
Juan Pablo Garcia Ripa
@juanpablogarciaripa
Software Engineer at Swedbank shaping developer experience after improving SAS’s Backstage portal and setup time.
What I'm looking for
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
Worked as Software Engineer at Swedbank.
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
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.
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.
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.
Worked as IT Consultant at Agile Search.
Worked as Full-stack Developer (consultant) at Spotify.
Worked as React.js Teacher at Coderhouse.
- Frontend Development (React)
- Backend Development (Node.js)
- Requirement Analysis
- Troubleshooting
- Frontend Development (React, Vue, Angular 2, Angular.js)
- Backend Development (C#)
- Requirement Analysis
- Technologies Research
- Troubleshooting
- Teach Lead on Java and JavaScript projects (React, React-Native, Angular2).
- Mentoring of Junior developers.
- Architecture and Solution consultancy.
- Teaching on JavaScript workshops path.
- Administration and monitoring of requirements
- Functional Analysis and interaction with users
- Java Spring MVC development
. Web development (js, html, css)
- JavaScript Teacher
- Agile Facilitator
- Administration and monitoring of requirements
- Functional Analysis and interaction with users
- Java Spring MVC development
. Web development (js, html, css)
- JavaScript Teacher
- Agile Facilitator
- Scrum team member
- Java microservices development
- API design
- Cobol development
- Resource management
- Team Management
- Functional Analysis and interaction with users
- Requirements Administrator
- Cobol, JCL, CICS, DB2 development
- 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
Worked as Analyst Programmer Mainframe at First Data Corporation.
- 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
•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
Cisco
Community AI Platform Engineering Explorer
Dec 2025
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Exam Developer: Certified Backstage Associate
Nov 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Jul 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Oct 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Technical Professional
Jul 2020
IBM
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
Jul 2020
Lynda.com
Practical Test-Driven Development for Java Programmers
Feb 2019
Lynda.com
Android App Development Quick Start
Apr 2018
Lynda.com
Learning Java 8
May 2017
Lynda.com
Learning Functional Programming with JavaScript
Sep 2017
Lynda.com
Learning Polymer
Sep 2017
Lynda.com
DevOps Foundations
Apr 2017
EF Education First
EFSET EXPRESS Medium Proficiency (CEFR B1/B2)
Jul 2015
Universitas Estudios Superiores
Analista de Sistemas, Análisis de sistemas informáticos/Analista
2009 - 2013
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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