# Rony Alvarez

> React / Full Stack Developer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rony

Rony Alvarez graduated from Pace University with a Master's degree in Computer Science, and currently has 4 years of professional experience. 

He has held different positions from Full Stack Developer to Big Data Developer, and is currently working as a UI Developer using React and Material UI.

Current technology stack: React, Material UI, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ American Express
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Improved the performance and optimization of the existing algorithms in Hadoop, using Python/PySpark, Data Frames, RDDs, and Spark SQL.  
• Built information extraction and text understanding pipelines to identify consumer insights from unstructured data.
• Designed, reviewed, implemented, and optimized data transformation processes in the Hadoop ecosystems.
• Participated in daily stand-up meetings, status meetings, and effective communication with project manager and developers.

### Software Engineer, Java @ Cisco
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Regular interaction with Restful API endpoints using Spring Boot Microservices, to populate the user interface (UI) using Angular 8.
•	Resolved 20+ critical bugs in the product to improve performance and help the team Go Live.
•	Actively involved in raising questions for business, getting answers from them, and bug fixing/tracking using tools like JIRA.
•	Analyzed and designed a scalable system based on Object Oriented Concepts and the various J2EE design patterns.

### Software Engineer, Java @ Revature
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
•	Actively involved in the development of Micro Services to provide Restful APIs utilizing Spring Boot, and various data persistence frameworks such as Hibernate and JPA.
•	Took existing code and worked on functional defect fixes and cross-browser compatibility issues.
•	Implemented a Continuous Delivery pipeline with Docker, Jenkins and GitHub and AWS.
•	Coordinated effectively with a team of 8 members with skills in engineering and design.


## Education
### Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science
Pace University

### Bachelor's degree in Information Technology
Monroe University


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29