Hi, I'm Alejandro Canizares
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
5+ years of experience developing microservices, rest APIs, and event-driven systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, and clean architecture.
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Technical Expertise
Backend Development
- Java
- Python
- Microservices
- Spring Boot
- Flask
- REST APIs
- Event-Driven
Cloud & DevOps
- AWS
- Terraform
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Git
- Jenkins
- CI/CD
- Spinnaker
Data & Streaming
- Kafka
- Kinesis
- NoSQL/SQL
- DynamoDB
- Pandas
Featured Projects
Tic-Tac-Toe
Two player tic-tac-toe game in Python, which can be played on the terminal or as a GUI application.
Excel Compare
Script tool used for comparing excel docs. It produces a new excel file highlighting the difference between the original ones.
Drone Control
Control of the Parrot AR-Drone 2.0. Developed in ROS with C++ using OpenCV for image recognition to trigger landing, and joystick for manual control.
Roomba Control
ROS project to control an iRobot Roomba. Features obstacle detection, autonomous movement, and joystick control.
Prosthetic Arm
Low-cost robotic prosthetics using 3D printing. Published in IEEE, the project featured a glove-controlled hand and EMG-controlled arm. Finger articulation was achieved through servomotors driven by a microcontroller.
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If you're hiring for a software engineering role, I'm happy to talk about how my experience fits your team's needs.