Pablo Alessio, Developer in Poznań, Poland
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Pablo Alessio

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Bio

Pablo is a software architect and full-stack developer specializing in Microsoft technologies and is certified as an Azure solutions architect expert. He delivers scalable and secure enterprise architecture, ultimate back-end and web development, and resilient cloud computing setups. He has completed 50 projects over 15 years, from implementing extraordinary large-scale apps to optimizing cloud computer costs. Pablo is ready to apply his skills to take a challenging project to the next level.

Portfolio

Various AI Projects
ChatGPT, Semantic Kernel (SK), .NET, DevOps, Docker, Azure Design...
Various Clients
.NET, Architecture, Blazor, React.js, DevOps, Azure Design, AWS, Security...
Monorail
.NET, Azure Design, DevOps, SQL, Redis, APIs, ASP.NET, Blazor, SignalR, NoSQL...

Experience

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

.NET, C#, Architecture, Full-stack Development, APIs, Azure, SQL, NoSQL, DevOps, Web Development

The most amazing...

...thing I've built is an American fintech solution's main architecture, covering card spending, saving, investing, trading, sending money, and donating.

Work Experience

Senior Software Architect

2023 - 2024
Various AI Projects
  • Built an MVP of an ambitious AI platform to host and share real-life actions through ChatGPT communication.
  • Implemented innovative solutions non-standard in the market proficiently to address DevOps and AI components working together in a plug-in fashion.
  • Provided an architecture consultancy with insights and path forward guidance to scale up an existing horse-racing AI predictions product using ML models.
Technologies: ChatGPT, Semantic Kernel (SK), .NET, DevOps, Docker, Azure Design, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Machine Learning, Architecture

Senior Software Architect

2023 - 2024
Various Clients
  • Redesigned the existing app's architecture and cloud strategy for a simulation learning company, resulting in an evolution of the user experience and allowing business scalability.
  • Doubled the speed performance of the apps, reduced Azure cloud costs by 40%, and implemented monitoring tools to prevent bugs in advance.
  • Resolved long-standing structural issues that other engineers were not able to resolve.
  • Stabilized a platform with recurrent critical bugs, bringing user-reported issues and downtime to almost zero.
  • Transformed on-premise legacy processes into modern Azure PaaS for a cosmetic enterprise, using state-of-the-art computing, network, security, storage, and monitoring solutions.
  • Implemented technologies that the enterprise business was not aware of, and they emerged as the solution to revamp the internal processes.
  • Designed the initial MVP, including the back-end and front-end SPA, security, and cloud strategy, using ultimate best practices such as vertical slice, clean architecture, domain-driven design, and event-driven architecture.
Technologies: .NET, Architecture, Blazor, React.js, DevOps, Azure Design, AWS, Security, Monitoring, Redux, Lambda Architecture, Microsoft Power Automate

Senior Software Architect

2018 - 2023
Monorail
  • Designed and documented the organization-wide software architecture for a top American fintech startup.
  • Sorted out the development team's technical approach with extensive guidelines that include best practices, principles, patterns, and code conventions.
  • Built complex banking and financial products, including features such as trading, custom portfolio models, rebalancing, savings, spending with cards, and donating.
  • Integrated the solution successfully with market-leading 3rd-party financial tools, including Stripe, Plaid, Apex, Dosh, IEX Cloud, Orbis, and Q2.
  • Reorganized the cloud infrastructure with Azure, which reduced costs by 60% and substantially increased security by implementing networking, encryption, and authorization layers.
  • Refactored a poorly designed solution into a new scalable system, transitioning from a monolithic solution into microservices.
Technologies: .NET, Azure Design, DevOps, SQL, Redis, APIs, ASP.NET, Blazor, SignalR, NoSQL, Azure DevOps, Azure Service Bus, Confluence, Lucidchart, Visio, Architecture, Angular, CI/CD Pipelines, Azure, Cloud Architecture, Security

Senior Software Engineer | Architect

2016 - 2018
Various Clients
  • Improved customer experience substantially after completing an email marketing platform's ambitious architectural design optimization, allowing it to scale up.
  • Enhanced the corporate infrastructure of a building modeling platform and its internal systems.
  • Helped a global footwear design leader with their current eCommerce system, invoice generation, and aging of non-processed orders.
Technologies: .NET, SQL, APIs, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET, Bootstrap, Angular, TypeScript, jQuery, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), RabbitMQ, Architecture, Windows Development, gRPC, Azure Design, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps

Senior Software Engineer

2016 - 2017
Santander Bank
  • Served in the Nordic division of a top global consumer bank, dedicated to high-end loan apps.
  • Built from scratch an AML workflow tool for comprehensive anti-money laundering surveillance cases.
  • Optimized the pre-launch of a front-office tool for individual customers requesting car loan approvals.
  • Helped to refactor the back-end system that connects major Nordic division applications.
Technologies: .NET, SQL, APIs, ASP.NET MVC, Bootstrap, Angular, TypeScript, NServiceBus, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps

Co-founder | IT Leader

2014 - 2016
Kytasoft
  • Co-founded Kytasoft for personal venture projects and to help other startups with great ideas.
  • Created a social network called Bindaloo to help people find new local buddies with whom to do activities.
  • Designed and customized projects for personal purposes and external startups, including CRM and eCommerce industries.
Technologies: .NET, SQL, APIs, ASP.NET MVC, Bootstrap, jQuery, Redux

Senior Software Engineer | Project Manager

2011 - 2016
Deutsche Bank
  • Participated in crafting organization-wide critical solutions for the risk division of the leading German bank, earning awards for efficiency and user experience.
  • Designed and developed from scratch strategic business intelligence solutions.
  • Worked on numerous projects, including market oversight control, internal risk workflow optimizations, and process automatizations.
Technologies: .NET, SQL, APIs, ASP.NET, Architecture

Senior Full-stack Developer

2009 - 2010
The Etailers
  • Developed an eCommerce platform to create customizable shops for different Spanish retailers.
  • Created a customized shop for the most important Spanish sunglasses retailer.
  • Implemented sophisticated architectural patterns and work methodologies.
Technologies: .NET, ASP.NET, C#, SQL

Senior Full-stack Developer

2007 - 2009
Near Technologies
  • Acted as the lead .NET developer in several on-demand projects, mainly in the financial and banking industry, including the biggest Spanish bank.
  • Developed a high-speed real-time news portal for traders to facilitate digesting information as quickly as possible in a categorized fashion.
  • Created a social platform to provide financial advice in exchange for virtual currency.
  • Helped and advised in other projects occasionally, such as a hotel booking reservation platform, an HR management desktop application, and a web portal for scholarship petitions.
Technologies: .NET, ASP.NET, C#, SQL

Full-stack Developer

2005 - 2007
Stardoc, Netlander, & Binacus Consulting
  • Gained my 1st professional experience in the latest software technologies and the .NET environment.
  • Developed a document management project based on an activity workflow and CRM for big corporate clients.
  • Built from scratch a dynamic web portal for the Spanish Maritime industry.
  • Collaborated on and enhanced projects in the e-learning and eCommerce industries.
Technologies: .NET, ASP.NET, SQL, C#, VB.NET, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Oracle Development, SQL Server, Windows Development, MySQL, VB.NET, Windows Development, C#

AI Agents Platform MVP

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14byoltBS6nz0ntqsRaotkakrTqZhKDwX/view
Developed an initial MVP of an ambitious AI agents platform that connects through ChatGPT agents and hosts with customized real-life actions using Semantic Kernel. I successfully implemented cutting-edge technologies to make the integration of AI language APIs with designed plug-in operations possible and placed them in a marketplace for consumption on a subscription basis.

Global Architecture Design

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w4O3TsgXvhUskbl-Ubfgs17w6dAIfn6j/view
I transformed a poorly designed system into a scalable modern architecture of a top American fintech company. This included defining the cloud strategy with Azure, including all components, best principles, patterns, and code conventions. It set the path for all developers to work under the new framework.

Development of a Fintech App

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hDyVL4YQb88MSY14LYHg7zvNiVrTxiHg/view
I built a fintech app with complex functionalities requiring advanced background processing, calculations, and integrations. The app has a wide range of features, including trading, pre-defined portfolio models, savings, purchase discounts, subscription billing, donating, and an e-commerce wish list.

Redesign of a Simulation Learning Platform's Cloud, DevOps, and Apps Architecture

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iSr4-k7Ju8QbH8ZrXTc-uCUqssuazdML/view
I transformed a Simulation Learning Platform's entire cloud, DevOps, and apps architecture. It had several long-standing issues that other engineers were not able to resolve. At the same time, I also doubled the speed performance of the apps, reduced Azure cloud computer costs by almost half, and stabilized the user experience with a more solid architecture and monitoring tools.

Creation of a Personal Website

https://www.pabloalessio.com
I created my personal blog, where I add unstructured content about my passions, hobbies, and other unique content. I also write blog articles about meditation, general awareness practices, and conscious investing.

Creation of an Oversight Tool for Deutsche Bank

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1maAYELzT4woGZHw3DbGxdiPxjK8pM663/view
I built a framework tool called BAMS from scratch to further strengthen the controls and transparency of the bank submissions of prices to external benchmarks. An independent supervisory workflow application was established within the market risk management system.

Build of AML Workflow Tool for Anti-money Laundering for Santander Bank

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14X6LiF-j1U4zf9uDPn6N7wZapk0QDNFj/view
I built an AML workflow app from scratch for anti-money laundering surveillance cases. The tool contained a real-time dashboard to monitor and take quick action as needed, going through the required workflow.

Development of a Social Network Platform

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cTLUEfvNYoRpykMmsGsD19ZoH1w-rGS_/view
I built a simple social network platform called Bindaloo to connect people doing the same activities and hobbies in cities worldwide. The platform tried to match the same activity preferences in an open community.

Founding of Kytasoft

https://www.kytasoft.com
I co-founded Kytasoft to build elaborated IT works with the vision to grow the value of any kind of business by creating solutions that combine a relentless commitment to quality and efficiency based on market demands.

Enhancement of the Building Modeling App

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rZseZt6GgK-8UxGoAv_JVClmpgdzr3zi/view
I refactored and enhanced different parts of the architecture and infrastructure of a building modeling app for manufacturers. The back end consisted of an API connecting different platforms and front-end apps using various technologies and mechanisms of communication.

Architecture of an Email Marketing Platform

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vkTLSUxAZfZPGqtxqm-WYWuFI1rHBti_/view
I refactored the architecture of an email marketing platform that includes a wide range of top-market advanced features to help you produce and deliver effective email campaigns. It manages and optimizes campaigns, while the user can monitor the results in real-time.

IT and Fintech Consultancy

https://www.pabloalessio.com/it-consulting/
I offered consultancy to clients in the fintech and banking industry. I took several courses on finance and economics, and I am also a long-term investor with a diversified strategy and portfolio. I implemented complex banking and accounting solutions over the years.
2003 - 2007

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Buenos Aires, Argentina

OCTOBER 2023 - OCTOBER 2025

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft

FEBRUARY 2023 - FEBRUARY 2025

Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft

Libraries/APIs

NServiceBus, jQuery, REST API, Stripe Development, Entity Framework, React.js, LINQ, Stripe Development, SignalR, Windows Development, Authorize.Net, Web API, Azure Cognitive Services, OpenAI API

Tools

Microsoft Access Development, Git, Azure, Bitbucket, Microsoft Development, GitHub, Jira, Microsoft Development, Photoshop, Confluence, Lucidchart, Excel Development, Azure Logic Apps, Azure, Visual Studio Development, Gulp, Adobe Illustrator, RabbitMQ, C#, Microsoft Teams Development, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Visio, Apache, ChatGPT, Azure Machine Learning

Languages

T-SQL, ASP.NET, Visual Basic, VB.NET, C#, TypeScript, TypeScript, SQL, XML, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, .NET, HTML, C++, GraphQL, Excel VBA, CSS3, Visual Basic, YAML, Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual Basic, VB.NET, Python

Frameworks

Razor, ASP.NET Core 2, ASP.NET, ASP.NET, Angular, ASP.NET, ASP.NET, Web Development, .NET, Bootstrap, ASP.NET MVC, Blazor, .NET Core, gRPC, Windows PowerShell, Entity Framework Core, Tailwind CSS, ASP.NET Core MVC, Redux, Razor Pages, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Paradigms

Test Software, Responsive Web Design, Continuous Integration (CI), Web Architecture, Agile Development, Code First, Unit Testing, Agile Development, Scrum Master Consulting, Waterfall Project Management, Azure DevOps, DevOps, Microservices Development, Enterprise Application Architecture, Agile Development, Requirements Analysis, REST, Database Design, Microservices Architecture, CQRS, Agile Development, Event Sourcing, Application Architecture, Event-driven Architecture, API, Agile Development, Clean Architecture, UI Design, UX Development, DevSecOps, Lambda Architecture, Building Information Modeling (BIM), App Development

Platforms

Azure Notification Hub, AWS, Azure Design, Web Development, Windows Development, Docker, Azure Functions, Azure, Mobile App Design, Oracle Development, Kubernetes, Microsoft Power Automate, Telerik, Amazon EC2, Oracle Database

Storage

Azure Blobs, Azure, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, SQL, MySQL, JSON, SQL Server, Azure, Redis, Relational Databases, Azure, Azure, SQL, Azure Queue Storage, Azure, SQL Server, Database, SSIS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Database, SQL Server, Database

Industry Expertise

Banking Consulting, Accounting, eLearning Design, Virtual Coaching

Other

Azure Service Bus, Integration Testing, Full-stack, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ERP Development, Financial Markets, Reporting, Financial APIs, Email Marketing, Financial Data, Twitter Bootstrap, Data Scraping, Big Data Architecture, APIs, UI Development, Software Analysis, Data Architecture, Architecture, Requirements & Specifications, Content Management Systems (CMS), CRM, Web Services, Security, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), .NET 6, CI/CD Pipelines, Finance, Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture, Microsoft Web, Cloud Architecture, API Integration, Web Development, Trading, Enterprise Architecture, Payroll & Benefits, Windows Development, Cloud Platforms, Virtual Machines, Integration, System Architecture, Software Architecture, Excel Development, WebAssembly, Design Consulting, RESTful Services, Data Processing, Web Application, SaaS, Credit Risk, Fraud Analysis, Fintech Development, Workflow, Domain-driven Design (DDD), Message Queues, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP), Normalization, SSO Engineering, IIS, Legacy Software, Containerization, Distributed Systems Development, Leadership, Back-end Developers, API, Stock Trading, Recommendation Systems, API, Technical Leadership, System Security, Front-end, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Back-end Developers, GitFlow, Serverless, Mapping, Payment APIs, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Code Review, Enterprise SaaS, SaaS, Multitenancy, Monitoring, Documentation, Microsoft Data Transformation Services (now SSIS), SOLID Principles, Marketing Technology (MarTech), Stripe Payments, UI Development, Data Structures, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), GitHub Actions, Technical Documentation, Octopus Deploy, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), AWS Cloud, Digital Asset Management, Research, Big Data Architecture, Full-stack, Software Development, IT Project Management, Data Analysis, Algorithms, Freelance Programming, Web Development, Diagrams, Planning, Debugging, Investment Banking, IT Consultant, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Azure Data Factory, Pipelines, OpenAI GPT-3 API, GPT-4, Mobile Apps, Semantic Kernel (SK), LangChain, ChatGPT API, LLM, NLP, Document Processing

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