Eleazar Alday

Senior Software Engineer  ·  Technical Lead  ·  Full Stack
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Guadalajara, MX  ·  Open to relocation / remote

Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead with 7+ years designing and shipping enterprise-grade distributed systems in Java (Spring / WebFlux), TypeScript (Angular), and cloud-native infrastructure. Proven record of leading high-impact migrations, automating governance workflows, and remediating critical security vulnerabilities at scale. Equally comfortable architecting reactive microservices, mentoring cross-functional teams, and driving observability and DX improvements across organizations.

Professional Experience

Senior Technical Lead Jan 2024 – Present
HCLTech

Technical Lead for enterprise-grade third-party API integration solutions, building automation tools to improve governance and operational efficiency across internal platforms. Responsible for full-cycle delivery: architecture, development, testing standards, and mentorship.

  • Automated the access-renewal process to cloud platforms holding legal & financial documentation, eliminating human intervention and freeing 3 IAM resources for higher-priority work.
  • Led migration of critical document-management services from Spring MVC to reactive WebFlux, achieving a 455× throughput improvement — async jobs averaging 3h 30m now complete in ~45 minutes.
  • Introduced a batch service to purge inactive channels in the enterprise communications platform, measurably reducing operational cost.
  • Documented and standardized the API testing process; built a centralized Postman workspace used by both engineers and authorized non-technical stakeholders for validation of all team-owned features.
  • Delivered full test coverage on new customer-facing components; mentored engineers on Spring, security best practices, and platform-specific tooling.
JavaSpring BootWebFlux TypeScriptAngularPython Progress OpenEdgeDockerKubernetes OpenShiftGitLab CIPostman
Senior Application Developer → Senior Technical Lead Jun 2020 – Jan 2024
IBM

Full-stack engineer and eventual senior lead on the "Customer Facing" team, owning development, modernization, and security health of enterprise applications for a US insurance client — covering retirement plan portfolio visualization and PI & portfolio management.

  • Led modernization of 2 legacy monolithic applications to microservices architecture (Spring Boot, Angular), enabling decommission of multiple JBoss EAP instances and eliminating over-provisioning costs.
  • Key contributor to organization-wide Log4J remediation and resolution of 200+ security vulnerabilities — OWASP Top 10 (SQLi, XSS), DAST findings, deprecated-library migrations, improved cookie management.
  • Optimized Oracle PL/SQL databases: queries, stored procedures, and indexing strategies; configured Azure Cloud Services for microservices integration (Azure Functions, App Services, Blob Storage).
  • Introduced automated load-testing data-generation and input-simulation suite, cutting performance-test resolution time by 73% (15 → 4 days).
  • Documented architectural design and undocumented platform functionality for R&D teams, creating a centralized knowledge base that unblocked feature enablement and validation.
  • Became primary onboarding resource for new team members (junior and senior); delivered full architecture and stack transfers, reducing ramp-up time significantly.
  • Handled IAM activities: access provisioning to Azure development subscriptions and resources.
JavaSpring BootAngular TypeScriptOracle PL/SQLIBM MQ JPA / JMSOAuth / JWTAzure IAMJBoss EAPTomcat SonarQubeSonatypeOpenText FOD DrupalGit
Junior Developer Jan 2019 – Mar 2020
Bmate Consulting Group

Full-stack development on ERP systems for oil & energy and international supply chain clients, from UI to database layer.

  • Designed RESTful APIs, created schema, and wrote optimized MySQL queries for new ERP features; ensured quality through JUnit unit testing and structured documentation.
  • Led a four-person team in preparing a technical sales presentation for the ERP platform, effectively translating system capabilities for stakeholder audiences.
JavaJavaFXPrimeFaces MySQLJUnitRESTful APIs

Technical Skills

Backend & Scripting
Java · Spring Boot · Spring WebFlux · Python · Bash · Progress OpenEdge
Frontend
Angular · TypeScript · JavaScript · HTML / CSS · Drupal · Transloco
Data & Messaging
Oracle PL/SQL · MySQL · MongoDB · IBM MQ · JPA · JMS
Cloud & Infrastructure
Azure · AWS · Vultr · Cloudflare · Docker · Kubernetes · OpenShift · Hashicorp Consul
API Security
OAuth 2.0 · JWT · Key Vaults · Cloudentity · OWASP Top 10
Observability & AppSec
SonarQube · SonarLint · Sonatype IQ · OpenText FOD (DAST)
CI / CD & Tooling
GitLab Pipelines · GitHub Actions · Jenkins · Maven · Ant · Postman · Git · SVN
Generative AI
GitHub Copilot · IBM watsonx · Hugging Face

Education

B.S. Software Development Engineering
Universidad Tecmilenio
2016 – 2020  ·  GPA 9.32 / 10
FullStack development, project & quality metrics analysis, and business-value generation across industries.

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services · 2026
Cloud architecture patterns, cost optimization, multi-region high-availability on AWS.
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Microsoft · 2022
Core Azure services, cost strategies, and multi-region HA design.
IT Automation with Python — Professional Certificate
Google · 2020
Python, Bash, Git, and IT automation for systems administration.
Containers & Kubernetes Essentials II
IBM · 2022
Kubernetes deployments, ReplicaSets, auto-scaling, rolling updates, OpenShift, and Istio.
watsonx.ai Technical Sales Intermediate
IBM
Generative AI, model fine-tuning, context learning, and ML platform integration (Hugging Face).
IBM Agile Explorer & Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
IBM
IBM Garage Foundation
IBM