# Brandon Alvarez > Software Engineer @ Roark Capital Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/brandonalvarez I write code and I do it well. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Roark Capital Jan 2025 – Present ### Software Engineer II @ JPMorganChase Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States ### Software Engineer @ JPMorganChase Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States ✓ Designed and developed scalable backend services and APIs for high-throughput data processing, ensuring low-latency responses for critical business applications ✓ Implemented concurrent processing techniques to improve system efficiency, reducing service latency by 30% and optimizing real-time transaction performance ✓ Spearheaded backend optimizations that enhanced data pipeline performance, improving query response times by 50% ✓ Developed microservices to streamline enterprise workflows, integrating with cloud-based storage solutions to enhance reliability and scalability ✓ Led API integrations across multiple distributed systems, ensuring seamless communication between internal and external services ✓ Automated key operational tasks using scripting to improve deployment efficiency and reduce manual intervention by 40% ✓ Collaborated cross-functionally to refine CI/CD workflows, improving build and deployment speeds while enforcing secure coding best practices ✓ Drove improvements in test coverage, implementing rigorous unit and integration testing methodologies to maintain system stability ### Drone Developer @ Self Employed Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 ✓ Engineered and optimized flight control algorithms, enhancing autonomous drone navigation and improving operational efficiency by 35% ✓ Developed API-driven drone communication protocols to facilitate real-time telemetry data exchange across ground control stations ✓ Created real-time data visualization dashboards using JavaScript and Python, providing enhanced situational awareness for drone operators ✓ Built backend data processing systems to store and analyze flight path telemetry, enabling predictive maintenance and risk assessment ✓ Implemented mission-critical software updates, reducing failure rates by 20% and improving reliability for large-scale drone fleet operations ✓ Designed and integrated control interfaces with React.js, reducing user training time by 40% and improving operational accessibility ✓ Leveraged cloud computing solutions to optimize drone data storage and retrieval, enabling secure access to mission logs and analytics ### Private STEM Tutor @ Self Employed Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 ✓ Provided personalized tutoring services in STEM subjects, including mathematics, physics, engineering, and programming, to a diverse range of students from middle school through college, employing a variety of teaching strategies tailored to each student's unique learning style and academic needs. ✓ Initiated and led a tutoring program specifically for student veterans, leveraging my background as a veteran to create a comfortable and understanding learning environment, which significantly improved their academic performance and confidence in STEM subjects. ### Civil Environmental Engineer @ Arcadis Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York City Metropolitan Area ✓ Developed dynamic data-processing tools using JavaScript and Python, automating hydraulic calculations and significantly reducing manual input errors in environmental modeling ✓ Engineered Python-based geospatial analysis scripts to generate high-resolution heat maps in ESRI GIS, aiding NYC agencies in predicting flood-prone areas and optimizing placement of 1,000+ green infrastructure assets ✓ Optimized GIS data workflows, reducing hydraulic map processing times by 70% through Python-based geoprocessing automation ✓ Designed and implemented VBA macros to reformat thousands of environmental datasets, cutting repetitive manual tasks by 80% and improving workflow efficiency ✓ Automated large-scale hydrological modeling processes, streamlining the assessment of stormwater impact and expediting regulatory compliance reporting for urban infrastructure projects ✓ Collaborated with cross-disciplinary teams to analyze environmental impact data, providing data-driven recommendations that shaped flood mitigation strategies across NYC ### Civil Environmental Engineer @ Arup Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States ✓ Applied strong analytical skills to create a logic-based tool with VBA that optimized the hydraulic design process through geometry and rainfall volume calculations, achieving an outstanding 150% reduction in design time ✓ Exhibited proficiency in AutoCAD and GIS technology (ArcGIS) by crafting precise design plans and maps ✓ Collaborated with a team to perform a comprehensive group case study, facilitating the identification of project successes and challenges, and enhancing future cross-functional team performance via an in-depth presentation ### Civil Environmental Engineer @ Arcadis Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area ### Site | Civil Engineer @ Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York City ### Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drone) Operator @ United States Army Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | Arizona, Italy, Florida, Ukraine ✓ Proficient in flight planning and simulation, ensuring smooth operations and mission success by achieving a 95% on-time departure rate for scheduled drone flights ✓ Excelled in collaborative problem-solving, working effectively with multidisciplinary teams to reduce system downtime by 30% through coordinated troubleshooting efforts ✓ Skilled in drone piloting, drone videography, and drone photography, capturing crucial information and visual data for mission objectives, resulting in a 20% increase in actionable intelligence ✓ Led flight simulator operations, contributing to a 25% improvement in overall operational readiness by providing comprehensive training and performance evaluation for fellow operators ## Education ### Post-baccalaureate Bachelors of Science in Computer Science University of Florida ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Magna Cum Laude in Civil Engineering Major || Environmental Engineering Minor Manhattan University ### Software Engineering Immersive in Computer Software Engineering General Assembly ### Associate's degree in Unmanned Aerial Systems Cochise College ### Architecture Saunders Trades & Technical High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brandon-alvarez-03balv --- Source: https://flows.cv/brandonalvarez JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/brandonalvarez/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13