Résumé

Daniel Ortega

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Valencia, Spain · dortega.tech
linkedin.com/in/daniel-ortega-ortega-390624161

Daniel Ortega

Software engineer with 8+ years designing and building robust, scalable systems, from the domain model to the interface. I work with hexagonal architecture, DDD and CQRS, and I care about code maintainability and helping teams ship with less friction.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Sesame HRApr 2026 – present (7 mos)

Valencia

I work at Sesame HR, in Valencia: a human resources platform that brings together clock-ins, time off, payroll, talent and communication.

Senior Software Engineer, The Knot WorldwideNov 2022 – Dec 2025 (3 yrs 1 mo)

Barcelona (remote) · PHP, Symfony, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, AWS

  • Led refactor initiatives to reduce accidental complexity in critical product flows.
  • Defined frontend-backend integration patterns to keep GraphQL contracts consistent.
  • Joined early technical planning sessions to break large initiatives into incremental deliveries.
  • Improved observability in key services to detect incidents before they reached end users.
Software Engineer, Planeta HuertoNov 2021 – Nov 2022 (1 yr)

Alicante (remote) · PHP, Symfony, MySQL, Docker, Google Cloud

  • Designed and delivered features aimed at improving internal operations and store conversion.
  • Applied SOLID and DDD principles to keep clear boundaries between domain and infrastructure.
  • Implemented CQRS patterns where read/write paths needed different strategies.
  • Contributed to performance improvements in data queries and synchronization processes.
Software Engineer, Square1Mar 2018 – Nov 2021 (3 yrs 8 mos)

Dublin (remote) · PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Webpack, AWS

  • Actively joined discovery and scope definition sessions with managers and clients.
  • Took technical leadership in key phases to organize deliveries and prioritize technical debt.
  • Implemented Stripe and PayPal integrations tailored to specific business needs.
  • Built backend and frontend features with a strong focus on quality and time-to-market.

Own products

I design, build and ship my own apps, from idea to product, with the same engineering care I bring to my day job.

  • ToneMate. A native macOS writing assistant. It rewrites, translates, proofreads or replies right where you are writing, with a model on your Mac or your own API keys. It dictates speech to text too.
  • GoForIt. Your personal performance system: training, nutrition, sleep and recovery in one place. For iPhone and Apple Watch, connected to Apple Health, Google Health, Strava and Garmin.
  • Pedalytics. Wear and maintenance for your bike. Connect your rides, assign each component to its bike and see how much each route really wears your gear: it separates distance ridden from mechanical load.

Technologies

Backend
PHP, Symfony, Laravel, Node.js, NestJS, GraphQL, MySQL
Frontend
TypeScript, React, Next.js
Architecture
DDD, CQRS, Hexagonal architecture, SOLID
Infrastructure
AWS, Google Cloud, Docker
Apps and local models
Swift, macOS, iOS, Ollama, MLX, Whisper