Leonard Erete
@leonarderete
I am a passionate software developer with 13 years of experience, based in Santo Domingo.
What I'm looking for
Experienced software engineer with 13 years of industry expertise, specializing in developing innovative software solutions. Demonstrated success in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust applications, driving improved efficiency and productivity for diverse clients across various sectors. With a focus on the healthcare, fintech, education and AI industries, I bring a wealth of experience in creating efficient and secure software solutions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer
RWSGroup
Sep 2025 - Feb 2026 (5 months)
Designed and developed full-stack enterprise applications using MERN/MEAN, Django, Spring Boot, and ASP.NET Core, supporting high-traffic production workloads. Built REST and GraphQL APIs, deployed cloud-native services on AWS/Azure with CI/CD, and delivered AI-powered chatbots, analytics, and recommendation features.
Artificial Intelligence Developer
HIAuto
Aug 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year 1 month)
Designed, trained, and deployed machine learning models using supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning for production use cases. Built MLOps pipelines for automated training and deployment, working with NLP/computer vision tooling and AWS/Google/Azure ML services.
Worked on Fintech & Healthcare projects with Javascript/Typescript.
- Developed a server-rendered blockchain applications using Next.js, React, and
Redux, resulting in improved SEO and user experience.
- Implemented a headless CMS architecture using Next.js and Contentful, enabling
content editors to manage content easily and developers to fetch the content on the
client-side
Worked as a Front End Developer on the project with Javascript, ES6, React, Redux
Saga, RESTful services, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, Bootstrap.
- Used React JS to create custom components for data manipulations and to display
data in company standard format.
- Designed the Front-end applications and Mobile Application for user interactive (UI)
web pages using web technologies like HTML5, CSS3.
Software Architect / AWS Developer
E-Link Markets
Nov 2022 - Apr 2023 (5 months)
Architected and delivered front-end and full-stack features using React, Redux, and REST services, while building responsive dashboards and mobile experiences. Developed back-end components with Express/Nest.js and integrated third-party APIs (e.g., Stripe, PayPal, Twilio, WebRTC) including chatbots for customer sales workflows.
Full Stack Engineer
Red Door
Feb 2019 - Apr 2022 (3 years 2 months)
Developed and maintained scalable full-stack web applications with React, Node.js, and Express, including REST API integrations. Improved performance and security through database tuning (MongoDB/SQL), authentication/authorization, third-party API integrations, and reliable cloud deployments on AWS.
AWS Architect 2
2 Pixel Creative
Sep 2014 - May 2016 (1 year 8 months)
Designed scalable, secure AWS cloud architectures for web and mobile applications, including VPC, subnetting, IAM policies, and access controls. Built automated provisioning and deployment pipelines with CloudFormation and scripting, and improved performance/cost using monitoring, auto-scaling, and right-sizing.
I Developed some Ecommerce applications with PHP frameworks.(Laravel) Developed dynamic web applications using PHP and MySQL, leveraging the LAMP
stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) to create robust and scalable solutions. Used ASP.NET , VB.NET, C#, and JavaScript to design and develop new sites and
web-based solutions, both front end and back end.
- Use version control tool Git and
LAMP Stack Engineer
Veneer & Co.
Nov 2010 - Jul 2014 (3 years 8 months)
Built dynamic, scalable LAMP-based ecommerce and web applications using PHP frameworks (Laravel, WordPress) and MySQL. Delivered end-to-end features including Stripe payment forms, SendGrid email integration, and front/back-end development with ASP.NET/VB.NET/C#/JavaScript.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
BSV Academy
Certificate, Blockchain Development
2022 - 2023
Completed a Certificate in Blockchain development.
Middlesex University London
Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science / Information Technology
2015 - 2018
Grade: GPA 4.75/5
Earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Information Technology. GPA reported as 4.75/5.
APTECH Computer Education
Higher Diploma, Software Engineering
2008 - 2010
Grade: GPA 4.75/5
Completed a Higher Diploma in Software Engineering. GPA reported as 4.75/5.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Blockchain
D3.js
kops
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
RxJS
Kubernetes
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
React Native
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Couchbase
Hadoop
Amazon Route 53
Gmail
Node.js
Django
Laravel
Spring Boot
.NET Core
Ruby on Rails
Next.js
NestJS
.NET
ASP.NET Core
Nuxt.js
Vue CLI
Slack
Telegram
Redis
Terraform
Jira
Vue Router
Angular 2
React
Vue.js
Webpack
JavaScript
HTML5
Java
ES6
CSS 3
PHP
Kotlin
ASP.NET
TensorFlow
PyTorch
scikit-learn
ExpressJS
Linux
PayPal
Viber
Apollo
Trello
GraphQL
WordPress
AWS Lambda
Serverless
vuex
redux-saga
TypeScript
SendGrid
Git
WebRTC
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SQL
AWS AppSync
NgRx
Terragrunt
Bash
Enhance
Dynamic
Middleware
Android
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
Social media
Job categories
Skills
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