I am a Staff Engineer at Okta/Auth0 working on Core Identity, aiming to solve complex distributed problems with a humanist approach.

With over 25 years of experience, my career has traversed the entire spectrum of software: from the creative chaos of Ad Agencies to the rigorous discipline of high-availability IAM systems. I operate at the intersection of deep technical architecture (Backend/Infra) and product empathy (UX/Design).

I believe the best systems are built when we understand the ontology of the problem before writing the code. My background in Humanities & Philosophy drives me to:

• Deconstruct abstract problems using rigorous logic (and a bit of DDD).
• Prioritize "Learning to Learn" as a core skill—mastering everything from Flash (back in the day) to Rust (today).
• Design for Humans, ensuring that backend complexity never bleeds into the user experience.

I specialize in building decoupled, resilient architectures that scale.

• Core Focus: Identity & Access Management (IAM), Distributed Systems, Resiliency patterns.
• Languages: Python (Expert), Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, PHP, Rust (Learning).
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD (Jenkins), NGINX.
• Databases: PostgreSQL (Advanced: Locking/Concurrency/PLpgSQL), Redis, ElasticSearch, ClickHouse.
• Patterns: Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Event-Driven Architecture, SIMPLE.

I have a long history of contributing to the Plone/Zope ecosystem and building tools for modern async Python.

• vinissimus/asyncom: An Asyncio Object Manager for SQLAlchemy.
• plone/guillotina: Core developer. An async, resource-centric web framework (the spiritual successor to Zope).
• jordic/fastapi_asyncpg: High-performance FastAPI integration for AsyncPG.
• vinissimus/jobs: A robust PostgreSQL-based job queue system.

• Location: Barcelona, Spain

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jordicollell

• Email: jordic gmail.com

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." — Ludwig Wittgenstein