandising Team, focusing on building recommendation services using technologies like Scala, Finatra, Finagle, GCP, AWS, and Terraform.