# Robert Perez > Principal Software Engineer | Node.js & TypeScript Expert | AWS Expert | Mentor Location: Burbank, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/robertperez Results-driven Software Engineer specializing in building scalable applications. Leveraging expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and Python to develop robust back-end solutions. While crafting responsive user experiences with React.js and Vue.js. Known for optimizing application performance and leading cross-functional teams. ## Work Experience ### Principal Software Engineer @ Attorney Share Jan 2024 – Present | Los Angeles, California, United States - Architected and owned the entire backend infrastructure for early-stage legal-tech startup, designing scalable microservices architecture supporting daily active users across many organizations. - Established CI/CD pipeline from scratch using GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time from hours to minutes and enabling simple daily deployments with zero-downtime releases. - Led technical architecture decisions for core platform, evaluating and implementing technology stack choices that reduced infrastructure costs by 40% while improving performance and stability. - Established engineering best practices including code review standards, testing requirements, and architectural guidelines for our growing engineering team. - Led system replatforming from Directus to NestJS, reducing response times by 60%, improving developer productivity by 40%, and establishing foundation for platform growth. - Mentored 3 engineers through code reviews and pair programming, accelerating their progression and establishing team's technical standards. - Designed critical systems including high-performance marketplace search (80% faster queries), Stripe payment integration (enabling in the moment transactions and subscriptions), and an automated cron platform (eliminated 10 hours/week of manual work). ### Sr Software Engineer @ AIM Consulting Group Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 Starbucks: • Led development of critical API infrastructure within Starbucks' federated GraphQL platform, handling 1000s of requests per second across the company's global digital presence. • Architected and implemented major platform integrations (Delta partnership) through Apollo Federated Graph, 99.9% uptime while maintaining strict API governance. • Drove technical documentation initiatives to improve cross-team collaboration between engineering teams. • Led cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, resulting in 30% faster feature delivery. • Mentored junior engineers in JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and GraphQL best practices with focus on system development patterns. Medinformatix: • Architected REST API platform serving 200+ concurrent businesses focusing on maintainable design patterns. • Implemented AWS infrastructure using Route 53, RDS, ECR, S3, and Fargate achieving scalable deployment architecture. • Created comprehensive API documentation using OpenAPI spec improving design to development handoff efficiency by 50%. • Built robust testing infrastructure using Jest and Cypress achieving 90% test coverage. • Enhanced system reliability through Datadog observability reducing mean time to resolution by 60%. ### Full Stack Engineer @ Shine Bathroom Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Santa Barbara, California, United States • Architected and maintained a distributed IoT platform using AWS Chalice (Python/Flask), handling 100K+ daily device interactions with 99.9% uptime. • Led development of a design-driven component system using Nuxt.js, implementing A/B testing capabilities that increased conversion rates by 30% and reduced design-to-implementation time by 50%. • Built an internal platform dashboard using TypeScript, React, and Express, unifying IoT device data, analytics, and customer insights for cross-functional teams, resulting in 40% faster issue resolution. • Designed and implemented a scalable integration hub using AWS Lambda and API Gateway, connecting multiple third-party services (Shopify, Recharge, ShipStation) with 100% reliability. • Established a comprehensive documentation system combining technical API specs and user-friendly guides, reducing support tickets by 45% and improving cross-team collaboration. ### Software Engineer @ Social Intelligence Corp Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Santa Barbara, California • Modernized legacy platform implementing micro-services architecture reducing API response times by 40%. • Led design system implementation increasing conversion rates by 25% and standardizing UI components. • Created comprehensive technical specifications reducing new engineer onboarding time from 2 weeks to 3 days. • Established modern DevOps pipeline enabling daily zero downtime deployments. • Designed scalable monitoring service processing 100K+ daily events using event driven architecture. • Maintained detailed API documentation facilitating seamless frontend and backend team collaboration. ### Full Stack Engineer @ Experts Exchange Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Luis Obispo, California • Architected real time communication platform supporting 10K+ concurrent users with sub 100ms latency. • Led checkout system redesign implementing component based architecture reducing cart abandonment by 40%. • Created design system standardizing UI components resulting in 25% increase in user engagement. • Modernized legacy Java services through API first design principles reducing response time by 50%. • Established automated testing pipelines achieving 99.9% uptime for core platform features. ### Web Developer @ Anchor Point IT Solutions Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Santa Barbara, California • Architected HR platform using Node.js and React integrating with enterprise systems through RESTful APIs. • Developed reusable component library used across 20+ client projects reducing development time by 40%. • Led technical discovery and architecture planning reducing project delivery time by 30%. • Built multi tenant platform implementing secure authentication through Azure AD integration. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Trident University International Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/robertj-perez --- Source: https://flows.cv/robertperez JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/robertperez/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29