José Alejandro Alvarez Mendoza

Develop backend solutions for public sector clients using PHP and Symfony. Actively involved in architecture decisions, defining technical approaches for new features and integrations. Participate in code reviews, contributing feedback aimed at improving code quality and consistency across the team. Manage background processing with cron jobs and file storage with AWS S3 in production environments

- Supported students during live online classes for the Backend Node.js course, providing technical guidance and mentorship.

- Reviewed and provided feedback on student assignments, ensuring clarity of concepts and adherence to best practices.

- Conducted one-on-one consulting sessions and resolved questions during class sessions.

- Facilitated a positive learning environment and helped student

- Developed custom solutions for clients using the CakePHP framework.

- Contributed to the improvement of a system that processed Excel file uploads and translated the data into structured invoices.

- Worked on a graphical drag-and-drop interface that allowed users to design and customize data flow logic for invoice calculation.

- Ensured accurate data processing and seamless backend integratio

Promoted to Technical Leader after six months as Senior Engineer, taking ownership of the technical direction of the team. Defined development standards, led architecture decisions for the backend, and mentored junior developers through code reviews and pair sessions. Initiated and led a cross-team initiative to inventory and document all marketing department websites, designing the backend archit

Built content-rich marketing modules for a platform serving medical professionals — doctors and veterinarians — using Drupal, PHP, and JavaScript. Worked closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into functional, maintainable features.

Contributed to the migration of Toyota Argentina's loan calculator, an existing product within Toyota Financiera, into an embeddable microservice, and implemented it on a site outside the original project, extending its reuse to other brand channels.

Developed and maintained RESTful APIs in Laravel for Toyota Argentina's products, including improvements to existing services.

Co-designed and de

- Led the development of custom modules for clients using Magento 2, including a key project for El Tiempo (Colombia), one of the country's leading newspapers.

- Acted as the main technical contact with the client: gathering requirements, proposing solutions, and supporting staging environments.

- Produced client-facing documentation such as user manuals for developed modules.

- Supported team

- Continued developing Magento 2 modules tailored to client-specific needs.

- Expanded technical involvement while still under supervision, ensuring quality and functional delivery aligned with business logic.

First fully remote role: developed custom modules in CakePHP for multiple international clients within a distributed team.

Supported the framework's developer community by troubleshooting technical issues raised by other developers.

Master's program focused on software architecture, agile methodologies, system design, and project management. As my final project, I designed and built Pasaporte Cultural — a web application to promote student participation in cultural activities, applying Hexagonal Architecture, TDD, SOLID principles, and Clean Code practices using Laravel and PHP.