Summary
Luis Alvarez is an engineering team lead and language-agnostic software engineer with 11 years of experience building and managing full-stack teams across FinTech, Telecom, SaaS and integrations. Currently leading a remote engineering team working with Elixir and Next.js, he blends hands-on backend/frontend development with mentoring and technical decision-making around integrations. Previously an engineering manager at Stack Builders, he led 10+ person teams, drove team performance and conflict resolution, and steered a security effort to achieve ISO27001 certification. As a founder and CTO he built a commercially used BPM product and delivered custom integrations and automation for enterprise clients, demonstrating strong product-to-delivery ownership. Comfortable across TypeScript, Ruby, Python, PHP and multiple stacks, he pairs practical engineering depth with strategic leadership and a knack for growing teams. Based in Quito, Ecuador, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a long track record of turning legacy systems and complex requirements into production software.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
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Spanish, English