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Cory Melendez

@corymelendez

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Senior full-stack engineer building scalable, secure AWS microservices with measurable performance and uptime gains.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build scalable, secure AWS microservices in an AI-forward, Agile environment—owning backend and full-stack delivery, improving reliability and performance, and mentoring teams with strong CI/CD, testing, and security practices.

I’m a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over 10 years architecting, developing, and deploying robust, scalable, and secure full-stack applications. I specialize in TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL, and cloud-native architectures on AWS—focusing on performance, reliability, and production-grade delivery for large-scale distributed environments.

I’ve led work that reduced API latency by 30% through optimized database queries and caching with Redis and PostgreSQL on AWS, and I helped raise application uptime to 99.99% using proactive monitoring, automated failover, and robust error handling in microservices. I also streamline delivery by cutting deployment times by 40% using Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, while strengthening security posture with granular access controls and vulnerability scanning.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

Current

Microsoft

Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 7 months)

Led design and implementation of a microservices backend in Node.js and TypeScript, increasing request throughput by 25% and reducing response times by 15%. Improved reliability and delivery by raising code coverage above 90%, reducing production bugs by 30%, and cutting manual intervention by 60% through automated CI/CD.

TypeScript Microservices GraphQL AWS Docker Kubernetes CI CD Jest Cypress

Software Engineer

Tyler Technologies

Jun 2015 - Mar 2022 (6 years 9 months)

Developed and maintained full-stack web applications using JavaScript, React, and Node.js for government and public-sector clients. Built RESTful APIs and optimized relational database queries and schemas in AWS (EC2, RDS) to improve performance and data integrity, while reducing regressions through unit and integration testing.