About

Andrea
Chirillano

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Background

About Me

I am a Fullstack Developer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, focused on backend engineering, scalable systems, authentication platforms, APIs, and modern web applications.

I have experience working on technology projects for humanitarian, civic, and LGBT+ organizations, NGOs, inter-cooperative projects, and government institutions.

My stack includes Python, FastAPI, Django, PHP, React, Angular, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Golang, Docker, Node.js, Javascript, TypeScript, Wordpress and Next.js.

Full profileBuenos Aires, Argentina
4+ years
Experience
14+
Projects shipped
20+
Organizations served

Core Capabilities

Python · FastAPI · Django
React · Angular · Javascript
Typescript · MySQL · Wordpress
Docker · AWS · Nginx
REST APIs · Node.js · Golang
Next.js · Redis · MongoDB

What I Care About

Cooperative Development

Building tools that strengthen empathy towards vulnerable communities, cooperativism and community social ties.

Humanitarian Support

Leveraging technology to support crisis response and humanitarian aid.

Feminist Perspective

Creating digital spaces that center marginalized voices and feminist values.

Open Source

Contributing to and building on open-source ecosystems for collective benefit.

Technologies

Tech Stack

Tools and technologies I use to build modern, scalable applications.

Career

Experience

  1. Fullstack Developer

    Present

    ALT Cooperative

    2024 – PresentRemote

    Associate of a cooperative of technology and design workers specialized in digital tools for civil society organizations, NGOs, LGBT+ networks, feminists and cooperative ecosystems.

    • Developed and maintained web applications for multiple clients using WordPress, PHP, React, Django, FastAPI, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and JavaScript.
    • Worked on the web development of institutional sites for more than 10 NGOs and humanitarian platforms.
    • Built scalable REST APIs and authentication systems for various social sector clients.
    • Collaborated on technology initiatives in civic, feminist and LGBT+ projects in Latin America and different countries in other regions.
    WordpressPHPJavascriptHTMLCSSSASSMySQLReact.jsBootstrapFlexbox

  2. Fullstack Developer, Full-time contract

    Present

    HOTOSM — Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

    October 2025 – PresentRemote

    Building and maintaining the HOTOSM Portal, a global platform coordinating volunteer mappers for disaster response and humanitarian aid across the world.

    • Collaborated with cross-functional, inter-cooperative, and international teams to develop portal.hotosm.org.
    • Contributed to authentication systems and the integration of multiple mapping applications using Hanko, Django, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and React.
    • Developed core API features for project management and volunteer coordination.
    • Improved platform performance and scalability for thousands of concurrent global users.
    PythonDjangoFastAPIPostgreSQLReactDockerNode.jsAWSGithub Actions

  3. Fullstack Developer

    Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity (Argentina)

    2021 – 2024Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Fullstack development of government web applications for a ministry, technical assistance through tickets and database analysis.

    • Developed web applications and performed database analysis for a government ministry.
    • Worked across backend and frontend technologies: Docker, Python, Golang, Node.js, Angular, and MySQL.
    AngularNode.jsDockerGolangMySQLPythonPostman
Academic

Education

Informatic Engineer

Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

2024 – Current · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Foundation in computer science, algorithms, data structures, software engineering, and distributed systems.

  • Focus on algorithms, data structures, and computational theory.
  • Software engineering and systems design coursework.
  • Database design and distributed systems.

Professional Backend Developer Diploma

Facultad Regional de Buenos Aires de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN.BA)

2023 – 2024 · Online

Continuous professional development in backend engineering, cloud architecture, and modern web technologies.

  • CD/CI knowledge.
  • Advanced PHP and Laravel.
  • DevOps and containerization.
Who I Am | Andrea Chirillano