Contact
Email: mpiedrav@proton.me
Location: San Miguel, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Summary
Software Engineer with 3+ years of experience in backend development and Linux infrastructure servers.
Background spans CI/CD automation, REST API development, mission-critical on-call support, and interoperability with legacy systems.
Focused on security, performance, and maintainability. Fluent in English (C1) and German (C1). Native Spanish speaker.
Experience
Cloverhound (2016—2019). Software Engineer.
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Automated CI/CD pipelines for third-party integration with Cisco products, which reduced deployment time by 60%.
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Built REST APIs in Go and Python for production systems, and prepared extensive project documentation.
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Developed middleware that allowed interoperability with a legacy unified communications system.
Cloverhound (2015—2016). Server Specialist.
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Supported mission-critical infrastructure, including a Java-based CRM, PowerDNS servers, and Oracle Database servers.
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Resolved critical incidents within 99% SLA, and maintained business continuity through enterprise platform migrations.
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Provided technical support to network engineers and business analysts, and monitored ISP-grade telecommunications infrastructure.
Education
Universidad de Costa Rica (2020—2025). Bachelor’s in Computer Science.
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Courses included Parallel and Concurrent Programming, Data Mining, Design of Experiments, and Computer Architecture.
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Member of a community project for automating civil infrastructure assessment, using Claude, QGIS, Python, and AWS.
Skills
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Programming: C++, Python, Go, Java.
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Infrastructure: Debian Linux, RHEL, Amazon Linux, Oracle Linux.
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Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle Database, AWS RDS.
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Tools: Wireshark, Ghidra, Docker, GitLab CI/CD.
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AI: Claude Sonnet, AWS Kiro, Hugging Face, Qwen.
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Cloud: AWS EC2, Cloudflare, Hetzner, DigitalOcean.