¡Hola! I'm Javier, a cloud & solutions architect based in Guatemala City.

I am a Cloud & Solutions Architect and Senior Full Stack Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the software industry. My expertise lies in designing and building robust, scalable solutions for enterprise environments, particularly in the banking and healthtech sectors. I specialize in modernizing legacy stacks, implementing event-driven microservices, and orchestrating hybrid cloud infrastructures on AWS and Azure.

• Journey to Cloud: Leading DevOps and architecture initiatives for a major bank's migration to Azure, focusing on standardization, observability, and ACA/AKS adoption.
• Healthtech & AI: Engineering data pipelines for clinical data analysis using AI, ensuring high data quality, security and regulatory compliance.
• Automation Engineering: Developing internal tooling and scaffolding generators (e.g., OpenAPI → NestJS) to accelerate development cycles and reduce friction for teams.

I believe in Architecture as Code and rigorous documentation. I extensively use C4 models (Mermaid/PlantUML) to visualize complex systems and communicate decisions clearly.

My approach to DevOps goes beyond CI/CD; it's about creating a paved road for developers through:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for reproducible environments
• Automated governance to enforce standards and security
• Deep observability (OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch) to detect issues early and improve reliability

I am actively exploring AI Engineering, leveraging LLMs not just for code generation but for intelligent process automation and data analysis. I build tools that automate the boring stuff—like scaffolding projects from API contracts—so teams can focus on solving real business problems.

• Sinergia Dorada – Corporate website deployed on AWS with automated CI/CD pipelines.
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• Hecho Capriccio – E-commerce landing page for artisanal products.
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• Cloud & Solution Architecture: Designing secure, scalable architectures for banking, fintech and enterprise environments.
• Modernization & Migration: Moving legacy workloads to cloud-native or hybrid architectures (microservices, containers, serverless).
• DevOps & Automation: Setting up CI/CD pipelines, IaC and internal tooling to speed up delivery and reduce operational risk.
• AI-Powered Developer Experience: Using LLMs and automation to generate scaffolding, documentation and analysis that make teams faster.

When I'm not architecting cloud solutions, you'll find me:

• ☕ Brewing specialty coffee – I'm a barista at heart and love exploring new beans and extraction methods.
• 🎮 Gaming – Unwinding with a good video game session.
• 🧠 Learning – Constantly researching the latest in AI, software architecture and cloud-native patterns.