# Jairo A. Perez > Software Engineer Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jairoaperez Hello! I am a recent graduate from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. I am highly motivated and interested in gaining as much experience as possible in software engineering with a focus on applications built for distributed systems. In addition, I also like to delve in the development of user interfaces for desktop application using software tools such as WxPython and Electron. Over the years I have had the pleasure of coordinating several teams in software development projects using Agile Scrum mythologies participating both as a scrum master and team member; and business product solutions conferencing directly with bankers, lawyers and accounting firms for service delivery. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Spatial Front, Inc Jan 2024 – Present | United States ### Software Engineer @ Guidehouse Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New Jersey, United States Redevelop decades old application for the National Weather Service (NWS) under NOAA through a comprehensive lift & shift initiative. Serve as the primary liaison between the development team and the long-term support group, ensuring seamless coordination and alignment of objectives. This critical service enhances and streamlines the dissemination of weather forecasts for designated US authorities within specific geographic locations. ▪ Engaged with team members in Agile methodology (Scrum) holding daily sprint sessions for planning and reviewing application’s purposes. ▪ Researched, reviewed, and proposed improvements for existing system architecture. ▪ Architect, develop, and rigorously test REST API leveraging Symfony 5.4, API Platform, Postman, and curl on RHEL 8 machines to ensure optimal performance and functionality. ▪ Engaged in the design, testing and functionality of SQL queries. ▪ Lead the redesign, development, and seamless integration of Python3 daemons for STQ and FWS product processing into NGITWS system. ▪ Provided guidance on NGITWS internal operational systems to teammates. ▪ Participate actively in peer code review sessions, fostering a collaborative environment and ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices. ▪ Proactively acquired proficiency in emerging technologies including Vue.js, LDM, MongoDB, NGITWS, Zabbix, GrayLog, NetCDF. ### Software Engineer / Project Management @ The Nuvo Group Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Greater New York City Area - Manage and coordinate shift composed of 4 members - Distributed incoming job tasks among team members - Report and log job activities to managing partners and executive employees - Trained technical personnel on use of software (GoFiler, Microsoft Office, Adobe, Outlook) - Attend live and virtual meetings with bankers, lawyers and accountants for product and service deliverable - Aid team members in EDGARizing HTML filings to comply with standards set by the Security Exchange Commission - Analyze best development approach for creation of parsing script for Commercial Mortage-Backed Securities (CMBS) schema ### Software Engineer @ The Nuvo Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | New York City Metropolitan Area Identified inefficient processes used in supply management. Approached managing partners and executive team with a design solution based on Python to automate the procedures. Held weekly meetings with future users on product and sprint backlog. By utilizing the new applications, the firm obtains better insights into supply usage and allocation. This results in fewer wasted resources and lower project delivery cost. Project delivery - Lead a 4 person engineering team to streamlined ingestion of CMBS files for business operations to meeting SLA's - Engaged with team members in Agile methodology holding sprint sessions for planning and reviewing of application purpose - Created communication method for easability of daily scrums - Research, design and propose software architecture - Led and managed internal development of 3-tier architecture desktop application - Design application configuration files using JSON or YAML format - Developed user interface using cross-platform GUI library WxPython 4.0 – Phoenix - Design and test RESTAPIs in PostMan and AWS API Gateway - Participate in the design, testing and functionality of SQL queries. - Rapid database prototyping using SQLite - Use GitKraken and GitHub for version control ### VBA Scripter @ The Nuvo Group Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | New York City Metropolitan Area Assisted data processing team by creating and implementing Python and VBA data cleansing scripts - Increased file processing efficiency by 80% through development of MS Excel Add-in using VB script - Created Excel and Outlook Macros - Developed and updated automated script for charts, data tables and graphs on a weekly and monthly basis - Provided technical support on queries related to MS Office suite tools - Helped resolving database and spreadsheet application problems ### Software Engineer @ GRAFICAS Y DISEÑOS RD Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia Worked with the business owner and on-site team to create a digital presence for her business. The strategy was divided into three stages. In the first stage, the business website was launched using a robust security system. In the second stage, the content management system was integrated with social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. In the final stage, storage system was integrated to handle internal files. - Reviewed existing system architecture and recommended improvements - Launched AWS EC2 Linux instances, and created hosted zone in Route 53 - Installed and configured web services like Apache2, Lets Encrypt, CertBot, MariaDB, and Nagios - Wrote Dockerfile and Docker-Compose files for tool integration testing - Created Bash scripts to automatically renew SSL certificate - Configured AWS Security Groups - Created and configured AWS IAM users, groups and roles - Helped Designed relational database model - Modified web template provided by client to suit its needs using JavaScript and PHP7 - Responded to queries from owner and team members ### Back End Engineer @ STEERus Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New Jersey, United States - Assisted product owner with Agile Scrum methodology as a team member in development of sprint stories - Assisted project manager on keeping track and status of sprint releases using Trello - Forefront development of STEERus new member dashboard with vanilla PHP 7 - Front and back integration - Performed version control of software releases using Git. - Analyzed and studied MangoApps API suite tools for integration with STEERus platform - Analyzed and studied scalability and usability of different cloud storage system - Performed AWS S3 storage system integration with STEERus platform for file storage and retrival ### STEM Tutor - Computer Science @ Passaic County Community College Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | New Jersey, United States - Monitored usage of computer lab equipment - Aided students with object oriented programming challenges in C++ and Python - Assisted students with Microsoft Office and SQL - Coordinated and lectured programming workshops in C++ and Python ## Education ### Master's degree in Data Science New Jersey Institute of Technology ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science New Jersey Institute of Technology ### A.S. in Applied Computer Science in Computer Science Passaic County Community College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jairoaperezprofile - Portfolio: https://japc.me --- Source: https://flows.cv/jairoaperez JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jairoaperez/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13