Pere Montpeó
📍 Barcelona
Summary
Software Engineer specializing in Full Stack development, frontend architecture, and quality assurance. Passionate about building scalable, high-quality web applications and driving test automation and best practices. Experienced in Vue, React, TypeScript, Java, Spring, and automation. Advocate for QA Engineering, ensuring high coding standards, performance optimization, and test-driven development. Growing interest in AI, generative models and agentic implementations.
Professional Experience
Decathlon Technology Spain
Software Engineer (01/2024 – Present)
- Lead the frontend development initiative for the Corporate Operations and Human Resources domains, ensuring a scalable and maintainable architecture with Vue, TypeScript, and Java Spring.
- Introduced end-to-end test automation using Cypress and Cucumber, significantly improving test coverage and reducing manual QA efforts.
- Implement CI/CD automation pipelines with GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by and improving release efficiency.
- Advocate for QA Engineering best practices, focusing on code quality, test automation, and scalable frontend architecture.
- Conduct code reviews, performance optimizations, and automated testing, ensuring system stability and maintainability.
Innovation Manager (01/2023 – 02/2024)
- Designed and deployed a new innovation framework, reducing MVP development time to 3 months.
- Led POC implementations to validate new business model hypotheses, ensuring feasibility before scaling.
- Deployed solutions at the edge of Decathlon’s information system, enabling rapid innovation without disrupting core operations.
- Identified market opportunities through data analysis.
- Led innovation workshops on OKR, Business Model Canvas, market analysis, intrapreneurship.
Software Engineer (03/2022 – 03/2023)
- Developed Full Stack web applications using Vue/NuxtJs, React/NextJs, NodeJs/Express, and MongoDB, focused on e-commerce and marketplaces.
- Created real-time collaboration systems using WebSockets.
IT Systems Engineer (11/2019 – 03/2022)
- Managed IT infrastructure across 30 locations, ensuring system uptime.
- Lead the withdrawal of the end of life IT assets.
- Procured and deployed €1.7M worth of IT assets, optimizing costs.
- Automated the deployment of 500 network switches across 150 locations.
Software Developer (04/2018 – 11/2019)
- Developed backend services using PHP Symfony, JavaScript, API-REST, MySQL, and MongoDB.
- Worked closely with the DevOps team to streamline deployments and improve system reliability.
Sales Specialist (08/2015 – 11/2019)
- Solo developed and launched a customer facing application in PHP & JavaScript, used across Spain, Portugal, and Poland store locations.
IT Support Technician (01/2015 – 08/2015)
- Provided IT support for 300+ stores across Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Turkey.
- Led a hardware and software upgrade project across 1,300 points of sale, solving deployment incidents.
Other Roles
- IT Support Intern (2014) – Resolved IT incidents, improving response time.
- Editor at Difoosion SL (2011 – 2014) – Published blog articles on tech and productivity.
- Sports Equipment Sales Specialist (2009 – 2015) – Drove sales through tailored customer experiences.
Skills
Technical Skills
- Frontend Development: Vue, Nuxt, TypeScript, React, Next.js
- Backend Development: Node.js, Java, Spring, Express
- Testing & QA: Cypress, Cucumber, Jest, automated QA Strategies
- Cloud & DevOps: CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Security & Infrastructure: Secure Coding (OWASP), IT Security Policies
- AI for Development:
- Code generation assistance (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Codeium)
- Refactoring and code quality analysis using AI tools
- Documentation and test generation via LLM-based assistants
- Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence, Git, Notion, Slack
Project & Innovation Management
- Agile & Scrum Methodologies
- Product Development & MVP Testing
- Market & Data Analysis
- Vendor & Budget Management
Soft Skills
- Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking
- Public Speaking & Workshop Facilitation
Projects & Awards
- Customer-Facing Web Application – Developed a multi-country application deployed across Spain, Portugal, and Poland, improving customer engagement.
- HackUPC Hackathon (2019) – Participated in one of Spain’s top student hackathons, tackling real-world coding challenges, and winning in one corporate category.
Education
🎓 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics Engineering (2015 – 2019)
Languages
- Spanish – Native/Bilingual
- Catalan – Native/Bilingual
- English – Fluent