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Jose Andres Mena Arias

Burnaby

Summary

Software Development Engineer with experience in design, implementation and support of web applications. Experience working with the following programming languages and technologies: Java, C#/C++, Javascript frameworks (Angular and React) and Amazon Web Services. MSc in Computer Science with academic experience on Machine Learning solutions.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Development Engineer

Amazon
04.2023 - Current

Drive architecture and design of large-scale of multi-tiered, distributed software applications, tools, systems and services for Amazon Payments using object-oriented design, distributed programming, Java and C/C++

Software Engineer - M365 Substrate

Microsoft
05.2021 - 03.2023
  • Contribute to the implementation of solutions and services used to handle the storage of mailbox data, using C# programming language
  • Maintenance of existing servers and systems used to handle location data for Microsoft consumers

Software Development Engineer

Amazon
09.2016 - 04.2021
  • In charge of the design and the implementation of scalable and user-oriented software solutions for high demand web systems
  • Main technologies include Java (Spring MVC, restful web services), AWS (DynamoDB, Elastic Cloud Computer, Lambda) and frontend technologies (JavaScript, CSS3, JQuery, Angular)
  • Support case management applications designed to provide worldwide customer service to Amazon sellers and AWS users

Application Developer

Intel
05.2012 - 09.2016
  • Design and develop web and console applications using technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, AngularJS, Bootstrap, .NET, NodeJS tools (Sails.js, Gulp/Grunt,NPM), SQL Server and Oracle SQL
  • Provide Second/Third Level support to Human Resources, Payroll and Staffing applications following ITIL standards
  • Data analysis to find root causes of production issues and design plans to reduce incidents

Education

Master’s Degree - Computer Science

INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA
07.2017

Bachelor’s Degree - Computer Science Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA
12.2012

Skills

  • Object-oriented programming
  • API development
  • Backend development
  • Git workflow
  • Web application development
  • Algorithm development
  • Software architecture design
  • Unit testing
  • Responsive web design
  • Frontend development
  • Integration testing
  • End-to-end testing
  • Full-stack development
  • Code optimization

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual

Academicpublications

  • Scientific Paper, 02/01/20, Evaluation of different text representation techniques using KNN for documents classification, https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/5022/4741
  • Computer Science Master's Thesis, 07/01/17, Evaluation of using different text distance metrics in an ensemble algorithm for missing values imputation through classification, https://repositoriotec.tec.ac.cr/handle/2238/9658

Nonformaleducation

  • New Circle, Angular 2, 06/01/16
  • New Circle, HTML5 Bootcamp, 09/01/15
  • New Circle, Core Angular JS, 06/01/14
  • New Circle - Intel Corporation, Advanced Javascript, 05/01/14
  • New Circle, HTML5 and JQuery for Developers, 01/01/14
  • University of Costa Rica, Conversational English Course Advanced Levels, 12/01/13

Personal Information

ID Number: 114230623

Timeline

Software Development Engineer

Amazon
04.2023 - Current

Software Engineer - M365 Substrate

Microsoft
05.2021 - 03.2023

Software Development Engineer

Amazon
09.2016 - 04.2021

Application Developer

Intel
05.2012 - 09.2016

Master’s Degree - Computer Science

INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA

Bachelor’s Degree - Computer Science Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA
Jose Andres Mena Arias