# Luis Pedraza

> Senior Software Engineer at Maisha Meds

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

I'm a software engineer at Maisha Meds where I work on the frontend apps and Rails API. Previously, I studied philosophy and computer science at the University of Texas at Austin. My interests include traveling, writing, philosophy (esp. logic), photography, and creating things through code.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Maisha Meds
Jan 2022 – Present
- Built multiple web apps from scratch using Typescript, Vue, and Pinia with an existing Ruby on Rails backend; primarily worked on an app that provided and visualized inventory data to our customers
- Designed data schema, SQL queries, and API endpoints to serve large amounts of inventory data
- Collaborated with the senior team on quarterly and annual Objective and Key Results

### Software Engineer @ Ameelio
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote
- Built a Typescript API (both REST and GraphQL) for scheduling and facilitating calls on the Connect platform
- Added and redesigned features on the Connect platform clients in Typescript and React

### Software Engineer @ Nearpod
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area
- Contributed new backend and frontend features to a Django/React app for an education technology platform while also updated legacy code
- Worked on an Agile team practicing CI/CD and regularly communicated with other departments to provide support

### Lead Developer @ Data Drum
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York
- Designed and built an API with Node.js, a mobile app with React Native, and an Excel add-in with new Microsoft JavaScript API

- Developed a data scraping architecture in Python that continuously scraped from over 100 diverse sources, from Greece to Venezuela

- Actively maintained multiple servers on AWS and assisted in key design and business decisions, working directly with the CEO

### Software Developer @ UT Austin STEM Center
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
- Added new features and debugged old code in a Django backend, often using external packages such as boto3

- Implented new designs in our jQuery/Bootstrap frontend and debugged legacy jQuery code

- Contributed to our DevOps infrastructure using Docker containerization and Jenkins CI/CD


## Education
### Bachelors in Philosophy
The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22