# Alexander Aguilar

> Software Engineer at Optimal Dynamics

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexanderaguilar

## Work Experience
### Tech Lead Software Engineer, Backend @ Optimal Dynamics
Jan 2025 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer, Backend @ Optimal Dynamics
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States
Backend Software Engineer with experience across a broad range of projects:

- Contributed to high-impact Django/Postgres APIs, improving performance and scalability.
- Helped consolidate 50+ repositories into a unified Bazel-powered monorepo, streamlining builds and development workflows.
- Played a key role in revamping our ETL pipeline—migrating from Pandas to DuckDB, DBT, and SQL—boosting data processing speed by up to 50% and increasing stability
- Led the removal of a third-party dependency in our TMS/ELD integrations, significantly reducing complexity and saving the company over six figures annually.

Currently focused on building internal tooling to accelerate customer deployments and reduce manual engineering effort.

Tech stack: Python, Django, Postgres, SQL, AWS (SQS/SNS, DynamoDB, S3, EC2, ECS), Kafka, Terraform, Bazel

### Software Engineer II, Backend @ Optimal Dynamics
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ JOOR
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Worked on building client facing configuration tooling and our Public API's used by our Brand customers.

Technologies used: Python, Django, gRPC, GraphQL, ReactJS, Typescript, Postgres. Docker, Kubernetes,

### Software Engineer @ Jibe (Acquired by iCIMS)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area
April 2021 - Aug 2021
Worked on the Identity Access Management team

Technologies Used: Java, Spring Boot, Auth0

Feb 2019 - Mar 2021
Worked on our multi-tenant integrations software used by Fortune 500 companies. Day to day work involved building out/maintaining integration workflows that facilitate our interactions with external Applicant Tracking Systems.

Technologies used: Ruby, Nokogiri, S3, Mechanize, Sidekiq, Redis, Selenium, Capybara

### Associate Software Engineer @ Jibe (Acquired by iCIMS)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Washington D.C. Metro Area

### Software Engineer Intern @ Jibe (Acquired by iCIMS)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Washington DC-Baltimore Area

### Software Engineering Intern @ Sparta Systems
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Hamilton, New Jersey
- Developer in the R&D Department working on Sparta’s Trackwise Digital application on the Salesforce Platform
- Utilized Apex Enterprise Design Patterns to design and implement a data access layer that spanned across multiple enterprise applications
- Identified and resolved security issues using the Force.com Source Scanner portal which decreased security vulnerabilities by over 25%
- Pioneered a new system design that integrated two complex systems which increased the usability of Sparta's product using Process Builder's, Validation Rules, and Email Templates

### Information Technology Intern @ Vatican Museums
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Rome Area, Italy
- Sole developer working in the Information Technology Department within the Vatican
- Developed and published five virtual tours for over 1 million unique visitors to view using Javascript, HTML5, and KRPano

http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/it/collezioni/musei.html

### Software Engineering Intern @ Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Lakehurst, NJ
- Software engineer on the Virtual Environments Team
- Improved the effectiveness of a virtual reality training simulation by developing over 30% of the interaction functionality using Unity, Oculus, and C#
- Developed an Android plugin for an Augmented Reality application that allowed a user to configure the environment of a virtual aircraft simulation using Java (TCP/IP), Android Studio, Unity, and C#
- One of two interns selected out of the class pool to present my work to the Director of Engineering


## Education
### Bachelors in Computer Science
Villanova University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### General Studies
Università degli studi Roma TRE
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

### Jackson Memorial High School
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexmaguilar

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Last updated: 2026-03-20