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ajponte/README.md

Alan J. Ponte

Technical Leader • Backend Architect • Distributed Systems Engineer


Overview

Experienced technical leader and software architect specializing in distributed systems, backend engineering, and scalable SaaS platforms. Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and delivering resilient, business-critical infrastructure in fast-paced environments. Adept at aligning technical direction with organizational outcomes, driving architectural excellence, and fostering a collaborative engineering culture.


Experience

Tech-Lead – Web Services

AndGo by Goodyear | June 2023 – August 2025

  • Led multiple distributed backend systems powering Goodyear's fleet maintenance platform.
  • Set long-term architectural vision and introduced key backend patterns adopted across teams.
  • Mentored engineers through 1:1s, technical talks, and structured documentation.
  • Shaped hiring and leveling processes, including architecture interviews and calibration.
  • Drove collaboration across Data, Infrastructure, and Product to align system design with business goals.

Key Projects:

  • Dynamic Fleet Scheduler:
    • Architect of core scheduling infrastructure enabling 20K+ monthly service appointments and scaling from a few thousand vehicles to 55K and 1600 active fleets.
    • Led event-driven caching redesign, reducing P99 latency by 95%.
  • Automated Data Reporting Pipeline:
    • Established SDLC for the Data team, enabling ML automation and reducing manual effort by 90%.
  • Geotab Telematics Pipeline:
    • Architected a scalable telematics ingestion pipeline.
  • EMEA Expansion:
    • Developed process documentation for GDPR compliance to support UK operations.

Senior Software Engineer

AndGo by Goodyear | April 2022 – June 2023

  • Architected and developed a greenfield SaaS fleet maintenance platform from concept to deployment.
  • Engineered a scalable, general-purpose Flask service for external data integrations, eliminating third-party dependencies and saving $60,000/year.
  • Championed software best practices, introducing unit tests and domain-driven design.
  • Built an extensible, channel-agnostic notification service; migrated to Kafka for improved latency and extensibility.

Technical Project Lead (Contract)

Vitalyze Inc. | May 2021 – August 2021

  • Onboarded agile workflows for a fast-moving health-tech team.
  • Authored technical requirements and led integration of external data partners.
  • Aligned engineering deliverables with product roadmap.

Software Engineer

Location Labs by Avast | August 2015 – January 2021

  • Designed and implemented telecom integrations, led sprint planning, and contributed to incident response.
  • Implemented data extraction/reporting mechanisms for BI and analytics teams.

Key Projects:

  • AT&T Subscription Service:
    • Delivered Redis-backed caching for low-latency subscription syncing.
  • Verizon CCPA Pipeline:
    • Designed/implemented compliance-critical data pipelines.
  • Call Detail Record Contact Sync:
    • Built microservice for consolidated syncing between CDR and mobile devices.

Software Developer (Contract)

Alkyme | Dec 2014 – Mar 2015

  • Delivered MVP for a physician-patient portal using the M.E.A.N. stack.
  • Led product demonstration and walkthroughs.

Computer Systems Engineer

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Dec 2013 – Aug 2015

  • Developed automation/collaboration tools across research groups.
  • Built a web application for ABPDU to collect/visualize biological samples.
  • Directed a successful Gmail migration using custom scripts.

Education

University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Applied Mathematics (Economics concentration), Dec 2013


Technical Skills

Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, Bash, Clojure, Lisp, MATLAB
Frameworks: Flask, FastAPI, Spring MVC, NodeJS/Express, AngularJS, ReactJS
Databases & Caching: MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, Snowflake, Redis, MongoDB, Chroma
Cloud/Tools/CI/CD: AWS (ECR, S3, RDS, SQS, SNS, MSK, Glue, Cognito), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Spinnaker, GraphQL, Hasura, Swagger, Ansible, Datadog, Nagios, Loggly, ArgoCD
Streaming & Task Processing: Kafka, Celery, Apache Airflow, RabbitMQ
ML: Linear regression, SVM, Clustering, K-means, LLM, RAG, Vector data stores, pandas


_This README was generated from my professional resume. For more details or to connect, reach out on LinkedIn

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