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Mauricio Orihuela

@mauricioorihuela

Director of Engineering and hands-on software architect delivering scalable Azure microservices and high-performing teams.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead engineering teams and architect cloud-native, microservices platforms—especially on Azure—where I can improve delivery predictability, automate CI/CD and data pipelines, and raise engineering quality through measurable outcomes.

I’m a results-driven Director of Engineering and hands-on software architect with 20+ years building scalable, cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure. I lead and grow engineering teams while architecting microservices platforms that ship on time and within budget.

I’ve rebuilt and scaled core systems to improve reliability and performance, including automating Azure Data Factory ingestion pipelines that reduced manual effort by 100% and refactoring critical processing to run in parallel for an 800% execution speed improvement. I also drive adoption of Agile/Scrum to improve delivery predictability and establish engineering discipline, including outcome-based AI task delegation with Claude Code.

Across fintech, healthcare, banking, and telecommunications, I’ve architected cloud banking services, automated loan origination to reduce staffing from 28 to two, and implemented CI/CD with Azure DevOps for binaries and database changes. I’ve delivered PCI/SOC 2 work, built payment-grade systems (including ISO 8583 processing certified by Mastercard in 7 months), and advanced infrastructure and observability with Datadog and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Director of Engineering

Nymbl Science

Jan 2025 - Mar 2026 (1 year 2 months)

Rebuilt and scaled the core engineering platform to improve reliability and performance while driving Agile/Scrum adoption for better delivery predictability. Automated file processing with Azure Data Factory (100% reduction in manual effort) and refactored critical processing to run in parallel, improving execution speed by 800+%.

Microsoft Azure C Azure Data Factory Azure SQL Microservices Entity Framework Datadog React

Manager of Software Engineering

American Auto Shield

Oct 2023 - Aug 2024 (10 months)

Led and mentored a software engineering team, performing code reviews and participating in architecture discussions. Architected and delivered a Terraform-based infrastructure-as-code solution with full CI/CD automation and integrated Datadog observability to improve monitoring and incident response.

Azure C Terraform CI CD Azure SQL Microservices Entity Framework Datadog

Director of Engineering

Central Pacific Bank / Swell Financial

Nov 2020 - Jun 2023 (2 years 7 months)

Architected and built an Azure microservices platform delivering cloud banking services to a mobile application. Automated loan origination and reduced staffing from 28 to two teammates, and implemented Azure DevOps CI/CD for binaries and database deployments to support SOC 2 and PCI DSS certification efforts.

Microsoft Azure C Azure Data Factory Azure DevOps Azure SQL Microservices React Snowflake

VP of Software Engineering

QRails Inc

Oct 2017 - Nov 2020 (3 years 1 month)

Led engineering delivery for payments systems, designing full architecture using 12-factor principles and implementing microservices for ACH transactions, card issuing, alerts, and file generation. Built an ISO 8583 card processor that was implemented and Mastercard-certified in 7 months, while automating release pipelines using Azure DevOps and implementing SOC 2/PCI DSS compliance work.

C ISO 8583 Microservices Azure DevOps SQL Server REST WCF

Software Engineer Principal

Level 3 / CenturyLink

Feb 2013 - Oct 2017 (4 years 8 months)

Provided technical leadership for a development team by mentoring engineers and identifying architectural patterns to accelerate delivery. Improved performance through multithreading and implemented distributed caching (AppFabric then Couchbase), and refactored legacy code to consolidate business logic for maintainability.

C Entity Framework WCF REST APIs WinForms Oracle Couchbase

Software Architect

Mortgage Cadence

Aug 2011 - Nov 2012 (1 year 3 months)

Hands-on architect for a large development team, designing and implementing new product features while mentoring engineers. Led migration from a custom defect tracking system to TFS 2010 (including migration tooling, custom SSRS reporting, and a gated check-in plugin) and built a reflection-based export layer using custom attributes to enable flexible data mapping.

C WPF ADO.NET LINQ ASP.NET WinForms WCF Silverlight TFS

Software Engineering Manager

Springbok Services

Apr 2007 - Jul 2010 (3 years 3 months)

Led teams of developers and DBAs to design and build ERP components, external web services, and database architecture. Architected a parallel credit card processing engine to increase transaction throughput and led infrastructure and compliance work to achieve PCI compliance and VISA/MasterCard certifications, including SOC 2 and PCI DSS efforts.

C WPF WCF ADO.NET LINQ TFS

Senior Software Engineer

Adventure Central

Jan 2006 - Apr 2007 (1 year 3 months)

Designed and implemented features for a web-based booking application that processed 67,000+ bookings totaling $7.5M in revenue. Led PCI compliance infrastructure changes for the platform using established Microsoft .NET tooling and reporting.

C ADO.NET SVN