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Darwin Stiven Herrera Cartagena

Systems and Computing EngineerBackend ArchitectMicroservices Enthusiast

Passion for engineering and commitment to excellence

👨‍💻 Summary

Results-driven Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable backend architectures using Python, Java (Spring Boot) & JavaScript, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker), event-driven architectures and enterprise integrations. Passionate about building high-performance microservices and distributed systems, ensuring reliability, while mentoring teams and driving technical excellence.

💼 Professional Experience

Specialist Consultant – SETI S.A.S (Remote)

📍 Medellín, Colombia — April 2022 – Present

  • Designed and developed scalable microservices and shared libraries in Python and Java.
  • Integrated messaging systems like RabbitMQ, Kafka, IBM MQ.
  • Led CI/CD automation using Azure DevOps and improved observability via OpenTelemetry and ELK.
  • Architected cross-functional solutions across banking and energy sectors.

Key Achievements:

  • Reduced development time by 80% with a Spring Boot library.
  • Modernized a Python library for asynchronous events and queues.
  • Designed a cost-saving data engineering solution with Azure Lambdas and AKS.

Python Developer – Freelance (Remote)

📍 Chicago, USA — July 2020 – Nov 2021

  • Created REST APIs, ETLs, and web scrapers with Python (Scrapy, Selenium).
  • Maintained legacy systems in PHP and Python.
  • Built frontends with React (Next.js) and React Native for marketing platforms.

Key Achievement:

  • ✅ Built a microservices network to streamline scraping, API, and ETL processes.

🎓 Education

Professional Title: Systems and Computing Engineer
Universidad Nacional de Colombia — Graduated: Dec 2024

Systems Technician
SENA, Medellín — Graduated: Nov 2015

🧠 Core Skills

  • Backend & APIs: Python, Java, Spring Boot, FastAPI, Flask, REST, GraphQL
  • Frontend: React JS (Next.js), React Native
  • Cloud & Microservices: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS Lambda
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Teradata
  • Messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, AWS SQS/EventBridge
  • Monitoring: OpenTelemetry, ELK, Distributed Tracing
  • CI/CD: Git, Agile, Azure Pipelines, Unit Testing (Pytest, JUnit)

🏆 Certifications

  • Cybersecurity Essentials – Cisco (2022)
  • Java Programming & Software Engineering Fundamentals – Coursera (2023)
  • Life Skills – SENA (2022)
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🌍 Languages

  • Spanish (Native)
  • English (Intermediate/Advanced)
  • German (Beginner A1+)

🧩 Soft Skills

  • High attention to detail
  • Constant learner and self-manager
  • Adaptable to changing environments and technologies

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