Luis Ezcurdia

Software Engineer

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Introduction

Senior Software Engineer with a passion for building robust and scalable products using Ruby and Ruby on Rails. With over 13 years of expertise, I have honed my skills as a tech lead and software architect. I thrive on challenging projects and possess a proven track record of delivering exceptional results. Additionally, I actively seek out opportunities to expand my knowledge and stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, ensuring I can provide innovative solutions that drive business success

Main Tech Stack

  • Ruby, Ruby and Rails, Hotwire
  • Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView
  • Swift, SwiftUI, Rust

Tech Lead, Mind Group, Remote CA, US (Oct 2021 - Present)

I have successfully led developer teams and played a pivotal role in delivering from the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to Full Fledges Products. By providing guidance and direction, I ensured the teams’ efforts were aligned with project goals, resulting in efficient and timely deliveries.

  • Led developer teams in the timely delivery of products, driving successful outcomes.
  • Orchestrated complex refactoring and data migrations, seamlessly integrating existing users and traffic to minimize disruption and optimize performance.
  • Acted as the architect for an application within an insurance company, enabling home inspectors to generate comprehensive property reports efficiently. This involved designing and implementing a robust product that met the specific needs of the industry.
  • Contributed as an architect to an application enabling data warehouse integration with multiple sites, employing web scraping techniques to gather information effectively.

Sr Software Engineer, michelada.io, Remote CA, US (February 2019 - Oct 2021)

  • Provided maintenance and improvements to legacy applications, implementing optimizations and addressing technical debt to enhance overall system reliability and performance.
  • Successfully coordinated and led development teams, fostering collaboration and achieving project milestones within the specified timelines.
  • Designed and implemented APIs for mobile carrier providers in LATAM, facilitating seamless integration and enabling efficient communication between different systems.
  • Actively contributed to training and mentorship programs, empowering team members with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in their roles.

Sr Software Engineer, Apptegy, Remote AK, US (Feb 2018 - Jan 2019)

  • Designed and built the backend architecture for a Content Management System (CMS) system, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability. This involved leveraging best practices and industry standards to create a solid foundation for the application.
  • Effectively maintained and improved legacy platforms, resolving issues and optimizing performance to enhance user experience and ensure system stability.
  • Identified and rectified architectural flaws, implementing improvements that significantly enhanced system performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Designed and implemented streamlined release processes, reducing deployment time and improving the overall efficiency of software updates.
  • Successfully architected and implemented micro services, creating modular and scalable architectures that improved system flexibility and performance.

Tech Lead, Unosquare, Remote OR, US (Jul 2015 - Jan 2018)

  • Developed strong leadership skills in managing remote development teams, fostering collaboration, and achieving project objectives.
  • Streamlined deployment workflows, resulting in faster and more reliable releases with minimal disruption to end-users.
  • Successfully reduced technical debt during major framework updates, improving system stability and maintainability while minimizing downtime.
  • Designed and implemented API components, enabling seamless integration and secure communication between systems, enhancing overall system functionality.
  • Successfully facilitated the transition process for HIPAA compliance, ensuring adherence to strict data privacy and security regulations.
  • Designed and implemented reporting tools, empowering stakeholders with valuable insights and analytics for informed decision-making.

Sr Software Engineer, PayByGroup, CA, US (Mar 2014 - May 2015)

  • Successfully migrate existing components to a new payment platform, resulting in improved system performance and enhanced user experience.
  • Implemented a robust refund mechanism for group payments, ensuring accurate and timely processing of refunds, thus enhancing customer satisfaction.
  • Seamlessly integrated client systems in the property rental industry, enabling efficient data exchange and streamlining operations for these companies.
  • Implemented additional features to enhance the user experience of the group payments platform, resulting in increased user engagement and satisfaction.
  • Successfully facilitated the transition process for PCI compliance, ensuring adherence to strict payment regulations.

Software Engineer, Software Allies, GDL, MX (Dec 2012 - Feb 2014)

As a software engineer, I built an components for a CMS, CRM, notification system products, refactored existing code, and implemented a robust system for error tracking. Through these efforts, I improved test coverage and enhanced code quality.

Jr Software Engineer, Zaaga, CDMX, MX (Feb 2011 - Oct 2012)

As a software engineer, I implemented a high-traffic contests platform for online gaming, maintained and improved the technical debt of an application for e-sports betting, collaborated on infrastructure provision and maintenance, and successfully implemented a service-oriented architecture (SOA) service for an API betting system.

Software Engineer, Kemist, CA, US (Oct 2011 - Dec 2011)

As a software engineer, I implemented backend services for an e-commerce platform, developed frontend pages for landing and marketing platforms, and collaborated on a service- oriented architecture (SOA) system built in Rails.

System Administrator, UNAM DGTIC, CDMX, MX (July 2010 - Sep 2011)

As a sysadmin, I maintained the existing infrastructure for a virtual reality department and implemented a projects repository catalog app

Side projects

  • Anealing: A ruby implementation of the annealing algorithm
  • Amaca: Network layer oriented to services and codable protocol.
  • reportcopter: Tool to generate changelog files using the git log
  • waqi: Air Quality Open Data Platform api wrapper
  • gbelt: Github tool belt to search, profile, and generate metrics on users and repositories (deprecated)
  • capybara page mapper: Simple object mapper for page objects with capybara (deprecated)

Speeches

  • “The Happy Developer Guide” Speaker at Happy Hacking Festival UNAM 2016 (November 2016)
  • “EOS: 3D file structure over SQLite” Speaker at PreFilsol UNAM 2010 (March 2010)
  • “Google Sketchup for CAD developemtn” Speaker at PreFilsol UNAM 2010 (March 2010)
  • “D Programming language: The Evolution of C++” Speaker at PUMASOL 2009 UNAM (April 2009)

Workshops

  • Instructor at iOS Development Diploma course - 1st to 6th Generation (UNAM iOSLab January 2018 - present)
  • Instructor at Ruby Basic (Hackergarage June 2013)
  • Instructor at Python Basics course (April 2009)

Education

  • Bunsan Academy (2021)
    Software Architecture
  • UNAM-DGTIC (February - November 2016)
    Mobile Applications Development Diploma Course
  • UNAM-DGTIC (September 2010)
    OpenSceneGraph Workshop
  • Facultad de Ingeniería UNAM (2005–2009)
    Bachelor degree Computer Engineer