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Specialized in Java, AWS, and data engineering. Skilled in modernizing legacy systems and optimizing large-scale infrastructure.\n\n## WORK EXPERIENCE\n\n### Master Software Specialist, Smartmatic — Jan 2025–Present\n*Election Systems Modernization \u0026 Backend Development*\n\n* Enhanced system security by upgrading from **Java 8** to **Java 17**, addressing **\\~300 CVEs** and removing critical vulnerabilities, boosting performance by **20%**.\n* Developed backend for adjudicating **2,556** candidates in Honduras' primary election using **Oracle stored procedures** and **BIRT reports**.\n* Led a team of **5 developers** to adapt the electoral solution for Malawi elections within **5 months**, ensuring compliance with local laws and creating **20+ statistical reports**.\n\n**Tech Stack:** Java, Spring Boot, Docker, Jenkins, Oracle, AWS, BIRT\n\n### Senior Software Engineer, Scopely — Jul 2024–Dec 2024\n*Data Infrastructure \u0026 Cloud Systems*\n\n* Maintain and optimize Java-based microservices deployed on Kubernetes in AWS (EKS), integrating with GCP services such as BigQuery for large-scale data pipelines.\n* Manage **AWS (SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB)** with Hystrix-based flow control to ensure scalability and reliability, enabling cross-cloud data workflows with **GCP BigQuery**.\n* Enhanced **Datadog observability** by instrumenting code with custom metrics and configuring dashboards and alerts, improving monitoring coverage and incident response.\n\n**Tech Stack:** Java, Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, AWS (SQS, Kinesis, DynamoDB), GCP (BigQuery), Hystrix, Datadog\n\n### Senior Java Developer, King — Sep 2022–May 2024\n*Customer Segmentation \u0026 Data Analytics*\n\n* Enhanced A/B Testing framework used for customer segmentation driving **40%** of company revenue.\n* Improved BigQuery performance by **60%** via Farm Fingerprint algorithm.\n* Migrated Python salt generation system into Java to reduce pre-test imbalance.\n\n**Tech Stack:** Java, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP (BigQuery), MySQL, Jenkins, Linux, Agile, TDD\n\n### Senior Software Engineer, Bridgestone Mobility Solutions — May 2019–Aug 2022\n*Legacy System Modernization \u0026 Platform Migration*\n\n* Took ownership of an acquired legacy system, modernized stack, and reduced server rental costs by €3K/month.\n* Led recovery after data center fire with no data loss and minimal downtime.\n* Drove customer migration to new platform, achieving **90%** adoption.\n\n**Tech Stack:** Java, Spring Boot, Java EE, JBoss, Hibernate, Docker, Oracle, MySQL, React Native, Appium\n\n### Master Software Specialist, Smartmatic Panama — Aug 2017–Apr 2019\n*Cloud Cost Optimization \u0026 Election Infrastructure*\n\n* Migrated from Oracle JDK to OpenJDK OpenJ9, saving \u003e\\$10K in licensing and **30%** in cloud costs.\n* Integrated Java EE authentication with central government OAuth system.\n* Built OpenCV + Java solution reducing vote transcription costs by \\$20K.\n* Designed Spring Boot + Terraform cloud stack manager reducing environment setup time by half.\n* Deployed private cloud on OpenStack saving \\$5K/month.\n* Established annual training plan for 30 engineers, improving productivity by **20%**.\n\n**Tech Stack:** Java, Spring Boot, Java EE, Docker, Terraform, AWS (CloudHSM), OpenStack, PostgreSQL, Oracle, OpenCV\n\n### Engineering Associate Manager, Smartmatic Panama — Nov 2012–Jul 2017\n*Biometric Voter Authentication \u0026 Mission-Critical Services*\n\n* Led team adapting biometric voter authentication for Armenian government (5M voters).\n* Optimized Pentaho Kettle pipeline reducing import time of voter data to **\u003c1 hour**.\n* Oversaw mission-critical Java EE/JMS web service handling **270K** voting packages in **\u003c60 minutes**.\n* Pioneered Scrum adoption, boosting productivity by **50%** and reducing defects by **30%**.\n* Led development of Ballot Design system generating **1.7K** ballot faces and **80M** serialized PDFs.\n* Automated application deployment with Docker cutting setup time by 80%.\n\n**Tech 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Hibernate, Oracle\n\n## OTHER EXPERIENCE\n\n* Microsoft MVP (2024–Present).\n* Maintainer of [Pengwin](https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/Pengwin) (Debian-based WSL distro) and Fedora Remix for WSL.\n* Contributed to Wine, JetBrains, Oracle, and Microsoft projects.\n* Built startup for virtual worlds using Java + Oculus Rift, and e-commerce site with Drupal.\n* Active Stack Overflow user with 8.2K reputation, top 5% in Docker.\n* Published Dockerized Lime Survey with \u003e100K downloads.\n* Languages: Spanish (native), English (professional, IELTS B2), French (intermediate, DELF B1).\n\n## EDUCATION\n\n* Bachelor of Systems Engineering, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas — Oct 1993–Aug 1999\n* Sun Certified Java Programmer — May 2002\n* Sun Certified Web Component Developer — Jul 2003\n* Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer — Feb 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