Jorge Chato Astrain

Jorge Chato Astrain is a Senior Backend Engineer at Mercari, Inc. since September 2023, specializing in Identity Platforms. Prior to this position, Jorge worked as a Backend Engineer at Virtusize from March 2021 to September 2023, where significant contributions included developing a Terraform provider for Clickhouse and leading a microservice migration that dramatically improved performance metrics. Jorge's earlier experience includes a role as a Platform Developer at adidas from July 2017 to March 2021, focusing on API and monitoring platforms, and as CEO of Insulinum from January 2016 to April 2017, creating a diabetes management application. Jorge also led a team in the NASA International Space Apps Challenge, winning multiple regional awards. Educational credentials include a Multiplatform Computer Science degree from Montessori and a Microservices with Kubernetes course from Container Solutions.