Big Data Researcher
Eurecat
Designed data-solution architectures across cloud and on-premise environments, helping turn research and client needs into production-ready data platforms.
Cloud Engineer · Barcelona
Jofre Riba Sánchez
Cloud Engineer
I design and run cloud and data platforms — from the Google Cloud ecosystem to bare-metal Kubernetes. 8+ years turning complex infrastructure into reliable, well-supported systems.
About
About me
I'm a cloud engineer from Barcelona with over eight years in the Google Cloud ecosystem. I grew from front-line technical support into a subject-matter expert, a quality-assurance specialist and a team lead, before moving into big-data research — designing data-solution architectures across cloud and on-prem environments.
These days I'm deepening my full-stack and cloud-native skills: building privacy-first web platforms on the edge, running a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster, and retraining in modern web development. I like hard problems, clean systems, and helping the people around me do their best work.
Focus
Google Cloud · Data · Cloud-native
Based in
Barcelona, Spain
Languages
Catalan & Spanish (native) · English (C2)
Career
Jun 2022 – Feb 2025
May 2017 – Jun 2022
Experience
Google Cloud Support → Team Lead
Webhelp
Five years supporting Google Cloud Platform, progressing through four roles: technical solutions, subject-matter expert, quality assurance, and finally a one-to-many lead empowering a team to support the developer community.
- One-To-Many Lead — Google CloudNov 2020 – Jun 2022
- Customer Service Quality AssuranceOct 2018 – Nov 2020
- Subject-Matter Expert (SME)Jan 2018 – Oct 2018
- Technical Solution RepresentativeMay 2017 – Jan 2018
Toolbox
Skills
Google Cloud & Cloud-Native
Compute EngineCloud RunBigQuery
SpannerDataprocCloud Functions
DatastoreCloud BuildKubernetes
Cloudflare Workers
Tools & Practices
GitTerraformSQL
DockergRPCProtocol Buffers
CI/CDBazelGitOps
Programming Languages
GoPythonBash
TypeScriptJavaScriptJava
C / C++RubyFortran 77
Strengths
Problem-solving
Leadership
Communication
Active listening
Adaptability
Teamwork
Self-taught
Selected work
Projects
A few things I've built recently — from edge platforms to a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster.
Jo No T'Espero
LiveA privacy-first, single-file campaign website delivered from the edge, with cryptographic (Verifiable Delay Function) anti-spam and a campaign-agnostic CMS rewrite. Built for resilience and operational security.
Self-Hosted Kubernetes Platform
Private repoA bare-metal Kubernetes platform (k3s / Talos) running a full cloud-native stack: Cilium networking, Istio service mesh, cert-manager, Longhorn storage, Keycloak SSO, Kyverno policies and an observability suite.
JobCall
A HackUPC team project that connects developers for peer-to-peer video calls, matched by their Stack Overflow expertise and GitHub profile — WebRTC video over a Go + Cloud Firestore backend, with web and Android clients.
Background
Education & Learning
Web Application Development
Professional Certificate IFCD0210 · Level 3 · 600h · CIFO Barcelona La Violeta
2025 – 2026
Universitat de Barcelona
Electronic Engineering & Physics
2004 – 2008 · coursework, unfinished
Languages
CatalanNative
SpanishNative
EnglishC2 · Proficiency
Contact
Get in touch
I'm always happy to talk about cloud, data, or a new opportunity. The best way to reach me is by email.
Email me