--- title: "Resume" slug: resume description: "Resume — Edu Wass, Senior Software Engineer (Full-stack)." --- # Edu Wass Senior Software Engineer (Full-stack) ## About I'm Edu Wass, a senior full-stack engineer with a Computer Science background and 10+ years of experience building production web platforms and backend-heavy systems. I specialise in system design, API architecture, real-time features, and performance optimisation. I'm comfortable owning features end-to-end — from scoping with stakeholders through to shipping and rollout — and I make pragmatic decisions when trading off speed and completeness. Comfortable across TypeScript and PHP, from Node.js and custom APIs to database modelling and cloud infrastructure. I've worked across startup-to-scale transitions, managing technical debt while keeping systems reliable. Outside of work you'll find me enjoying music production, sports and fitness, or gaming. ## Work Experience ### 2020 — Now — Senior Full-stack Engineer / Consultant — Toptal & Arc.dev — Remote Senior full-stack consulting across product teams at growth-stage companies, owning features from scoping through to production. Focused on platform architecture, API design, performance, and reliable delivery. - [MailCharts.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20250127114105mp_/http://MailCharts.com): Owned development of the marketing and product platform for an email intelligence tool used by data-driven marketing teams. Built scalable content systems and maintained high-availability front-end infrastructure. - [Harver.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20250127114105mp_/http://Harver.com): Led redesign and implementation of a high-scale assessment platform serving enterprise customers, with a focus on reliability and performance under load. - [GirlsWhoCode.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20250127114105mp_/http://GirlsWhoCode.com): Improved platform performance and stability for a high-traffic nonprofit site running large-scale campaigns. - [MediaMath.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20250127114105mp_/http://MediaMath.com): Designed and built an internal product catalogue system, working across data modelling, API integration, and orchestration within a wider martech ecosystem. ### 2025 — Now — Lead Engineer — EventIntel — Remote Building an event intelligence platform integrating third-party APIs including Ticketmaster and RateHawk. Designed the system architecture, data models, and API layer from scratch. Shipping iteratively in a lean setup with a strong focus on getting working product in front of users fast. ### 2016 — 2018 — [CTO at Container Studio](https://web.archive.org/web/20180203092811/http://containerstud.io/) — London / Barcelona Technical lead at a small product studio, responsible for architecture decisions, stack choices, and delivery across client projects. - Built a headless architecture bridging a PHP CMS backend with a React front-end via a custom REST API layer, allowing teams to decouple content management from UI delivery. - Built containerised deployment infrastructure using Docker with PHP, Nginx, Git, and webhooks, cutting environment setup time significantly and standardising deployments across projects. - Designed and shipped UX and front-end for Harbour Space, a technology university in Barcelona, and led development of the new Ubiqum platform, an international coding bootcamp. ### 2017 — [Lecturer at HARBOUR.SPACE University](https://harbour.space/faculty/edu-wass) — Barcelona Lectured on technology stack decisions across MVP, growth, and scaling stages — covering infrastructure, backend, mobile, and front-end tradeoffs. Applied and practical, aimed at students building real products. ### 2016 — [Lead Developer at Tribe Interactive](https://www.madebytribe.com/) — Remote Led development across ecommerce client projects, with a focus on growth automation, conversion optimisation, and custom platform builds. Worked closely with the commercial team to understand client goals and translate them into technical solutions. ### 2015 — 2016 — [Full Stack Developer at TheGeorge](https://www.iamthegeorge.com/home/en) — Barcelona Full-stack engineering at an international agency working with large-brand clients including Microsoft, Pearson, Samsung, and Nestlé. - Designed and built the Microsoft Windows 10 Italy campaign site, a high-traffic promotional platform coordinating content from Italian YouTubers to drive product adoption. - Architected and delivered the Monza F1 circuit website, solving for spike traffic during race season using caching and load balancing techniques. - Built the Wall Street English multisite network (~25 country sub-sites), designing shared infrastructure with per-locale customisation. - Planned and built the backend of AskCucu, an Airbnb-style student housing platform for the Asian market. ## Education ### 2010 — 2016 — [BSc Computer Science at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya](https://web.archive.org/web/20250127114105/https://www.upc.edu) — Barcelona Computer Science degree from one of Spain's leading technical universities, covering algorithms, systems design, databases, and software engineering fundamentals. ## Certifications ### 2018 — [Startup School 2018 — Y Combinator](https://web.archive.org/web/20250127114105/https://www.startupschool.org/)