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About me

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Hello, I'm Jorge GarcĂ­a Hinestrosa, a computer science engineer born and raised in AlmerĂ­a but currently based in Barcelona, Spain. I work as a tech lead of the Smart TV team at Filmin.

My professional experience goes from front-end Web development to more specific Smart TV development.

At Filmin, my main focus over the last few years has been on leading a project that was initially developed by an external company and transform it into a fully in-house development initiative. This involved the implementation of necessary technology updates and new workflows for the entire team.

During the previous years, I was developing video playback experience from the front-end side for video streaming services related to Smart TV platforms.

Due to my Smart TV development experience, I have studied and integrated propietary video APIs from different manufacturers like Android TV, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Philips or Vestel in multiple projects available in production for several countries.

I always try to work on side projects since I can't really stay much time without programming. If you're interested on my work, please, take a look to my projects.

My interests have always been in computers, art and culture. This is why I mostly spend my spare time on watching films, reading books and taking photos. I also draw and paint. Take a look to my little art section if you like.

When I have time, I also enjoy playing video games. I like new games but I always go back to LucasArts, DOS and SNES games.

In case you want to contact me, you can find me on @jghinestrosa or you can send me an old fancy email to hello@jghinestrosa.com.

Work experience

Job positions

  • Filmin - Smart TV Team Tech Lead (August 2022 - present)
  • Rakuten TV - Players Team Tech Lead (January 2020 - August 2022)
  • Rakuten TV - Frontend developer (May 2016 - December 2019)
  • Luxunda S.L. - C++, iOS and Web Developer (November 2015 - April 2016)
  • ViewNext - Frontend developer (September 2014 - October 2015)

Technology experience

  • HTML5 + JavaScript + CSS
  • EME / MSE
  • React
  • Redux
  • Vue
  • AngularJS
  • CloudFlare

Smart TV experience

  • Samsung Tizen
  • LG WebOS
  • AndroidTV
  • FireTV
  • Hisense
  • Panasonic
  • Philips
  • Vestel
  • Sony

Organizations

Education

  • IngenierĂ­a Informática - University of AlmerĂ­a (2012-2014)
  • IngenierĂ­a TĂ©cnica en Informática de Sistemas - University of AlmerĂ­a (2009-2012)