# Santiago Blanco

> Senior Software Engineer | Backend-Focused | AWS, Node.js, Python, TypeScript | Distributed Systems & APIs | Ex-Amazon

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/santiagoblanco

Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing and operating scalable, cloud-native backend systems on AWS. Strong
background in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and infrastructure automation. Proven track record of leading
backend initiatives, improving system reliability at scale, and mentoring engineers while delivering production-grade systems.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ IDEMIA North America
Jan 2022 – Present | United States
• Automated cloud resource provisioning and deployments by designing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions with AWS CDK, SAM, and CloudFormation, improving deployment speed and consistency across environments.
• Increased system scalability and fault tolerance by 40%+ through the design of event-driven, serverless microservices orchestrated with AWS Step Functions, Lambda, and SQS
• Enhanced code quality and developer productivity by mentoring junior engineers, implementing static analysis and linting, and driving adoption of best practices across the team
• Built comprehensive unit, integration, and E2E tests for microservices and React components, increasing test coverage
• Strengthened system reliability by introducing monitoring, logging, and error-handling patterns

### Business Intelligence Engineer - SWE @ Amazon
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
• Developed a scalable React + AWS web app serving 3,500+ internal users, enabling real-time data visualization and decision-making across business units
• Automated reporting and metric tracking by implementing a notification system, reducing manual workload.
• Engineered AWS CDK and SAM solutions to automate infrastructure processes, achieving a 30% reduction in manual tasks and deployments, and enhancing product efficiency.
• Created a reusable front-end design system that reduced duplication by 50%+ and improved developer velocity across multiple teams

### Junior Developer @ Imagine Ventures SAS
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia
• Delivered customized mobile and web applications using Agile methodologies, ensuring on-time delivery and alignment with client requirements
• Spearheaded the transition from Ionic to Flutter, boosting application performance by 25% and enabling more maintainable mobile codebases
• Built and optimized RESTful APIs and database schemas, improving backend response times and overall scalability

### Teaching Assistant @ Universidad de Los Andes
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia
• Assisted in teaching object-oriented programming (Python) to 100+ students, delivering weekly review sessions and supporting lab work
• Improved student success rates by designing supplementary lessons focused on data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving strategies

### Business Intelligence Intern @ Claro Colombia
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia
Built and maintained Tableau dashboards for executive leadership, improving visibility into large-scale system performance and KPIs


## Education
### Master's degree in Information Technology for Business
Universidad de Los Andes

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer and Systems Engineering
Universidad de Los Andes


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/santiblanco99

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Last updated: 2026-04-13