Senior Software Engineer · Technical lead
Christopher Alatorre
Systems and interfaces, built to the same standard.
Eight years shipping production software: APIs and data on one side, the browser on the other. Clarity, security, and measurable performance everywhere.
About
End-to-end: APIs to interface.
Senior software engineer across backend and frontend: PHP (Laravel, Symfony), Node.js, and the web stack (JavaScript, HTML, Blade, CSS), shipping what people actually use.
Owning both service boundaries and UI cuts handoffs. PSR-12, SOLID, OWASP-aware review, and production metrics: non-negotiable on the server and in the browser.
Leadership, mentorship, and delivery: automation, CI/CD, retrospectives. First place, 2019 generational project contest (Universidad de Guadalajara). Rigor and clarity as the default.
AI & engineering
AI as leverage, not a substitute for judgment.
AI belongs in the workflow as a lever: quicker scaffolding, tests, and first drafts, same idea as linters and review. Amplify the work; a human still owns architecture, security, and shipping.
In practice: IDE assistants, tight prompts, and review on every generated line. No secrets or customer data in the wrong place. Intelligent tooling on Node services and internal apps. Never unreviewed code to production.
- Boilerplate, refactors, tests: faster out of the gate, always reviewed.
- Docs and onboarding: draft fast, edit carefully.
- Model-backed features: judged on latency, cost, privacy, and failure modes.
Experience
Roles & impact
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Senior Software Engineer
Firstbase.io · YC W21
Measurable performance gains; fewer incidents; Node.js microservices for internal tools; automation and shared knowledge in delivery.
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Senior Software Engineer · Tech Lead
CyberPuerta
Microservices under strict latency; tech direction and mentorship; SOLID, PSR-12, solid REST; continuous improvement as culture.
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Full Stack Developer · Tech Lead
Braigo
E-commerce for designers: response time ~1 min to ~800 ms, lower infra cost, automated mockup pipeline.
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Mobile Application Developer
Universidad de Guadalajara, CUCEI
MiBici finder and routing; internal tools for academics. First place, 2019 generational project contest.
Education & credentials
Education
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Informatics engineering
Universidad de Guadalajara
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Specialization · Project management
Universidad Panamericana
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Transformational leadership, Tecnológico de Monterrey (2023) · TOEFL, ETS (2018)
Expertise
Stack & practice
APIs and data behind the scenes; Vue, Vite, and Tailwind in the UI. TypeScript where it earns its keep, same rigor from migrations to components.
Collaboration
People & process
Listening, alignment, candor: the human layer, separate from stack choices.
Contact
Let’s talk
Consulting, collaboration, or a senior role: email or WhatsApp works.
Location
Guadalajara, México · GMT−6 · Remote