GERARDO REYES
Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Forward Deployment Engineer
Mexico City, MX | contact@gerardo-reyes.site | LinkedIn | GitHub | Blog
Technical Skills
Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Go, SQL | Frontend: Angular, React, Next.js, Vue, RxJS, NgRx
Backend: Node.js, NestJS, .NET, GraphQL, Socket.IO | Data: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Firebase
Infrastructure: GCP, AWS, Docker, CI/CD, Nx Monorepos, Microfrontends | AI: Claude, Copilot, Prompt Engineering
Experience
Senior Software Engineer, System Architect & Forward Deployment Engineer | Tech Blog – Astro Edge Platform | May 2026
- Migrated AWS→Cloudflare free tier for 15,000+ daily visits at $0 OPEX; serverless analytics on Workers + D1 (SQLite)
- Custom HAST compiler plugin (rehypeMermaidTabs) for build-time Mermaid; sub-500ms FCP/LCP in Astro 6 with layered JSON-LD SEO
- Used Claude Code as an AI copilot across the full development and planning lifecycle
Software Architect, Lead Developer & Forward Deployment Engineer | Gerard Reyes Music – Secure Edge Audio | Apr 2026 – Present
- Next.js 14 on Cloudflare Workers (OpenNextJS), hybrid SSG/SSR; secure audio via private R2 + pre-signed URLs (300s TTL)
- Decoupled signing microservice for credential rotation; HTML5 Range streaming (HTTP 206), persistent player with synced lyrics
- Used Claude Code as an AI copilot across the full development and planning lifecycle
Technical Founder & Full Stack Engineer | Live Restaurant (SaaS) | Sep 2025 – Present
- Designed multi-tenant architecture supporting 64-68 tenants; architected for 3,600+ concurrent WebSocket connections
- Built monorepo (Next.js 15, React 19, Socket.IO, MongoDB) with <50ms API response, hashed URLs, XSS sanitization, dynamic QR
Senior Frontend Engineer | Cognizant/Equifax (Insurance) | Aug 2022 – Jul 2024
- Led Angular 12→16 and Nx 13→17 migrations; improved LCP by 57% (4.2s→1.8s) and reduced build time by 75% (12min→3min)
- Served as technical consultant; resolved 50+ security vulnerabilities; contributions led to contract extension from 6 months to 2 years
- Mentored engineers, established coding standards, conducted code reviews across 200k+ LOC codebase
Frontend Lead | Cognizant-Softvision/Walmart | Oct 2021 – Jun 2022
- Led team of 8 engineers; executed Angular/NgRx v8→v13 migration reducing state management bugs by 60%
- Built reusable component library with Angular Material; accelerated feature delivery by 35%
Senior Frontend Engineer | Equifax Cyber (Banking) | Feb 2020 – Jul 2021
- Planned ActionScript to Angular migration for multi-client platform; scaled mentorship to dozens of developers across Mexico, Chile, and Peru
Frontend & Full-Stack Engineer | Indra/Santander, Concrad, Clinica-Relox, UNAM | 2017 – 2019
- Complex banking forms for Santander (Angular Reactive Forms) under financial-security compliance; ERP and healthcare platforms (inventory, sales, clinical records) with Angular, Node.js, MySQL/PostgreSQL
Projects
Professional Identity Platform – Next.js (SSG/CSR), Firestore, Cloud Functions, Mistral AI chatbot; AI-assisted development with Claude Code
Live Restaurant SaaS – Multi-tenant real-time platform: Next.js 15, Socket.IO, MongoDB, Traefik, Dokploy
Certifications
80+ certifications (Udemy, Platzi, LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight): Angular, React, Node.js, Go, .NET, Docker, Claude Code, Prompt Engineering, System Design
Languages
Spanish (Native) | English (Professional Working Proficiency – B2/C1)