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Rene Alvarez

@renealvarez

Senior Full Stack Engineer and AI Data Scientist delivering production-ready AI systems.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building production AI systems and scalable full-stack platforms, emphasizing cross-functional leadership, MLOps automation, and cloud-first infrastructure.

I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer and AI Data Scientist with over 10 years of experience building AI-driven solutions, scalable full-stack platforms, and intelligent data pipelines. I combine modern engineering practices with machine learning to deliver production-ready systems that drive measurable business outcomes.

I have designed and implemented AI-powered microservices and multi-cloud MLOps pipelines integrating AWS SageMaker, Azure AI Studio, and Vertex AI, and I deploy RAG and retrieval-optimized embeddings for improved semantic search performance. I build user-facing dashboards with React and Next.js and integrate speech and voice technologies for richer UX.

My background includes end-to-end data engineering work—ETL, streaming, orchestration—and migrating monoliths to microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code. I have led cross-functional teams, defined architecture and data contracts, and automated CI/CD to accelerate reproducible deployments.

I focus on reliability, security, and performance at scale, and I am motivated by projects that bridge AI intelligence and software engineering to reduce latency, improve forecasting accuracy, and lower operational costs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

NL

Senior Backend / AI Engineer

Novawave LLC

May 2023 - Sep 2025 (2 years 4 months)

Designed and deployed AI-powered microservices and multi-cloud MLOps pipelines, reducing query latency from 1.2s to 300ms and cutting deployment time by 70%. Led cross-functional AI integrations and improved pipeline reliability by 50%.

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Full Stack / Data Engineer

Jun 2017 - Oct 2022 (5 years 4 months)

Built a data analytics platform and ETL pipelines for global supply-chain processing, improving forecast accuracy from 70% to 90% and reducing pipeline costs by 20%. Modernized architecture to microservices to boost deployment speed by 45%.

SG

Software Developer

Sigma Software Group

May 2013 - Apr 2017 (3 years 11 months)

Developed enterprise applications and modernized legacy systems to cloud-native microservices, reducing downtime by 60% and increasing QA coverage by 80% through automated testing frameworks.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Arizona State University logoAU

Arizona State University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2009 - 2013

Grade: Excellent

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with excellent standing, covering core computer science principles and software engineering practices.

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