Dario Castañé 🏴☠️
Senior Software Engineer (APM Data Collection and Storage - Go Language Platform @ Datadog), Indie Hacker, FLOSS Evangelist and Public Speaker
Senior Software Engineer (Open Source & Go Language Platform) at Datadog
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Senior Software Engineer (Open Source & Go Language Platform)
Datadog
Aug 2023 - Present
Senior Software Engineer (Open Source & Go Language Platform)
Datadog
Current maintainer of dd-trace-go, the Go SDK for integrating with Datadog, and Orchestrion, our compile-time autoinstrumentation tooling.
Founder
Coopanio OÜ
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Apr 2021 - Present
Founder
Coopanio OÜ
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Public Speaker
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2012 - Present
Public Speaker
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Experienced speaker in politics and technology with emphasis in civil rights and personal digital security. Slides in https://speakerdeck.com/dario
Co Organizer
IGD Tech & Drinks
Igualada, Catalonia, Spain
Sep 2018 - Jan 2024
Co Organizer
IGD Tech & Drinks
Igualada, Catalonia, Spain
Engineering Manager
Loyal Guru
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Apr 2020 - Jul 2023
Engineering Manager
Loyal Guru
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
[Mid-senior] - Team's members churn rate of 0% in all my time as Engineering Manager. - Improved voucher generation by 6x, now delivering millions of vouchers per hour. - Reduced main API's response times by 70%. - Deliver good quality source code adjusted to given boundaries with a 90% success rate. - 7 direct reports.
Board Member
Pirate Parties International
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
Board Member
Pirate Parties International
Board Advisor
TICAnoia
Igualada
Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
Board Advisor
TICAnoia
Igualada
Promoter
Freedom to share
May 2020 - Jun 2022
Promoter
Freedom to share
European Citizen Initiative to legalise sharing – via digital networks, for personal use and non-profit purposes – of files containing works and other material protected by copyright, related rights and sui generis database rights, with a view to striking a balance between the rights of authors and other rightholders and the universal right to science and culture.
Board Member
Associació Blockchain Catalunya
Barcelona
Feb 2019 - Jun 2021
Board Member
Associació Blockchain Catalunya
Barcelona
Senior Go Software Engineer
Loyal Guru
Barcelona
Nov 2019 - Mar 2020
Senior Go Software Engineer
Loyal Guru
Barcelona
Full Stack Engineer
ENGISOFT
Igualada, Spain
Apr 2006 - Nov 2019
Full Stack Engineer
ENGISOFT
Igualada, Spain
Full stack engineer for high availability cloud systems. Highlighted projects: - Successfully implemented a PCI DSS bubble for processing credit cards in a global hospitality company with more than 400 establishments. - Integrated an innovative portable electrocardiography device with HL7-based PACS. - Managed a highly available booking platform with integration with external on-line travel agencies.
Board Member
TICAnoia
Igualada
Sep 2015 - Oct 2019
Board Member
TICAnoia
Igualada
Councilperson
Ajuntament d'Igualada
Igualada, Spain
May 2015 - May 2019
Councilperson
Ajuntament d'Igualada
Igualada, Spain
Elected city council member for Decidim Igualada.
Founder
Qomun
http://qomun.com
Jan 2010 - Feb 2014
Founder
Qomun
http://qomun.com
A libre and free culture directory and promotion non-profit platform. Share, remix and love.
Software Engineer
Epnuke
Igualada
Mar 2012 - Oct 2013
Software Engineer
Epnuke
Igualada
I cast Python spells to untangle gamebooks graphs for Gamebook Experience, the line of gamebooks released by Epnuke Studio. As Technomancer, I developed Kerta, a language to annotate plain text to allow the reader app to reproduce complex gamebooks. Also, I have been involved in all the steps of the design of the game: "Saint George, the forging of a Legend".
Education: 3
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Bachelor
2006 - 2010
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Bachelor
Enginyeria Tècnica en Informàtica de Sistemes
IES Milà i Fontanals
CFGS
2005 - 2006
IES Milà i Fontanals
CFGS
IES Milà i Fontanals
CFGS
2003 - 2005
IES Milà i Fontanals
CFGS
Projects: 14
Asembleo
github.com/coopanio/asembleo
Oct 2020 - Present
Asembleo
github.com/coopanio/asembleo
Pseudo-anonymous voting system for distributed general assemblies, organizations, or events.
Zas
github.com/imdario/zas
Apr 2013 - Present
Zas
github.com/imdario/zas
Zas is “the most zen static website generator ever” that uses nothing more than some markdown files and a layout for creating static sites. It’s highly configurable and very stable.
Mergo
github.com/imdario/mergo
Mar 2013 - Present
Mergo
github.com/imdario/mergo
A helper to merge structs and maps in Golang. Useful for configuration default values, avoiding messy if-statements. Used by Docker, Kubernetes, VMWare, Telefónica, Shopify, etc.
IoT platform on AWS for industrial monitoring
Aug 2016 - Nov 2019
IoT platform on AWS for industrial monitoring
Low latency and scalable infrastructure to manage and visualize industrial monitoring data. Developed in Django, cloud and on-premise deployment with Docker.
Intranet for global manufacturer
Dec 2018 - Aug 2019
Intranet for global manufacturer
Developed in Vaadin and Spring (Java)
Data extraction assistant for EU Horizon 2020 project
Nov 2018 - Aug 2019
Data extraction assistant for EU Horizon 2020 project
Data extraction assistant for EU-funded project to compare effectiveness of self-management health interventions in high priority chronic diseases: developed in Django
Migration of recreational machines management software to hybrid cloud (> 1k customers)
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Migration of recreational machines management software to hybrid cloud (> 1k customers)
Design of the migration of a on-premise software to a hybrid cloud architecture based on Docker.
PCI compliant serverless infrastructure
Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
PCI compliant serverless infrastructure
Development and management of a PCI compliant Cloud Infrastructure on AWS. Project highlighted as an example of serverless architecture by Werner Vogels in 2018 AWS Summit at Madrid
Intranet migration from TTS to Drupal
May 2017 - Jan 2018
Intranet migration from TTS to Drupal
Content migration from a TTS platform to Drupal.
Drupal Corporate Website (> 2k employees)
Intranet migration from Oracle Portal to Drupal (> 2k employees)
Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
Intranet migration from Oracle Portal to Drupal (> 2k employees)
Content migration from Oracle Portal to Drupal.
Security audit for complementary currency's mobile app and API based on Cyclos
Gamebook Experience
Jul 2011 - Apr 2013
Gamebook Experience
Gamebook Experience, is the name of the line of gamebooks released by Epnuke Studio. As Technomancer, I developed Kerta, a language to annotate plain text to allow the reader app to reproduce complex gamebooks. Also i have been involved in all the steps of the design of the game: "Saint George, the forging of a Legend".
Integration platform for medical data capture and archive
2007 - 2008
Integration platform for medical data capture and archive
High throughput platform to capture and consolidate medical data in Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS).
Credentials: 12
Understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act CRA (LFEL1001)
The Linux Foundation
Certificate of English Proficiency (Level CEFR C1+)
goFLUENT
Wardley Mapping Practitioner
Hired Thought
Triplebyte
GitLab
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate - RECERTIFICATION
Amazon Web Services
Introducción al peritaje jurídico informático
ASPERTIC - Asociación profesional de peritos informáticos
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web Services
Seguridad Informática y Hacking de Sistemas
Ceina Formació
Volunteering: 12
Board Member
TICAnoia
2017 - Present
Board Member
TICAnoia
Member of the Blockchain Workgroup.
President
Fundación Inceptum
Open Source Developer
Mergo
Mar 2013 - Present
Open Source Developer
Mergo
Creation and maintenance of an free software library in Go, used by 40K repositories, including projects like Docker and Kubernetes and companies like Google, Github, Telefónica, HP, VMware, etc. URL: https://github.com/imdario/mergo
International delegate
Pirates de Catalunya
Jun 2019 - Sep 2024
International delegate
Pirates de Catalunya
I represent the Catalan pirate party in international meetings and assemblies.
Organizer
Freedom to share
May 2020 - May 2021
Organizer
Freedom to share
To legalise sharing – via digital networks, for personal use and non-profit purposes – of files containing works and other material protected by copyright, related rights and sui generis database rights, with a view to striking a balance between the rights of authors and other rightholders and the universal right to science and culture.
Board Member
Associació Blockchain Catalunya
Frontend Developer
Vocdoni
Feb 2021
Frontend Developer
Vocdoni
I led the effort of building the UI for 14fruites.cat, the blockchain-based opinion poll, featured in TV3, RTVE, and other media. It integrated with Vocdoni's digital voting platform using React. Almost 2.000 people participated in this initiative: https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/2000-personas-participan-primera-prueba-voto-digital-14-f_583530_102.html
Board Member
Pirates de Catalunya
Technical Coordinator
Referéndum Real Ya
Apr 2014 - Jun 2014
Technical Coordinator
Referéndum Real Ya
From https://15mpedia.org/wiki/Referendum_Real_Ya: Referendum Real Ya es el nombre dado a una actividad lanzada por colectivos del 15M y la Plataforma DRY, que han convocado un referéndum para realizar entre los días 14 y 19 de junio, antes de la proclamación de Felipe VI. En esta consulta ciudadana (no oficial ni vinculante), se permitirá el voto por Internet mediante la plataforma Ágora Voting, ya usada en las primarias de Podemos o la iniciativa Congreso Transparente del partido Compromís. La plataforma AgoraVoting permite autentificación mediante el certificado digital del DNIe.
Technical Coordinator
Multireferèndum
Jan 2014 - May 2014
Technical Coordinator
Multireferèndum
From http://www.multireferendum.cat/: Multireferèndum 2014 és una convocatòria, de la gent per a la gent, per debatre i decidir sobre qüestions bloquejades en les institucions polítiques. Neix a proposta de Som lo que Sembrem i la Plataforma Aturem el Fracking i ha culminat en una primera onada, durant les setmanes prèvies a les eleccions europees de maig de 2014. Amb ella, cerquem pràctiques que ens portin cap a una democràcia creixent i directa.
Campaign Coordinator
Unconditional Basic Income ECI
Mar 2013 - Nov 2013
Campaign Coordinator
Unconditional Basic Income ECI
http://basicincome2013.eu/ubi/
TIC coordinator
Pirates de Catalunya
Sep 2010 - Feb 2013
TIC coordinator
Pirates de Catalunya
Political campaing manager and IT coordinator.