About

Last updated March 2024

Hello! I'm Alberto, a software engineer in Somerset, UK.
Professionally I'm at my best in cross-functional teams focussed on delivering brilliant customer experiences underpinned by a solid technical architecture.
I enjoy automating away hurdles to enable teams to find the best ways to work together and deliver software. Always learning, interests include improving the Dev Experience, giving back via open source and exploring DevOps practices.

Sep 2022 - present

Sr. Software Engineer at
the University of Cambridge
Part of a cross-functional team delivering Cambridge's Digital Admissions portfolio.

Feb 2019 - April 2022

Software Engineer at Wealth Club, Bristol
Wrote software using Python (Django), TypeScript (Angular) and Java (Spring).

May 2017 - Feb 2019

Developer at Nomensa, Bristol
Built an eLearning platform for the NHS & maintained solutions for the energy, healthcare and charity sectors.

2014 - 2017

BA (Hons) Linguistics & English Lit. (1st)
University of Manchester
Wrote my dissertation on paraphrasing verbal metonymy through computational methods, supported by an AWS Educate grant.

2016 (Year Abroad)

Computational Linguistics (Dean's List)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA)
Upskilled in Natural Language Processing, attended hackathons, took in American culture.

1996

Born in Madrid, Spain

Dropcap background: Vine (1873) by William Morris, licensed under CC0.