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ADRIAN RENE ZAVALETA DURAN

Queretato, Mex

Summary

High-impact Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineer with deep ownership of large-scale retail and cloud platforms, currently supporting 1,300+ US stores. Proven leader of distributed engineering teams, driving architecture, high-reliability, and critical system delivery in AWS. Expertise includes reducing production incidents by over 90%, optimizing cloud costs by 15%, and directing end-to-end release strategy.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer

Petco
San Diego, CA
03.2024 - Current
  • Directed architecture and delivery for inventory and store-operations systems, enabling support for 1,300+ US retail locations.
  • Led a distributed team of 15 engineers through design, development, and production deployment cycles.
  • Architected and implemented multi-region AWS infrastructure and a new release strategy, reducing critical production incident volume by 92%.
  • Optimized infrastructure and cloud resource usage through rightsizing and architectural improvements, cutting operational costs by 15%.
  • Drove end-to-end monthly production release cycles, incident response, and continuous reliability improvements for core cloud and mobile systems.

Senior Full Stack Engineer

MediaNews Group
Denver, CO
12.2022 - 03.2024
  • Scalability & Architecture: Designed and scaled AWS-hosted production platforms (utilizing Lambda, EC2, and CloudFront) serving large-scale US media audiences.
  • High-Performance Backend: Engineered high-performance backend services in Node.js/TypeScript and delivered critical frontend features using React.
  • CI/CD Optimization: Improved CI/CD pipeline reliability and accelerated deployment frequency across production environments through GitLab automation.
  • System Reliability: Established monitoring and architectural standards to ensure high availability for high-traffic media platforms.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
  • Designed responsive user interfaces that improved accessibility across various devices and platforms.

Technical Lead / Mentor / Software Developer

Centro de Desarrollo, UAQ
Queretaro, Mex
09.2019 - 03.2024
  • Led web, mobile, and cloud initiatives, delivering scalable applications for internal and external university users.
  • Standardized Agile methodologies and modern tech stacks, significantly optimizing development lifecycles.
  • Authored research articles and contributed to patent filings, driving academic and technical innovation.
  • Developed and maintained scalable web applications using JavaScript frameworks.
  • Defined long-term technology strategy and 4-year roadmap execution plan.

Cloud Engineer / Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
Queretaro, Mex
01.2022 - 12.2022
  • Infrastructure Leadership: Led and coordinated a team of 10 engineers to deliver resilient cloud infrastructure for mission-critical enterprise airline systems.
  • Architectural Modernization: Spearheaded the redesign of core AWS architectures, significantly improving system performance, high availability, and cloud cost efficiency.
  • IaC Standardization: Standardized Terraform and CI/CD workflows, enforcing consistency in environment provisioning across multiple engineering teams.
  • Operational Excellence: Automated cloud governance tasks and resource management to reduce manual errors in large-scale production environments.
  • Designed and implemented cloud solutions to enhance system performance and scalability.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

Universidad Autónoma De Querétaro
Queretaro, Mexico
07-2023

Skills

  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, GitLab, GitHub
  • Backend & Stack: Python, TypeScript, Nodejs, Flask, REST APIs
  • Data & Storage: DynamoDB, Redis, MongoDB, Aurora, Postgres
  • Frontend: React, React Native, Nextjs
  • Project management
  • Project leadership
  • Strategic planning design
  • Agile methodology
  • Test-driven development
  • Quality assurance

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
  • Advanced Scrum Certification - PMI (Project Management Institute).

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer

Petco
03.2024 - Current

Senior Full Stack Engineer

MediaNews Group
12.2022 - 03.2024

Cloud Engineer / Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2022 - 12.2022

Technical Lead / Mentor / Software Developer

Centro de Desarrollo, UAQ
09.2019 - 03.2024

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

Universidad Autónoma De Querétaro