Ernesto Galdamez

With over 7 years of experience in the tech industry, I specialize in full-stack software development, focusing on object-oriented design, modern web technologies, and Agile methodologies. My career highlights include leading diverse engineering teams to enhance development workflows, significantly reducing project timelines, and implementing cutting-edge technologies to solve complex business challenges. Beyond development, my expertise extends to System Administration and DevOps, where I've engineered resilient infrastructures and optimized deployment pipelines to support scalable applications. Committed to lifelong learning, I continuously seek to stay ahead of industry trends, expand my technical toolkit, and contribute to the development community.

San Salvador, El Salvador

Work Experience

Clearspace

Jan 2024 - Present

Technical Lead - Remote

Lead a small team of software engineers, providing technical direction and oversight for all development projects. Successfully reduced project delivery times by 25% through strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration. Spearheaded the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, resulting in a 15% improvement in development efficiency and a 30% enhancement in project scalability.

Leadership

Technical Direction

Project Management

Clearspace

Oct 2021 - Jan 2024

Software Engineer - Remote

Architected and developed an in-house CRM using Laravel and VueJS, leading to a 30% reduction in human error costs. Implemented Agile methodologies across the development team, increasing project delivery efficiency by 40%. Established full CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, enhancing deployment speed and reliability by 50%.

Software Architecture

CI/CD

Laravel

Vue.js

True Apex

Oct 2019 - Nov 2021

Software Engineer - Remote

Led the development and deployment of custom SAAS applications, achieving a 99% project success rate over 30+ projects. Spearheaded integrations with Stripe and PayPal, enhancing payment processing capabilities by 40%. Directed a team of developers in adopting the MERN stack for full-stack development, resulting in a 50% improvement in development speed and a 20% reduction in server costs.

Web Development

SAAS

Team Leadership

MERN Stack

Ulzama Digital

Aug 2020 - Oct 2021

Full Stack Engineer - Remote

Initiated and led a proof-of-concept for transitioning to microservices architecture, enhancing system scalability and performance by 25%. Developed and implemented RESTful APIs, reducing response times by 50%. Applied best practices in code quality and reliability, leading to a 60% reduction in critical bugs.

Microservices

API Development

Performance Optimization

Paybook

Jun 2017 - Oct 2019

Technical Project Manager - Remote

Managed multiple software development projects, ensuring they aligned with business objectives and were delivered on time. Led Agile transformation, improving team productivity by 40%. Conducted comprehensive software testing, identifying and fixing critical bugs, which enhanced software reliability by 20%.

Project Management

Full-stack Development

Agile

Software Testing

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

2010 - 2016

Universidad Francisco Gavidia

Certifications

RU202: Redis Streams

Oct 2023 - Oct 2023

Redis

End-to-end machine learning operations (MLOps) with Azure Machine Learning

Aug 2023 - Aug 2023

Microsoft

RU101: Introduction to Redis Data Structures

Jul 2023 - Jul 2023

Redis

Introduction to Large Language Models

Jun 2023 - Jun 2023

Coursera

IBM Network Security & Database Vulnerabilities

Jun 2023 - Jun 2023

Coursera

EFSET English Certificate 76/100 (C2 Proficient)

Jan 2023 - Jan 2023

EF Standard English Test (EF SET)

AWS Developer: Getting Started

Dec 2022 - Dec 2022

Pluralsight

How to Manage a Remote Team

Sep 2022 - Sep 2022

Coursera

M001: MongoDB Basics

Apr 2021 - Apr 2021

MongoDB University

Information Security: Context and Introduction

Mar 2021 - Mar 2021

Coursera

Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)

Mar 2021 - Mar 2021

SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®

Dec 2019 - Dec 2024

Project Management Institute

Skills

Laravel

PHP

Django

Python

DigitalOcean

Firebase

Cloudflare

Angular

Angular.js

Vuetify

Vue.js

React

Redux

React Router

RabbitMQ

Socket.io

Apache

Jenkins

Nginx

MariaDB

Postgres

SQLite

MySQL

MongoDB

Figma

Azure DevOps

Git

Linux

Confluence

ESLint

Jira

Trello

Swagger

Postman

Notion

JavaScript

Node.js

Nodemon

MERN Stack

AWS

MLOps

Microsoft Azure

Network Security

Database Security

Project Management

Scrum

Agile Methodologies

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Software Development

RESTful API Development

DevOps

WordPress

Personal Projects

Node.js RESTful API Server Template

Kick-start your RESTful API project with this comprehensive Node.js, Express, and Mongoose boilerplate. It includes JWT authentication, request validation, Docker support, API documentation, pagination, database plugins, continuous integration, logging, and monitoring for a scalable Node.js application.

Node.js

Express

Mongoose

JWT Authentication

Docker

Unit & Integration Testing

API Documentation

Continuous Integration

Logging & Monitoring

COVID-19 Tracker

This React JS project fetches live data from the API using Async/Await, incorporating React Hooks, Material UI, Charts.js, and React Circular Progressbar to track COVID-19 cases globally.

React.js

React Hooks

Material UI

Charts.js

React Circular Progressbar

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