Alfonso Suarez

Software Engineer

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Biography

I'm Alfonso, a non-award-winning software engineer and independent mad scientist based in Venezuela.

Services

  • Web Development

  • Data Integrations

  • Cloud Infrastructure

  • Years of
    experience

    5

  • Freelance
    hourly rate

    $35

  • Working
    since

    2020

Skills

  • Distributed Systems

    Since early in my career, I've built products as distributed applications running in the cloud and on local environments — from microservices to smartly distributed monoliths and third-party dependencies.

    I know how to deal with bottlenecks and limitations, especially on hardware-constrained environments with low-connectivity issues.

  • App Integrations

    For the last few years, one of my core jobs has been integrating data and logic across third-party applications and proprietary software, so the outcome feels seamless between two different products.

    I've built many integrations with popular business solutions for e-commerce, payment systems and national invoicing.

  • Data Pipelines

    The nature of my work led me to specialize in workflows that move data in massive batches, balancing cost efficiency and performance across database sources with very different paradigms.

    I prefer writing the data transformation software myself with a core set of tools, rather than relying on expensive but rigid products.

  • Cloud Infrastructure

    Most of the software I've made is optimized to run on cloud infrastructure — Azure, Amazon AWS and Google Cloud Platform — with a good grasp of how their pricing works and how to exploit their potential.

    I know these systems well and can easily jump from one to another with a good set of tools to build from.

  • Agentic Workflows

    I recently integrated agentic engineering techniques into my practice to produce two to three times more software than I used to, working with products from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and local models.

    As these technologies evolve, I stay on the edge of the latest tools, models and methodologies in my everyday work.

  • Coaching & Assessment

    My main objective as an engineer is keeping our processes and decisions aligned with the goals of the product we're making — always asking: what's the best way to deliver value to our user?

    Alongside my years engineering software, I've spent as long mentoring workmates and teaching good practices for this industry.

Work & Education

  1. 2024 - Present Computer Engineering Universidad Católica Andres Bello, Venezuela
    • Pursuing an Engineer's degree in Computer Engineering.
    • Expected completion: 2030.
    • Sharing professional knowledge through university-issued courses for classmates.
  2. March 2022 - Present Backend Engineer ASP Consulting S.A. · Software factory for LATAM small businesses
    • Worked with multiple teams to deliver scalable apps for small businesses, serving tens to hundreds of users.
    • Provided strategic guidance to technical leadership, optimizing project management and engineering workflows.
    • Engineered massive data integrations between external proprietary systems and internal products, including e-commerce, payment and national invoicing solutions.
    • Designed, deployed, and maintained robust Azure cloud infrastructure, maximizing efficiency and scalability.
    • Optimized applications to run on offline-first local environments with embedded devices like Raspberry Pis.
  3. November 2020 - January 2022 Backend Engineer Leberp Core Spain S.L. · ERP system for retailers in Spain
    • Worked with a small team to create ERP software for Chinese retailers in Spain from scratch.
    • Developed scalable RESTful APIs using ASP.NET Core, Azure Functions, and EF Core.
    • Implemented distributed data pipelines with SQL Server, Redis, and Azure Service Bus.

Personal Projects

More experiments

UCAB Courses

Programming courses (in Spanish) that I teach to fellow students at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.