Luis Granada's Resume

Luis Granada

Software Engineer

West End, Brisbane QLD

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About

Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, event-driven architectures, and AI-powered platforms. Hands-on with AI pipelines and LLM integrations across the full stack using TypeScript, Python, and Java in cloud environments (GCP, AWS).

Fluent in English and Spanish (native). Ultra-endurance cyclist with completed races across Australia and Indonesia. Full working rights in Australia (Visa 485).

Work Experience

Dondo (Crowdswap, Inc.)

2024 - Present

Software Engineer - AI Platform

AI-powered e-commerce platform — $4.4M raised from investors including Eric Yuan (Zoom CEO), Jerry Yang (Yahoo co-founder), and Ryan Smith (Qualtrics CEO). Built platform serving 3,000+ users, 769 stores, and 90,000 products.
  • Designed core architecture supporting 6 e-commerce integrations (Shopify, Amazon, MercadoLibre, WooCommerce, Tienda Nube, Vtex). Imported 91,000+ Shopify listings in 2 hours.
  • Architected extensible integration layer using design patterns, scaling from 2 to 6 platforms within a year.
  • Built event-driven AI pipelines using LLMs with Cloud Tasks and Cloud Run. Tuned processing from 1.5–5 minutes to 6–30 seconds per listing.
  • Built AI image generation feature producing 33,000+ lifestyle, studio, and advertising images with rate limiting and priority queuing.
  • Implemented sequential listing optimization with Google ADK for contextual, higher-quality results.
  • Developed prompt management tools enabling version control, testing, and environment switching in seconds.
  • Remote
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Next.js
  • AI
  • GCP

Dondo (Crowdswap, Inc.)

2021 - 2024

Backend Engineer

Backend engineer for digital barter marketplace: 120,000+ users, 80,000+ transactions, 10,000 daily active users, $8M+ in item value.
  • Developed backward-compatible services with custom database-driven feature flags and app version management.
  • Designed Server Driven UI approach enabling dynamic content delivery without app releases.
  • Implemented alert and distribution system for balanced customer support task allocation.
  • Built in-house chat feature, replacing third-party solution and reducing costs.
  • Remote
  • GraphQL
  • Node.js
  • Vue.js
  • Azure

Coder Academy Australia

2023 - 2025

Academic Teacher/Support

Mentored 4 cohorts of 9–20 students in web development bootcamp.
  • Delivered one-on-one mentorship in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, and API design.
  • Guided students through coding challenges and projects from concept to completion.
  • Assessed assignments with constructive feedback to enhance learning outcomes.
  • Part-Time
  • Education
  • Mentorship

Palm

2021 - 2022

Backend Developer

Built medical prescription system for Mutual Ser (Colombian Health Insurance).
  • Owned initial phase: database model, microservices flow, and technology viability tests.
  • Architected event-driven communication with GCP Pub/Sub for prescription validation and notifications.
  • Delivered zero-downtime solution processing 500,000+ prescriptions in first week, scaling to 1,000,000+.
  • Built APIs for drug providers to query prescriptions, reducing unnecessary pharmacy visits.
  • Contract
  • Remote
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • GCP

Geosat

2021 - 2021

Software Developer

Maintained road management system for Colombia's second-largest city.
  • Led Oracle to PostgreSQL migration: 20+ tables, 24,000+ geospatial records.
  • Built custom Node.js migration program, cutting timeline from 6 months to 3.
  • Enhanced road inventory features across React UI and Play Framework Java backend.
  • Contract
  • Remote
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Java

SOAINT

2019 - 2020

Junior Software Developer

Contributed to government projects with Ministry of Labor requiring high availability.
  • Migrated legacy Java services from Java 6 to 8 with Git version management.
  • Modernized build with Maven, reducing deploy times by 70%.
  • Built citizen request portal features in Angular and Java, reducing paper requests by 70%.
  • Conducted performance audits: sped up main dashboard by 15s, login by 7s, analytics by minutes.
  • Full-Time
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Angular

Education

University of Ibagué

2016 - 2021
Systems Engineer

Oracle

2021 - 2021
Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer

Skills

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Java
  • Node.js
  • FastAPI
  • Spring Boot
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Vue.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • GraphQL
  • REST
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • LLM Integration
  • Google Gen AI
  • Google ADK
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Microservices
  • BullMQ
  • Socket.IO

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