Miguel García

Software Engineer

Building software, scalable design systems, and practical AI workflows.

About Me

Building scalable, user-centered products with practical AI leverage.

I'm a product-minded software developer focused on delivering real business value through scalable, user-centered digital products. I make practical use of AI tools to optimize workflows, improve software quality, and boost team productivity, and I actively share best practices to help teams adopt them. I aim to keep a global view of the product, balancing engineering best practices, maintainability, and cross-team collaboration. I'm motivated to keep growing as a technical professional while contributing to projects where quality, innovation, and impact are the core.

Team Player

Used to belonging to teams, having played football in federated teams from the age of seven to the present day.

Resilient

With great tolerance for failure and defeat, they always bring something positive and motivate me to keep working to find solutions.

Fast Learner

With insatiable interest in acquiring new knowledge, attention to detail and proactive approach.

Global Mindset

English C1 level certified by the British Council (Aptis certificate). Experience speaking in public and communication.

Experience

Product-facing engineering roles across frontend platforms, QA, and early-stage software delivery.

Sep 2024 - Current

Frontend UI Platform Engineer

Open Digital Services (Santander Group)

Member of the Kubit Web UI components platform team, building and maintaining the component library used by web developers across Grupo Santander banks.
Lead implementation, maintenance, and refactoring of UI components, ensuring consistency, performance, and accessibility across the product ecosystem.
Contribute to the open-source charting library, adding new features and continuous improvements.
Manage releases with semantic versioning, branch strategy, and Storybook documentation; support Kubit's public presence through product landing pages.
Drive AI-enabled workflows with tools like GitHub Copilot, MCP servers, and context engineering to improve productivity, code quality, and collaborative development.

Sep 2023 - Jul 2024

QA Software Engineer

Jember Engineering Solutions

Work and coordinate with app frontend development team with agile methodologies, ensuring that the different parties are aligned to successfully complete the development of new features.
Report hundreds of bugs, leading to noticeable improvements on app's performance and UX.
Working together with another QA to refactor and relaunch a test automation project for the company apps that had been abandoned for more than 2 years, leading to an improvement of 50% in cost of person days for regression tests.

Jan 2022 - May 2022

Software Developer

Electric-Save

Attend clients directly (was a B2B startup company), reporting and fixing errors with the software provided by the company, contributing to customer satisfaction and continuity using the company's software product.
Create a web application to make a proof of concept to an important potential client, which took our proposal to the next stage of selection.
Run remote meetings to show the software product to new potential clients, leading to new challenges and growth of the company.

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

September 2022 - February 2024

Exchange Program: Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland)

January 2023 – June 2023

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

September 2018 - June 2022

Courses & Certifications

Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)

Scrum.org

Oct 2025

Animations on the Web

Emil Kowalski

Aug 2025

Google GenAI Intensive

Kaggle

Apr 2025

Responsible AI and Prompt Engineering (Online Course)

Founderz

Mar 2025

TOEIC - C1 CEFR Level

Capman Testing Solutions

Feb 2025

Full Stack Open

University of Helsinki

Apr 2024

Technical Skills

UI PLATFORM & FRONTEND
React & TypeScript Component libraries at scale

Design Systems Tokens, components, and UI governance

Accessibility WCAG compliance and inclusive patterns

Performance UI quality, profiling, and optimization
BACKEND & DATA
Python Flask, Django, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib

Databases SQL (PostgreSQL, SQLite) and NoSQL (MongoDB)

Node.js MERN stack development experience
MOBILE & CROSS-PLATFORM
Flutter Spotify API client development

React Native Mobile app development experience

Mobile UI Cross-platform UX and interface patterns
ENGINEERING TOOLS & AI
AI-assisted development GitHub Copilot, MCP servers, context engineering

CI/CD GitHub Actions, Microsoft Azure pipelines

Cloud & APIs AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, Docker, GraphQL

Development Philosophy

“Strong knowledge fundamentals are the key. Technologies and frameworks come and go; they are tools that help engineers solve business problems.”

Let's Connect

Get in Touch

I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities, exciting projects, or just having a conversation about technology and software engineering.

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Beyond Code

Sports Enthusiast

Playing football since age seven, passionate about physical well-being and team sports.

Tech Explorer

Regular reader of software engineering blogs, always eager to learn about new technologies and innovations.

Growth Mindset

Always seeking new activities that push me out of my comfort zone and help me grow as a person.