# Juan Luis (@juanlu.space)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/juanlu.space
Headline: Software Engineer | Developer Success | Developer Relations | Community | Luddite
Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Website: https://linkat.blue/juanlu.space

## About

Posting about open source ecology, resisting AI, y política española. Software Engineer + DevRel at Canonical. Luddite. 🇪🇺 #ADHDAwareness 

https://linkat.blue/juanlu.space

## Experience

- **Principal Product Manager at QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey** (2023 – 2025)
  Product Manager for Kedro, an opinionated, open source Python framework for data science
- **Developer Advocate at Kedro** (2023 – 2025)
- **Developer Advocate at QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey** (2023 – 2023)
  Developer Advocate for Kedro, an open source framework for data scientists.
- **Adjunct Professor at IE School of Human Sciences and Technology (HST)** (2018 – 2022)
  Professor of three courses in the Master in Business Analytics & Big Data:
  • Python for Data Analysis I
  • Python for Data Analysis II
  • Advanced Python
- **Freelance Researcher at Libre Space Foundation** (2020 – 2021)
  Research about open source tools for orbit propagation as part of the OpenSatCom project.
- **Software Engineer (Rotation) at Canonical** (2025 – present)
  Develop MySQL charm (K8s + VM operator) using Canonical open source technology
- **Developer Relations Engineer at Canonical** (2025 – present)
- **Data Scientist Advocate at Orchest** (2022 – 2022)
  \- Responsible for the content creation roadmap, published notable blog posts on emerging Python libraries like Polars and DuckDB
  \- Responsible for the go-to-community strategy, spoke at several PyData and PyCon events around the world
  \- Responsible for the social channels of the company, including Twitter and LinkedIn
  \- Responsible for the documentation, rewrite from reST to Markdown (MyST) while keeping Sphinx
  \- Planned and led a livestreamed community event to announce a major version of the product
  \- Implemented an ELT data architecture for data-driven decision-making, including dashboards for C-level and investors, using Google BigQuery, Meltano, dbt, Orchest, and Metabase
  \- Implemented better analytics solutions on our website for easier conversion tracking using Google Tag Manager
- **Developer Advocate at Read the Docs** (2021 – 2022)
  Work on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to improve documentation for scientific projects:
  \- Wrote a beginners tutorial for Read the Docs
  \- Wrote a beginners tutorial for Sphinx, with input from the community
  \- Gave several technical talks about Markdown in Sphinx
  \- Engaged with the PyData community online
  \- Participated in discussions related to packaging
- **Mission Planning & Execution Engineer at Satellogic** (2018 – 2021)
  • Development of open source Python library for orbit-propagation
  • Development of an asynchronous Python software running on board of the satellite to execute tasks
  • Define orbital configurations for long term simulations
  • Outreach
- **Astropy Core Developer at NumFOCUS** (2020 – 2020)
  Maintainer of Astropy (astropy.coordinates subpackage) a NumFOCUS sponsored project, under contract as part of a grant by the Moore Foundation.
- **Adjunct Professor at Esade** (2020 – 2020)
  Professor of Introduction to Python in the Executive Masters in Business Analytics.
- **Adjunct Professor at Barcelona Technology School** (2018 – 2019)
  Professor of the course "Data Science Foundations" in the Master in Big Data Solutions.
- **Senior Python Developer | Geospatial applications at Satellogic** (2017 – 2018)
  • Development of open source geospatial Python library https://github.com/satellogic/telluric/
  • Development of REST APIs for geospatial data consumption (Django Rest Framework)
  • Development of solutions for geospatial data storage and retrieval using databases and cloud storage solutions (PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Azure Cloud Storage)
  • Support for the Data Science and Solutions team
  • Outreach
- **Freelance Data Scientist at Boeing Research & Technology** (2017 – 2018)
  Studied machine learning algorithms to predict air trajectories as part of the "Data-driven AiRcraft Trajectory prediction research" H2020 project.
- **Adjunct Professor at IE School of Science and Technology** (2025 – present)
  Professor of two courses in the Master in Business Analytics & Data Science:
  • Python for Data Analysis I
  • Python for Data Analysis II

## Education

- **Universidad Politécnica de Madrid** — Aeronautical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering (2009 – 2017)
- **Politecnico di Milano** — Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering (2012 – 2013)

## Skills

- Python
- Kubernetes
- MySQL
- Terraform
- opentofu
- juju
- OpenStack
- Rust (Programming Language)
- Ubuntu
- Linux
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Cloud Computing
- Databricks Products
- Microsoft Azure
- Product Management
- Open-Source Software
- Azure Databricks
- Public Speaking
- SQL
- Developer Relations
- Github
- Fishtown Analytics dbt
- Data Analytics
- Data Analysis
- Developer Advocacy
- Google BigQuery
- Research
- Git
- Docker
- QGIS
- Django
- PostgreSQL
- Polars
- Pandas (Software)
- SciPy
- Scientific Computing
- NumPy
- Numerical Simulation
- Raspberry Pi
- Data Engineering
- MailerLite
- Email Marketing
- Plausible
- Open Source Licensing
- Open-Source Development

## Certifications

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals — Microsoft (https://learn.microsoft.com/api/credentials/share/en-gb/JuanLuisCanoRodrguez-4490/FCBA337F81C06750?sharingId=22F9C38A4A59B9B5)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services (AWS) (https://www.credly.com/badges/5ba3fc3f-39ea-4ab9-bc40-307cb4223da0/public_url)
- Certified Open Source Developer for Enterprise — The Linux Foundation (https://www.credly.com/badges/cbb477a8-9644-4ee5-ae73-4cab5f67db4a/public_url)

## Projects

- **Introduction to Python for Aerospace Engineering Students** — https://github.com/AeroPython/Curso_AeroPython
  Introductory Python course for aerospace engineering students.
- **Pybonacci** — http://pybonacci.org/
  Blog sobre computación científica con Python en español.

## Publications

- ¿Y si dejamos de automatizar cosas y disfrutamos de la vida? — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3mhl5zntti22c)
- Es hora de que la "IA" haga un fork — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3meyu6zht2c2q)
- Váyase (de X) señor Sánchez — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3me6m6oebbk2k)
- En el centro del Open Source — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3mdsyhrpubs2k)
- Para cuando Linux llegue al escritorio, no habrá escritorio — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3mdi2akv5oc23)
- La "IA" mató al open source corporativo — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3mc2rifc2qc2q)
- La "IA" ética no existe — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3mal6vzgads2q)
- How will the "AI" bubble burst — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3ma7bnkfosk2h)
- Let's normalize removing complexity — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3ma3tlb7jac2k)
- Going all-in on ATProto — astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub (https://astrojuanlu.leaflet.pub/3maxkwe5dk227)

## Volunteering

- Organizer at PyData Madrid
- Founding Member at Python España
- Vocal at Mercado Social de Madrid
- Member at Space Generation Advisory Council
- Chair at Python España
- Technical Evangelist at Pybonacci

## Honors and awards

- 100 mejores calificaciones en la PAU en la UCM
- Premio extraordinario de Bachillerato de la CAM
- Beca de Excelencia de la CAM
- Fellow

## Languages

- Español (native)
- Inglés (professional_working)
- Italiano (limited_working)

## Other profiles

- website: https://tangled.org/juanlu.space/
- website: https://linkat.blue/juanlu.space