Diego E. Salazar
Senior Software Engineer
Pack light, you'll find what you need on the way.
Pack light, you'll find what you need on the way.
Passionate about code quality, style, and maintainability. I enjoy teaching, playing music, and riding bikes. I started writing code back in the MySpace days (2006) tweaking HTML/CSS. In my job as an IT tech I realized a paper based method of record keeping could be made more efficient and less error prone if I created an app for it. I sat down to read a few chapters of PHP/MySQL and realized I was a natural at understanding code and logic. I fell in love with building apps and taught myself enough to get hired professionally as a web developer.
I continued soaking up books, articles, documentation, and QAs to get to where I am today. Now, I specialize in complex multi-process systems in service oriented architectures. I'm proficient in migrating monolithic Rails apps to hybrid service oriented designs. I write developer tools for automation and productivity.
I enthusiastically talk about code and mentor coworkers and juniors. I love conversing about science and I'll talk about the universe for hours.
Sony Music | 2025 - Present
Member of the Product Design Engineering group.
Bloomberg | 2018 - 2025
Member of the Bloomberg Law Web Products team developing a SaaS based legal research app.
Kipu Health | 2013 - 2018
Kipu Health is a SAAS based medical software company specializing in EMR and lab integrations where I lead a team of software engineers and liaised with other departments and third parties. I was the goto senior engineer for programming help and questions from the team. I consulted the CTO on software related challenges. I was a lead architect on software projects. I improved collaboration and planning by researching and applying appropriate tools and processes. I mentored junior engineers and conducted code reviews and pair programming sessions. I'm was in charge of technical interviews and had a final say on hiring. I planned sprints, improved documentation and the onboarding process for new hires.
Octagon Commerce | 2011 - 2013
Architected a fault tolerant service oriented architecture framework. Lead internal software projects and pair programmed through feature development. Developed and maintained user facing features as well as internal apps. Was on standby for emergency situations and successfully debugged and fixed live production code on multiple occasions. Improved and refactored legacy code and tests. Presented research projects to the team to evangelize state of the art techniques and paradigms.
US Self Storage Locator | 2010 - 2011
Architected an application framework from the ground up. Lead development of a new business. Created platform for admins, site owners, and users to efficiently search for and rent self storage units. Lead marketing efforts and provided direction on all matters of development and marketing in a startup environment. Setup office network with Active Directory and installed computes, a server, and backups.
Grey Robot Inc. | 2009 - 2011
Started as a freelancer and then teamed up with my brother and a friend to develop apps for businesses. Provided website and web app development services to small businesses and professionals. Developed a customizable and themable open source CMS system for reuse in all web app projects. Mentored an intern through sales and client meetings. Executed marketing and sales responsibilities. Provided maintenance and support. Performed devops duties and automation.
Rumbum LLC. | 2009 - 2010
Backend/Frontend Web Development.
Port of Everglades, LLC. | 2007 - 2008
Developed a mobile app for tracking ingress and egress of truck drivers in the port yard as an improvement of a paper based workflow. Provided IT support for the administrative office in the port. Ran and installed ethernet cabling, solar powered WIFI access points in key location in the port yard, and troubleshooted computer and various device issues. Installed an asset management system and registered all office assets.
LTC Global | 2006 - 2007
Install and maintain office network and workstations. Provide IT support to staff.
Intechcenter | 2005 - 2006
Technical Support, Consulting, Network/Systems Administration, Network Planning and Implementation. Built PCs and servers. Managed office IT responsibilities for multiple private and commercial clients.
An HTML5/Canvas/Javascript implementation of the famous cellular automaton Conway's Game of Life
An HTML/Javascript based toy inspired by an entrancing Gif.
Rubygem to add configurable retry logic to methods and blocks of code.
Rails based open source web app that allows bulk upload and categorization/tagging of images and allows full text search and quick direct link copy.
Solves Hangman. Input already guessed letters of a word and this micro-app will figure out the most likely word solutions.
Taught a class on building a web server with Ruby from scratch. Wrote the curriculum material and led a class through implementing their own handcrafted Ruby server. Answered questions and encouraged students to further use their creation.
Diego is an asset for any team. I had the opportunity to work with him for the last 5 years and it was a great experience. We worked on multiple pieces of the system at Kipu. During that time he created multiple solutions for different business needs. He has a great personality and excels producing software to solve business problems.
Diego is a brilliant developer, utilizes his vast knowledge and original ideas to solve challenges in the most efficient ways. Having Diego on your team will put you ahead of others.
Diego is friendly and great to work with. He is committed and knowledgable.
Diego and I worked at Kipu Health for a good part of a year. I benefited from his creative problem-solving, tireless work ethic and willingness to do whatever it takes to implement Kipu's EMR the way customer's envision it. He excelled in his role as Lead Developer and Architect for our huge and complex systems at Kipu. Diego has my highest recommendation and he will be a valuable asset for any tech company.
I had the pleasure of collaborating in a few projects with Diego while working at Kipu Health. Diego is a talented individual, knows many tech stacks and has a very good understanding of computer science foundations.
Diego is a great engineer. He's passionate about code and he's curious about how things work. He's the kind of person who will keep peeling back layers until he understands exactly how something works. He really enjoys helping the people around him, too. I learned a lot from him while we worked together. He'd be a great addition to any engineering team.
Diego would be an asset to have on any team. He is a natural leader and brings an innovative approach to solving everyday problems through the use of technology. I would not hesitate to recommend Diego to any employer who seeks his expertise.
Few people are fortunate enough to have worked with an engineer as talented as Diego. He exemplifies writing code as an art form. Diego is an excellent teacher with a wealth of knowledge and experience. I am grateful to have learned from him for so many years.
Diego is a smart and talented Engineer. At Kipu Health, he was one of the few Engineers I could talk to about shared interest in things like open source, new programming languages, and hobby projects. He also may very well be the best Ruby/Rails Engineer I have ever met. He was a good team leader that showed a lot of patience with Juniors or people new to the project. He was the type of leader that would gladly guide you to the answer but would never hand it to you very easily.