# Alberto Ayala > Senior Software Engineer at Capital One Location: Carol Stream, Illinois, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/albertoayala With almost a decade of experience across industries including e-commerce, banking, and government, I have a fervent drive to leverage cutting-edge technologies to drive innovation and positively impact lives. I thrive on overcoming challenges and turning obstacles into opportunities for growth. My passion for software development drives me to explore the intricacies of various programming languages and their unique applications. I am committed to continuous learning, eagerly embracing new languages, frameworks, and best practices to enhance my skills and deliver innovative solutions. My enthusiasm for technology fuels my desire to create impactful software that meets the needs of users and businesses alike. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Capital One Jan 2023 – Present | Chicago, Illinois, United States - Documented, planned, and built new API for intent to speed up Credit Card apps using Java SpringBoot - Brought along teammates looking to expand their knowledge and experience in Backend development - Learned then led a training for our push to Go lang pulling in examples to guide devs in their journey - Managed an intern team that was tasked to build an internal tool that helps devs test APIs they are working on - Helped move Credit Card acquisitions to new Angular Front End backed by a CMS - Became moderator for the Credit Card acquisitions space sharing and managing intents ### Software Engineer @ Capital One Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Chicago, Illinois, United States - Worked with team to create avenues for merchants to use new product being introduced - Brought an OOP mindset to javascript project to be able to abstract away concrete implementations - Used LitElement to build easily usable HTML components - Documented, planned, and built idempotent APIs for new product using node Lambdas and DynamoDB ### Senior Software Engineer @ Quicket Solutions Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Chicago, Illinois, United States • Continued improvements on client applications • Able to introduce new software patterns to make the desktop application more robust • Opportunity to work on other team projects such as a web2py app and a python flask app • Developed new RESTful APIs in our python backend for clients to interact with • Added necessary tables and procedures to DB for newly created APIs • Learned JSON Schema to build out validating APIs and to help with new projects that heavily rely on it ### Software Engineer @ Quicket Solutions Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Chicago, Illinois • Contributed in streamlining application development for the .NET application. • Contributed to making it possible for quick turn around when new clients are added. • Working for the public sector a lot of workflows vary between states and different level of government. Making it possible to have a quick turnaround was a great achievement for the team. • Able to achieve this goal by helping introduce DI into our project using Ninject • Focused on WPF desktop application with opportunity to help build an ASP.NET server app ### Software Engineer in Test @ iTouch Biometrics, LLC Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Schaumburg, Illinois - Working on streamlining and improving automation testing of the software produced by iTouch Biometrics - Created and maintain Python scripts that monitor an internal server for testing of SFTP, FTP and SMTP submissions from iTouch software - Work on maintenance and adding features to software - Created and maintain a C# Visual Studio project that is used at the Greenfield Police Department ### Intern @ iTouch Biometrics, LLC Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Shaumburg, Illinois Area - Software Testing: Made sure each release went through a rigorous Regression Checklist before deployment - Support IT Solution Engineers when needed ### Programmer @ TVAccess Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Illinois During the summer of 2015 (June 2015 - mid August 2015) helped maintain and add new features to current software. The program is used to gather analytics about the use of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) TVAccess distributed to TV and Radio stations. Technologies: Visual C#, PostgreSQL During winter of 2015-2016 (mid December 2015 - mid January 2016) created a website for TVAccess child company Apple Graphics. The website was planned to be used for employees to be able to take customer orders online instead of with paper. Technologies: HTML, PHP, MySQL ## Education ### Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/albertoaayala - Website: https://www.albertoaayala.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/albertoayala JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/albertoayala/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22