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Juan Pablo Garcia Ripa

@juanpablogarciaripa

Software Engineer at Swedbank shaping developer experience after improving SAS’s Backstage portal and setup time.

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team that values collaboration, continuous learning, and a culture of feedback. I enjoy working remotely and also appreciate occasional whiteboard sessions in the office.

At Swedbank, I work as a Software Engineer. Before that, at SAS - Scandinavian Airlines, I focused on Developer Experience and internal platform tooling.

At SAS, I led the team maintaining and enhancing an internal Backstage developer portal, increasing adoption by 30% by consolidating security issues and KPIs. I also developed and led the design of developer templates that reduced project setup time from over two weeks to one day.

Earlier at SAS, I engineered serverless architectures with Azure Functions and created a reusable middleware framework with OpenTelemetry. Across my work, I’ve used Backstage, TypeScript, and React to improve developer workflows, and I hold the Certified Backstage Associate credential.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Swedbank logoSW
Current

Software Engineer

Jun 2026 - Present (4 months)

Worked as Software Engineer at Swedbank.

SAS - Scandinavian Airlines logoSA

Engineering Excellence Lead

Aug 2025 - Jun 2026 (10 months)

Driving Engineering Excellence and Agile best practices by strategically defining how to integrate AI and advanced tooling across the SAS product team's Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

- Strategically integrating AI and new tools at key stages of the SDLC.
- Implementing data collection mechanisms from tools to inform best practice and tooling decisions.
- Leading the adoption of AD best

SAS - Scandinavian Airlines logoSA

Developer Experience Advocate

Oct 2024 - Dec 2025 (1 year 2 months)

Led the team that maintained and enhanced an internal Backstage developer portal, increasing adoption by 30% by consolidating security issues and key performance indicators (KPIs) within the platform.
Developed and led the design of developer templates that reduced project setup time from over two weeks to just one day, dramatically accelerating time-to-production for new teams.

SAS - Scandinavian Airlines logoSA

Technical Lead

Aug 2023 - Oct 2024 (1 year 2 months)

Engineered serverless architectures with Azure Functions.
Created middleware framework for Azure Function enabling reusability across services and open telemetry.
Mentored junior developers through a combination of code reviews, pair programming, and one-on-one sessions. Provided focused coaching in Cloud, JavaScript, Backstage, and DevOps ways of working.

SAS - Scandinavian Airlines logoSA

Senior Software Engineer (consultant)

Jan 2023 - Aug 2023 (7 months)

Engineered serverless architectures and Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) using Remix and Azure Functions, streamlining deployment workflows and improving overall deployment flow in GH actions.
Mentored junior developers through a combination of code reviews, and pair programming.

Agile Search logoAS

IT Consultant

Jul 2021 - Aug 2023 (2 years 1 month)

Worked as IT Consultant at Agile Search.

Spotify logoSP

Full-stack Developer (consultant)

Jul 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 5 months)

Worked as Full-stack Developer (consultant) at Spotify.

Coderhouse logoCO

React.js Teacher

Feb 2021 - Aug 2021 (6 months)

Worked as React.js Teacher at Coderhouse.

Altoros logoAL

Full-stack Developer

Dec 2020 - Aug 2021 (8 months)

- Frontend Development (React)
- Backend Development (Node.js)
- Requirement Analysis
- Troubleshooting

SOUTHWORKS logoSO

Senior Developer

Jun 2020 - Dec 2020 (6 months)

- Frontend Development (React, Vue, Angular 2, Angular.js)
- Backend Development (C#)
- Requirement Analysis
- Technologies Research
- Troubleshooting

MOBEATS logoMO

Fullstack Software Developer, Tech Lead, Teacher

Nov 2019 - Jun 2020 (7 months)

- Teach Lead on Java and JavaScript projects (React, React-Native, Angular2).
- Mentoring of Junior developers.
- Architecture and Solution consultancy.
- Teaching on JavaScript workshops path.

BBVA en Argentina logoBA

Scrum Master and Java developer

May 2019 - Nov 2019 (6 months)

- Administration and monitoring of requirements
- Functional Analysis and interaction with users
- Java Spring MVC development
. Web development (js, html, css)
- JavaScript Teacher
- Agile Facilitator

BBVA Banco Frances logoBF

Java Software Developer

Mar 2018 - Apr 2019 (1 year 1 month)

- Administration and monitoring of requirements
- Functional Analysis and interaction with users
- Java Spring MVC development
. Web development (js, html, css)
- JavaScript Teacher
- Agile Facilitator

BBVA Banco Frances logoBF

Java and Mainframe Developer

Jul 2017 - Mar 2018 (8 months)

- Scrum team member
- Java microservices development
- API design
- Cobol development

BBVA Francés logoBF

Project Leader - Escenarios Comerciales

Jan 2015 - Jun 2017 (2 years 5 months)

- Resource management
- Team Management
- Functional Analysis and interaction with users
- Requirements Administrator
- Cobol, JCL, CICS, DB2 development

BBVA Banco Frances logoBF

Mainframe System Programmer

Sep 2011 - Dec 2014 (3 years 3 months)

- Technical and detailed design for development of cobol DB2, online and batch components.
- Administration and monitoring of requirements
- Functional Analysis and interaction with users
- Requirements Administrator
- Cobol, JCL, CICS, DB2 development

First Data Corporation logoFC

Analyst Programmer Mainframe

Apr 2011 - Sep 2011 (5 months)

Worked as Analyst Programmer Mainframe at First Data Corporation.

Accenture logoAC

Analyst (Arquitecto)

Apr 2008 - Apr 2011 (3 years)

- Specialist in “IBERDROLA contracting” functional module
- Technical and detailed design for the development of COBOLl DB2, online and batch components.
- Requirements administration and follow-up
- Management of resources
- Training
- Development of COBOL components
- Use of Gnsis and Key generators
- Responsible of tools translation tasks.
- Development of work tools in VB.net, Batch, VB6, VBA

UPS logoUP

Operations Assistant.

Jul 2005 - Apr 2008 (2 years 9 months)

•Preparation of shipments from their arrival to the operations center and registry through their customs clearance
•Use of OPSYS, FDC, Exposys system.
•Preparation of customs forms and documentation
•Development of macros in Outlook and Excel.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

CI

Cisco

Community AI Platform Engineering Explorer

Dec 2025

CC

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

Exam Developer: Certified Backstage Associate

Nov 2024

AA

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Jul 2020

AA

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Oct 2020

AA

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Technical Professional

Jul 2020

IB

IBM

Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner

Jul 2020

LY

Lynda.com

Practical Test-Driven Development for Java Programmers

Feb 2019

LY

Lynda.com

Android App Development Quick Start

Apr 2018

LY

Lynda.com

Learning Java 8

May 2017

LY

Lynda.com

Learning Functional Programming with JavaScript

Sep 2017

LY

Lynda.com

Learning Polymer

Sep 2017

LY

Lynda.com

DevOps Foundations

Apr 2017

EF

EF Education First

EFSET EXPRESS Medium Proficiency (CEFR B1/B2)

Jul 2015

US

Universitas Estudios Superiores

Analista de Sistemas, Análisis de sistemas informáticos/Analista

2009 - 2013

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