Senior Backend Cloud Engineer
Systemsbuilt forserious volume.
I am Alejandro Carvajal, a senior backend cloud engineer building event-driven platforms, secure REST APIs, and distributed workflows across tax, fintech, energy, and commerce sectors.
Animated high-volume event-driven checkout flow from client through gateway and orders, through an outbox and event bus, to billing, fulfillment, and an idempotent ledger.
What I build
Distributed backend architecture with clean contracts and measurable outcomes.
Event-driven systems
Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, Temporal, Saga, Outbox, idempotency, and resilient message flows.
Cloud architecture
AWS ECS Fargate, S3, Aurora, RDS, deployment integration, and cost-aware elasticity.
Secure APIs
JWT, RBAC, OAuth, OIDC, SSO, contract-heavy request mapping, and service boundaries.
Backend delivery
Java, C#, TypeScript, Spring Boot, .NET, Node.js, NestJS, Express, and modular design.
Experience
From transaction-heavy platforms to workflow automation that holds up in production.
Senior Software Engineer
Munch / startupWorking on the real-time and workflow foundations of an early-stage gastrotech startup, shaping AI-ready service boundaries and dependable product experiences as the idea moves quickly.
Temporal / Kubernetes / WebSockets / TypeScriptSenior Software Engineer
Electronic Tax Systems, Inc.Built a hexagonal .NET integration for Vertex tax services on AWS, with secure APIs, idempotent submissions, and reliable message recovery. Automated infrastructure and delivery while protecting contract mapping and transaction integrity.
C# / .NET / ECS Fargate / SQS / PostgreSQL / TerraformSoftware Engineer
FiservBuilt event-driven chargeback workflows with Kafka and Temporal, correlating payment, order, and logistics events. Hardened processing against duplicates and failures, deployed Java services on EKS, and improved read-heavy workflows with Redis caching.
Java / Kafka / Temporal / DynamoDB / EKS / RedisSoftware Engineer
Frontera IngenieriaModernized Java services for energy operations with reliable routing, real-time WebSocket updates, and fault-tolerant messaging. Standardized Kubernetes delivery through Terraform and GitOps, with typed gRPC contracts and tracing across service boundaries.
Java 17 / Spring Boot / WebSockets / EKS / gRPC / Argo CDSoftware Engineer
Yuxi GlobalClarified backend business rules with behavior-driven acceptance tests and secured multi-region workflows with centralized authentication. Automated container builds and Azure deployments, improving release repeatability and operational visibility.
C# / ASP.NET Core / Gherkin / Keycloak / Azure / GitHub ActionsSoftware Engineer
ValidReshaped a tightly coupled Node.js application into a modular monolith with clear boundaries and dependency injection. Built resilient inventory and employee-update processing, backed by retries, dead-letter recovery, automated tests, and repeatable serverless infrastructure.
TypeScript / NestJS / RabbitMQ / SQS / Lambda / AWS CDKSoftware Engineer
DigimarketingBuilt campaign-metrics APIs and scheduled reporting jobs that standardized data across marketing channels. Used AWS serverless services and automated deployments to improve reporting consistency and reduce manual work.
Node.js / TypeScript / Lambda / S3 / Athena / TerraformBeyond the stack
Munch is an early bet on the next interface between intelligence, culture, and the table.
Gastrotech has a frontier because it barely has a name.
Munch is my long-view exploration of what happens when food, software, and human context are designed together. The goal is not to automate the soul out of the experience, but to make discovery, personalization, and participation feel more alive.
AI is moving from a tool we consult to a layer inside how we make, choose, and experience things. I want to be part of the pioneering work that connects that intelligence with taste, hospitality, and culture.
Define the field
Gastrotech is not a fixed category yet. That ambiguity leaves room to shape the term through real products and useful rituals.
Build the bridge
Recommendation, logistics, kitchens, commerce, and sensors are already moving. Munch brings those threads into one experience.
Explore what remains
The open questions are the interesting part: trust, shared context, creativity, and technology that still feels human.
GitHub / open work
A visible trail for the systems behind the Gastrotech Pioneer.
I keep selected work open so the thinking can be followed as it grows. Some projects touch food and culture directly; others explore the useful primitives underneath: Python, WebSockets, Kafka, Redis, and independent services.
L8TESTPR0JECTS/EventDrivenStore
EventDrivenStore
A general commerce base for an event-driven system, split across independent bounded contexts and service-owned databases.
Explore projectL8TESTPR0JECTS/GastroFlow
GastroFlow
A focused build space for exploring how food, context, and software can become one product experience.
Explore projectL8TESTPR0JECTS/HitCounter
HitCounter
A small but serious WebSocket playground: daily state, Redis-backed coordination, and a React surface that stays live.
Explore projectStack
Practical tools for secure APIs, event streams, cloud operations, and data-heavy services.
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