Career / Experience

Hands-on engineering.
Shared direction.

15+ years in frontend and platform engineering, with experience at Oracle, ESPN / Disney and American Express.

Oracle

Principal Member of Technical Staff

01/2026 – Present

  • Provide technical direction, mentoring, code review and cross-team delivery for Oracle’s EHR Messaging Center.
  • Authored an AI engineering playbook and delivered Codex training for coding, testing and documentation.
  • Developed and delivered practical AI training covering AI fundamentals, prompt design, API integration, agent workflows and engineering best practices.
  • Re-architected E2E test automation using AI-assisted development.
ReactTypeScriptE2E automationCodexAgent workflows

ESPN / Disney

Lead Software Engineer

08/2024 – 01/2026

  • Led sportsbook feature delivery using React, TypeScript and Node.js with Product, Design and engineering partners.
  • Contributed component injection, routes, context providers and React Server Components rendering to the shared web platform.
  • Built and maintained reusable platform libraries and contributed performance improvements.
  • Mentored engineers on modern React, TypeScript and testing practices.
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsESPN BET API

American Express

Senior Engineer II

12/2018 – 07/2024

  • Developed 30+ customer-facing React components across cardmember dashboard and savings/checking products.
  • Reduced dashboard load time by four seconds through SSR and frontend optimization.
  • Mentored 10+ engineers through feedback, technical guidance and growth conversations.
  • Led feature delivery and partnered with Product and Design on scope, planning and release coordination.
ReactTypeScriptReduxNode.jsJestReact Testing LibrarySWRJenkinsSplunkGraphQL

Engineer I

09/2017 – 12/2018

  • Built and maintained React interfaces and reusable components for cardmember experiences.
  • Contributed testing, delivery coordination and production maintenance.
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Engineer II

09/2015 – 09/2017

  • Contributed to the cardmember platform migration and customer-facing frontend features.
  • Worked on dashboard rendering, API integration and production support.
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Component, mentoring and performance figures are historical résumé claims for American Express. The load-time measurement has not been reproduced here.

iGATE

Java UI Developer

11/2014 – 09/2015

  • Created internal websites for company vendors providing product and service information.
  • Developed map application using Java, JSF, Servlets integrated with Google Maps API.
  • Built mapping features integrated with the Chubb ecosystem, helping vendors visualize client and company locations.
JavaJSFServletsHTMLCSSJavaScriptjQueryAjaxGoogle Maps API

Systems USA

Java UI Developer

01/2013 – 10/2014

  • Led frontend development for the Virginia Case Management System as a Deloitte consultant.
  • Built eligibility interfaces with JSP, HTML, CSS, jQuery and AJAX backed by Java and Oracle DB.
JavaJSPOracle DBHTMLCSSjQueryAjax

Softtek

Java UI Developer

01/2011 – 12/2012

  • Developed Java applications and web interfaces for GE Treasury.
  • Optimized Oracle database interactions and coordinated feature delivery as technical project manager.
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Radycal Systems

Web Developer

10/2010 – 12/2011

  • Led development of a school management platform using PHP, AJAX, JavaScript, HTML and MySQL.
  • Built student, teacher and class management features.
  • Created student grade reports by class.
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Nettours

Web Developer

11/2009 – 10/2010

  • Developed booking website and workflows for Nettours, enhancing online experience for customers.
  • Built features using PHP, Ajax, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and MySQL.
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Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Systems Engineering

ITESO · 2004–2010

Recognition

Chairman's Award

American Express · 02/2018

Employee Outstanding Year Performance

Languages

Spanish (native) · English (fluent) · Portuguese (intermediate) · French (intermediate)

Let’s build something useful.

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