Jose Loarca
Backend Engineer
Specializing in backend development, REST APIs, microservices, and third-party integrations.
About
Passionate about code.
Currently Working On
Learning more about AI.
- RAG Pipelines.
- Studying advanced system design patterns and event-sourcing with Kafka.
Technical Stack
Languages:Python, PHP, SQL, JavaScript
Databases & Caching:MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Kafka, Redis
Infrastructure & Cloud:AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, ALB, CodePipeline, Step Functions, CDK), Docker, GitHub Actions
Architecture:REST, Microservices, Event-Driven Systems, CI/CD
AI:RAG, Agentic Development, Fine Tuning
Experience
Backend Engineer — Monsters, Inc.
2022 — 2024- Architected a Python-based payment processing microservice handling $2M+ daily volume.
- Reduced database connection contention by introducing connection pooling and Redis caching.
Software Engineer — Monsters, Inc.
2020 — 2021- Maintained Python/FastAPI data pipelines ingesting 10M+ telemetry data points daily.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and AWS CDK.
Featured Projects
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Contact
Feel free to reach out for backend architecture consulting, engineering opportunities, or technical chats.