Skip to content
>David Cortes_

Experience

  1. Oct 2025 – PresentCurrent

    Software Engineer · Evolution Consulting SAS

    Bogotá D.C., CO

    • Sole technical point of contact for 5 active client companies (3 more onboarding) for the "Autoservicio" portal (PHP/Laravel monolith).
    • Built end-to-end the vacation, payroll-period and authorizer module, in active production across 4 client companies.
    • Designed a Spring Boot microservice around the Strategy pattern so new payroll change types (paid/enjoyed vacations, disability leave by type) plug in without touching existing code (Open/Closed).
    • Cut duplicate historical records by ~99.5% (from ~50,000 to 200-300 per company) with parameterized, reusable SQL Server queries across 6 client companies.
    • Automated the generation of external Excel formats with a cross-platform desktop application (React + Tauri, Python backend), eliminating that manual work.
    • Led requirements mapping, user stories, sprint estimation and PR reviews for the module across 4 client companies.

  2. Aug 2018 – Aug 2026Education

    B.S. in Computer Science · Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)

    Graduated

  3. Apr 2022 – Oct 2022

    Process Automation Engineer · Talentpitch

    Bogotá D.C., CO

    • Cut manual content production by ~85% (~8-9 hours/week) with Python bots that queried data, generated images and published across 5 social media platforms, end-to-end in under 1 minute.
    • Orchestrated and monitored 5 to 8 production automation workflows with Apache Airflow, maintaining a 95% success rate.
    • Contributed to React frontend development for internal operational dashboards, replacing manual SQL queries and manual reporting with automated KPI visualization.

  4. Feb 2016 – Nov 2017Education

    Technician in Administrative Assistance · SENA

Have a project in mind?

I am available for new opportunities and collaborations. A direct email is the fastest way to start the conversation.

david@dacortess.comContact