Fernando Ramirez

Former Aerospace Engineer turned Software Engineer (full-stack with slight lean into backend) with experience in building, standing up, and running web applications.

Experience

Rhino Labs

Aug 2019 - Jul 2022

Rhino provides an insurance product to real estate companies, allowing them to forgo traditional rental deposits from tenants, and offering renters an insurance product that provides similar utility for a regular fee.

Staff Software Engineer

Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

Tech Lead/Engineering Manager

Jul 2020 - Dec 2021

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

Capsule

Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

Capsule is an online pharmacy that offers same-day medication delivery, with couriers delivering prescriptions by bike or by car, and also provides reporting on medication adherence.

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

Blue Apron

Jun 2016 - Dec 2018

Blue Apron is a grocery delivery service company that offers fresh, chef-designed recipes to customers.

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

Software Engineer

Jun 2016 - Jul 2018

a.i. solutions, Inc.

Jun 2012 - Jun 2016

a.i. solutions is an aerospace firm providing products and services that span space mission engineering, launch vehicle services, mission systems assurance, and FreeFlyer® astrodynamics software.

Software Engineer

Feb 2015 - Jun 2016

Flight Dynamics Analyst

Feb 2013 - Mar 2015

Aerospace Engineer

Jun 2012 - Jan 2015

Side Projects

  • Drink Repo - A Rails app to house ingredients and cocktail recipes (Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Render)
  • Leaderboard Slack Bot - A slack bot used to track players wins and losses (Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Heroku)
  • KSP Mission Planner - Ruby gem automating the launch of rockets in Kerbal Space Program

Education

Purdue University

May 2012
School of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
B.S. Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering; focus on Propulsion and Control Systems