Jorge Alarcón Vargas

Full-Stack Devops|cloud architect
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Since 2018, Jorge Alarcón is a Full Stack DevOps and Data Engineer with over seven years of professional experience in software development and data engineering. Specialized in Linux, Python and Rust, he has strong expertise in building and automating systems, developing robust applications, and optimizing engineering processes through modern DevOps and data-driven practices. He began his career as a Civil Engineer in Peru and Brazil, focusing on process automation, before transitioning into technology.

work experience

Full Stack DevOps

Feb 2023 — June 2025
Roadr |Remote, Full-time
Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Worked with diverse tech stacks across backend, frontend with SQL/NoSQL databases.
  • Containerized frameworks with Docker and coordinated incident response for container issues.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines for deploying applications for staging and production environments.
  • Implemented and deployed REST APIs, gRPC, WebSockets, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures.
  • Identified a memory leak and performance bottleneck through infrastructure monitoring.
  • Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by 20% through migrating Kubernetes workloads to ECS on AWS.
Stack:Python (FastAPI, Airflow)|Rust (Actix Web, Leptos)|JavaScript (Express)|Docker (DockerHub)|AWS (ECS, Load Balancer, Route 53, CloudFront, S3, ASG, CloudMap, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, RDS)|CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)|Terraform|Ansible|Kubernetes|SQL (PostgreSQL)|NoSQL (MongoDB)|Redis (Pub/Sub)|Kafka|Monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus)

Data Engineer

Feb 2023 — June 2025
Roadr |Remote, Full-time
Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Built and deployed scalable FastAPI and Echo backends with Clean Architecture and TDD, integrating Redis, GraphQL, and WebSockets.
  • Designed ETL pipelines to centralize multi-source data and support event-driven analytics and reporting.
  • Used PySpark on AWS EMR to transform and optimize raw data before loading into Redshift.
  • Implemented a conversational bot (Maia) backend using FastAPI with OpenAI API.
  • Migrated from MongoDB to PostgreSQL and transitioned dashboards to Grafana for cost-efficient real-time reporting.
Stack:Python (FastAPI, Airflow, Pyspark)|Golang (Fiber, Echo)|Docker|AWS (Lambda, EMR, S3, Redshift, Sep Functions)|Warehousing (Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Cassandra)|SQL (PostgreSQL)|CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)|NoSQL (MongoDB)|Event Streaming (Redis Pub/Sub, Kafka)|Grafana

Data Science Instructor

Oct 2023 — Present
Cibertec |Remote, Full-time
Lima, Peru
  • Teach Python for Data Science, from fundamentals to advanced (generators, OOP, automation).
  • Guide students in API Development, explaining REST design both CSR and SSR.
  • Demonstrate Data Engineering concepts by building batch-oriented ETL pipelines with real-world datasets on Python + SQL.
  • Instruct on Machine Learning fundamentals, covering core algorithms, model evaluation, and applied use cases.
Stack:Python (FastAPI, Flask, Pandas, NumPy, Jupyter notebook)|Bash|SQL (SQLite3)|NoSQL (MongoDB)|WebSockets

Full Stack Developer

Jul 2021 — Dec 2022
Grupo RPG SAC |Full-time
Tiabaya, Arequipa, Perú
  • Designed, developed, and deployed a web tool that met laboratory requirements.
  • Built a modern Dockerized Django web application ready for production on AWS servers.
  • Developed a module for customer registration, test quotations, service orders, and settlement sheets.
  • Developed automated internal dashboards and PDF reports providing accurate metrics and insights.
Stack:CI/CD|Python (Django)|HTMX|SQL (PostgreSQL)|Docker|AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)

Full Stack Developer

Dec 2019 — Jan 2021
UCSM - EPIC Labs |Full-time
Yanahuara, Arequipa, Perú
  • Designed, developed, and deployed a web application pilot web tool that met laboratory requirements.
  • Performed data modeling and schema design to define database structure and relationships.
  • Implemented a planning process flow for students, researchers, and clients using a SaaS-style architecture.
Stack:Python (Django)|HTML|CSS (Bootstrap)|SQL (PostgreSQL)|PythonAnywhere

Projects

Kroma Dental ERP Platform

Oct 2025 – Present
Full Stack Developer & DevOps Engineer
Peru
  • Built microservices for a dental ERP platform using Go (Echo) and Vue frontend.
  • Designed containerized architecture with orchestration via AWS ECS.
  • Implementing CI/CD pipelines, AWS S3 integration, and PostgreSQL.

Viaje Fácil - Brazil Startup

May 2025
DevOps Engineer
Brazil
  • Set up AWS Amplify for frontend hosting and deployed a lightweight Docker Express API backend.
  • Focused on cost-effective cloud architecture for early product validation and growth.

Cifras – Spain Startup

Dec 2024
DevOps Consultant
Spain
  • Consulted on cloud infrastructure and DevOps best practices for a microservices-based financial platform.
  • Built and containerized backend (Spring Boot) APIs using Docker and deployed services on AWS ECS.
  • Implemented CI/CD automation, monitoring, and orchestration to support scalable operations.