Juan Marin Otero
Bynder
Washington,United States
Work Preference
Desired Job Title
Principal Software Engineer
Work Type
Full TimePart TimeContract WorkGig WorkConsultingVolunteerSeasonal Work
Minimum Desired Compensation
$45000/yr
26
Years of experience
Software engineer with 20+ years of experience delivering product development and custom software solutions. Design, develop, and deploy high-performance applications focused on scalability and reliability. Strengths include problem-solving, multi-language programming, and adoption of modern tools and technologies.
Work History
Principal Software Engineer
5 Years 5 Months- Supported Chief Architect Officer in shaping technology vision for firm, driving innovation initiatives.
- Promoted AI-first coding principles and mentored engineering teams on adoption, driving 2x-4x productivity gains when building features.
- Introduced Rust at the company, reducing p99 latency for business-critical services by over 50% and mentoring junior developers.
- Served as lead architect within the architecture team, reviewing emerging technologies and recommending technology solutions for the company.
- Designed and delivered new storage solution for SaaS offerings, reducing costs by 2x and improving performance by up to 20x.
- Built next-generation task management system that reduced processing time, improved user experience, lowered cloud runtime cost, and scheduled hundreds of millions of asynchronous tasks per day.
- Guided engineering teams in developing foundational technology components, enhancing platform capabilities for the firm.
- Introduced and explained technologies including Scala, Rust, gRPC, and microservices across engineering teams.
- Taught seven-week functional programming course for developers using Cats and Cats Effect in Scala
Senior Consultant
2 Years 4 Months- Supported Lightbend customers as Embedded Lightbend Engineer (ELE) by delivering training, architecture guidance, code reviews, mentoring, and enablement.
- Developed and deployed reactive-architecture systems for three Fortune 500 customers, supported implementation, trained new team members, and ensured production readiness through observability and load testing.
- Designed migration path from monolith to microservices based on Akka for customers in the home financing industry.
- Contributed to open-source frameworks, including Lagom and Cloudstate, and enhanced Lightbend proprietary products, including Telemetry, Akka, and Serverless.
- Led Serverless Community of Practice, liaising between Akka Serverless engineering team and Professional Services organization, and organizing monthly meetings to discuss serverless technologies and identify improvement opportunities.
- Presented at the Scala DC meetup on building microservices with Akka Typed in Scala.
- As the
- Serverless Community of Practice Lead
- served as a liaison between the 'Akka' Serverless Engineering team and the Professional Services organization, organizing monthly meetings to discuss Serverless technologies and identifying opportunities in that area
Solutions Architect
4 Years 1 Month- Contributed to design and implementation of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) platform at the Technology and Innovation Division, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), enhancing compliance capabilities.
- Influenced big data strategy for HMDA collection and analytics, facilitating Spark-based batch and real-time pipelines using Scala, Python, Java, Kafka, and Akka.
- Developed and implemented real-time processing pipelines using Spark, Kafka, and Akka with Scala and Java, improving data processing efficiency.
- Led software engineering team building HMDA platform, providing mentorship plus code and architecture reviews.
Chief Technology Officer
1 Year 8 Months- Secured venture capital investment by preparing technology portfolio and presenting to potential investors; Boundless became the first VC-funded open source geospatial software startup to independently spin off in the US market.
- Contributed to leadership team efforts that secured venture capital investment by preparing company technology portfolio and presenting materials to potential investors; Boundless became the first VC-funded open source geospatial software startup to spin off as an independent business in the US market.
- Played a key role on the leadership team that secured venture capital investment by preparing a technology portfolio and presenting to prospective investors; Boundless became the first VC-funded open source geospatial software startup to spin off as an independent business in the US market.
- Directed R&D initiatives to evaluate emerging technology trends, providing insights that informed and supported business strategy.
- Shaped R&D direction by evaluating emerging technology trends and translating findings into business strategy input.
- Facilitated technical implementation for large customers and core technologies, collaborating with business partners to identify and promote integrated solutions aligned with firm technology.
- Led engineering team of over 25 engineers, guiding development work through agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban while supporting quality assurance for software products released to market.
- Engineering leadership delivered development and quality assurance for software products through agile delivery practices across teams of over 25 engineers.
- Business strategy gained support from R&D work that identified future technology trends.
Senior Consultant
1 Year 2 Months- Consulted with clients and supported sales engineering through conference calls, customer visits, and product demonstrations, thereby facilitating informed decision-making.
- Planned and implemented features for OpenGeo Suite, including GeoServer enhancements and deployment setup, ensuring successful project execution.
- Developed Java source code for open source GeoServer project, enhancing functionality during client engagements.
- Remote
Lead Software Engineer
2 Years 8 Months- Led development for the National Broadband Map.
- Introduced Flex and OGC standards to improve user experience and integrate geospatial processes with IT systems.
- Mentored staff and guided GIS developers and analysts in geospatial development projects to enhance team capabilities.
Lead Software Engineer
1 Year 1 Month- Led software lifecycle and solution architecture for technology projects serving federal, local, commercial, and nonprofit clients.
- Mentored and trained junior developers, enhancing team skill set and project delivery.
- Developed geospatial information systems consulting solutions with Esri ArcGIS Server and open-source tools like GeoServer and PostGIS, focusing on large data integration, spatial databases, advanced geocoding, and high-performance web mapping and visualization.
Lead Developer
1 Year 2 Months- Led software development operations for strategic initiatives, delivering GIS solutions for Spain's National Park Service, Malaga City Metro, and Spanish Ministry of Environment.
- Led software development operations utilizing J2EE standards, designing software solutions and mentoring junior developers to enhance technical capabilities.
- Managed team of GIS analysts and developers to deliver geospatial projects on time and within budget.
Lead Developer
2 Years- Led integration of geospatial solutions based on ESRI technology with mainstream IT custom software projects, using .NET and J2EE platforms.
- Wrote multiple data processing pipelines for geospatial data ingestions and processing using the Python programming language with ESRI and open source tools
- Delivered customer-focused consulting, benchmarking, prototyping, and demonstrations of software solutions utilizing ESRI technology to enhance client understanding and engagement.
- Coordinated workshops and seminars at ESRI Spain's User Conference 2006, engaging over 2000 attendees, and contributed as a speaker in 2005 and 2006 to share industry insights.
GIS Analyst - Developer
4 Years 4 Months- Developed GIS solutions using ESRI and Open Source technologies for national projects, enhancing data accessibility for Third National Forestry Inventory of Spain and Forestry Map of Spain 1:50,000.
- Automated cartographic output with ESRI ArcObjects and ARC/INFO AML scripts, streamlining production process across .NET and J2EE platforms.
- Created ArcIMS web viewers with JavaScript for the Ministry of Environment and National Geographic Institute, improving user engagement with geographic data.
Education
Master of Science (MS) - Forestry Engineering
Master's degree in Forestry Engineering
Skills
Software architecture
Microservices design
Cloud design
Distributed systems
Reactive systems
Advanced Scala programming
Advanced Rust programming
Java and JavaScript
Python programming
API development
Test-driven development
TDD
Cloud computing
Web development
Technical leadership
Team mentoring
Cross-functional teamwork
Distributed computing
Personal Information
Title: Principal Software Engineer
Languages
Spanish, English
Timeline
Principal Software Engineer
Bynder
05.2021 - CurrentRead More
Senior Consultant
Lightbend
01.2019 - 05.2021Read More
Solutions Architect
Chief
11.2014 - 12.2018Read More
Chief Technology Officer
Boundless Spatial
02.2013 - 10.2014Read More
Senior Consultant
Boundless
12.2011 - 02.2013Read More
Lead Software Engineer
Computech
03.2009 - 11.2011Read More
Lead Software Engineer
New Light Technologies
02.2008 - 03.2009Read More
Lead Developer
ACT Sistemas
10.2006 - 12.2007Read More
Lead Developer
ESRI
10.2004 - 10.2006Read More
GIS Analyst - Developer
Tragsatec
06.2000 - 10.2004Read More
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Master of Science (MS) from Forestry Engineering
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