José Matías Arévalo - Software Engineer

👋 Hi there! I'm José Matías Arévalo, a software engineer based in Melbourne, Australia. I'm currently working at REA Group and always open to new opportunities.

About Me

👨‍💻 I have 5 years of experience in software development, primarily working with Python, JavaScript, Bash, Git, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

🏠 I live in Melbourne, but I'm originally from Chile. I love to travel, explore new cultures and cuisines, and meet new people.

🥾 In my free time, you can find me playing music, reading non fiction, or going for hikes.

Work Experience

REA Group

Developer | Melbourne, Australia

July 2022 - Present

Developing and maintaining a custom platform for managed services in the cloud.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products.
Maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Bash and Docker.
AWS: IAM, ECR, ECS, EKS, CloudFormation, CloudWatch.

Liquorice

Full Stack Developer | Melbourne, Australia

May 2021 - Apr 2022

Developed various web apps from start to finish using a headless approach with Wagtail/Django and Vue.js, hosting in AWS and deploying with Docker, Ansible, and GitHub Actions among others.
Translated beautiful UI designs into bespoke websites, using primarily Nuxt.js and TailwindCSS.
Configured Google Tag Manager implementations in diverse use cases and applications, including SPAs.

Freelance

Full Stack Developer | Remote, Australia

Jun 2019 - Apr 2021

Web scraping
MVPs
Automated ETL pipelines

Education

Universidad de Chile (UCH)

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems & Management Control (Honours) | Santiago, Chile

2006 - 2012

Skills

Python 🐍
JavaScript 🌐
Bash 💻
Git 🌳
AWS ☁️
Docker 🐳
Kubernetes 🚀

Contact Me

📧 Email 👔 LinkedIn 🐦 Twitter

Looking forward to hearing from you!

José Matías Arévalo's Projects

best-readme-template

An awesome README template to jumpstart your projects!

django-khipu

Integración de Django con pagos Khipu

django-scheduler-sample

Example application of django-scheduler

eda-toeic_spanish

Exploratory Data Analysis project about a dataset containing TOEIC and enrolment scores.

perceptual_phenomenon

Statistical Testing project of a Sample Analysis of the Stroop Effect (cognitive phenomenon)

recruiter-autoresponse

Based on the Medium Article entitled - "Career Advice Nobody Gave Me: Never ignore a recruiter" this repo has a copyable script which you can use to auto-respond to recruiters.

velero

Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes

viz-melbourne_housing_market

Data Visualisation project: Used Tableau to create a dashboard to help users find their optimum suburb to buy a house in, according to listings prices.