Alfredo Arvelaez

Software Developer & Cloud Engineer

Cloud-focused developer who thrives at the intersection of backend engineering and infrastructure management, transforming business logic into high-performance systems

Professional experience

Roles where I blend frontend craftsmanship, backend systems, and AWS to launch dependable financial products

Semi Senior Software Developer

Magnet.cl

Oct 2022 — Present

Delivering end-to-end insurance and banking experiences for Chilean financial institutions alongside product and data teams

  • Designed and shipped a responsive insurance profitability simulator with React, TypeScript, and SASS to help business teams forecast performance.
  • Led the UI build for a retail banking recommendation engine, collaborating with data engineers to boost platform engagement by 10%.
  • Implemented AWS Rekognition facial authentication and orchestrated S3 + CloudFront delivery for a secure onboarding flow.

Junior Software Developer

Ingeniust C.A

Feb 2022 — Oct 2022

Supported multiple greenfield initiatives by building modular interfaces and data services for fintech and ERP clients

  • Implemented an ERP inventory management module improving traceability and stock control for 150+ products.
  • Built a personal finance platform with a React frontend and Laravel/PostgreSQL backend, enabling responsive dashboards for transaction insights.

Latest articles

Thoughts on development, cloud design, and the ever-evolving backend, infrastructure and devops topics

Setting up a Kafka event broker with producers and consumers

Learn the fundamentals of event streaming with Kafka and how to build producers and consumers in Go.

Kafka Microservices Golang Docker

Let's work together

I'm always interested in new opportunities and collaborations. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to discuss a project or just say hello

Or send me an email at alfredoprograma.dev@gmail.com