My Journey

From writing my first lines of production code to leading cross-functional teams, my path has been shaped by a passion for building great software and empowering others.

Technical Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS (CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB)
  • AWS (API Gateway, Cognito)
  • AWS (S3, CloudFront, Route53)
  • AWS (EC2, RDS, ECR)
  • Docker, Serverless Framework

Frontend & UI

  • React, Redux, TypeScript
  • Angular, Astro, Tailwind
  • HTML5, CSS3, GraphQL
  • Design Systems, Figma
  • WebRTC, RTMP

Backend & Tools

  • NestJS, Express, Spring
  • PostgreSQL, DynamoDB
  • gRPC, REST APIs
  • Git, CI/CD
  • Agile/Scrum, Kanban

Experience & Growth

Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN)

Staff Software Engineer / Acting GM

2023 - Present

Design Systems Team Lead

Lead and architect the design systems initiative, providing technical direction and mentorship to the team. Drive collaboration between engineering and design to translate design tokens and components into performant, scalable code libraries. Focus on developer experience and system adoption across teams.

Site Performance Platform Lead

Lead development and team direction for the performance assessment platform, integrating Lighthouse, Datadog RUM, and Google PageSpeed Insights. Guide team strategy and implementation while maintaining direct contribution to architecture and development. Platform provides comprehensive metrics for performance, SEO, accessibility, and visual consistency.

Amazon

Software Development Engineer

2017 - 2022 • Seattle, WA / New York, NY

Advertiser Experience (2020-2022)

Enhanced self-service campaign builder features and expanded to EU and FE markets. Led Observability efforts meeting SRE goals through automation and monitoring. As Single-threaded owner of Defect Reduction program, resolved critical bottlenecks, reducing Catastrophic Defect Rate from 40% to 1.3% through systematic analysis and improvements.

Amazon Explore (2019-2020)

Early member of the Amazon Explore team, helping build the virtual experiences platform from the ground up. Developed core streaming infrastructure and host-side experience features.

Alexa Shopping & Infrastructure

Led Peak Readiness program ensuring infrastructure readiness for Prime Day. Coordinated with 15 global teams to verify infrastructure, scaling, and SOPs/Runbooks. Spearheaded migration from third-party safety management service in Fulfillment Centers.

Payments Services

Developed and integrated new payment services focusing on eligibility and tax allocation. Enabled multi-tender purchases including tax-free options with EBT (2017) and HSA/FSA (2018) payment methods.

Earlier Experience

Growing from Engineer to Leader

2010 - 2016 • Chile & Remote

Waggl (2016) - Senior Web Developer

Translated business requirements into specifications, created design documents, and supported junior engineers while implementing features. (Remote from Santiago, Chile)

DesertPoint (2016) - Lead Software Developer

Built startup's PoC for monitoring truck drivers' work hours in mining industry, preventing fatigue through ETL process and data handling.

Maxis SpA (2013) - CTO & Cofounder

Led website and platform development, managing team of five developers while collaborating with clients and refining specifications.

Scrum S.A. (2010-2013) - From IT Support to Multi-Role Leader

Initially hired for basic IT support and infrastructure management, I organically grew into multiple crucial roles as the company evolved. As team members departed, I stepped up to fill critical gaps, ultimately handling:

  • Product Management: Gathering requirements and planning features for our mining software Antara
  • Project Management: Coordinating deliverables and timelines across teams
  • Software Engineering: Developing core components in .NET
  • QA: Establishing testing protocols and quality standards
  • Infrastructure: Maintaining systems and network architecture

"What started as basic IT support became a crash course in wearing multiple hats - this role taught me how to adapt quickly and take ownership of whatever needed to be done."

Multi-role Leadership Product Management Software Development Quality Assurance

Let's Connect

Have an interesting project or opportunity? I'd love to hear about it.

Start a Conversation