Kenneth Mendoza
Software Developer
10+ years exp
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Kotlin
JavaScript
TypeScript
Java
Go
Python
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Senior backend engineer with 9+ years building distributed systems on AWS for large-scale platforms. Focuses on Go and API development with REST and gRPC, implementing secure authentication/authorization, data ingestion pipelines, and production-grade observability. Also contributes to DevOps practices including infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and microservice migrations in regulated healthcare and enterprise contexts.
Technical skills
SQL
Kotlin
JavaScript
TypeScript
Java• Middle • 10y+
Go• Junior • 4y+
Python• Middle • 4y+
Kotlin
Mockito• 8y+
Java
Spring Boot
Testcontainers
Databases
Amazon Aurora
MySQL• 10y+
Apache Kafka• 8y+
PostgreSQL• 8y+
Redis• 8y+
Amazon Redshift• 4y+
ElasticSearch• 4y+
DynamoDB
AI/ML
Claude
Copilot
Cursor
Mobile
JUnit• 10y+
DevOps
AWS
Incident Management
WebSockets
Jenkins• 10y+
Rest API• 10y+
CI/CD• 8y+
Docker• 8y+
Amazon EC2• 4y+
AWS Fargate• 4y+
AWS Lambda• 4y+
Terraform• 4y+
Amazon EKS
GitHub Actions
Grafana
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Cybersecurity
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
QA
k6
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior
Deloitte
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Full-Time
Architected and deployed Go-based backend services for a healthcare analytics platform processing real-time biometric streams from wearables. Built REST and gRPC APIs with JWT/OAuth2 for role-based secure access, and implemented asynchronous ingestion pipelines for high-throughput event processing. Led migrations to microservices on Amazon EKS and introduced zero-downtime deployments and observability with Prometheus and Grafana.
Go
Rest API
gRPC
DynamoDB
AWS Lambda
Terraform
GitHub Actions
Amazon EKS
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Grafana
OpenTelemetry
Testcontainers
CI/CD
Software Engineer
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Middle
Amentum
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Full-Time
Designed high-throughput data ingestion services in Go and Python on AWS to process large volumes of events for logistics tracking. Developed REST APIs and webhook consumers for partner integrations, and migrated services from EC2 to ECS Fargate using Terraform. Implemented centralized monitoring using the ELK stack and built analytics export pipelines to Redshift while improving authentication flows for SOC 2 compliance.
Gosince 2022
Python
Rest API
AWS Lambdasince 2022
Amazon EC2
AWS Fargate
Terraformsince 2022
ElasticSearch
Amazon Redshift
Software Engineer
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Middle
BD
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Full-Time
Developed and maintained Java-based microservices for a medical device management platform handling patient data under HIPAA-aligned requirements. Implemented REST APIs and event-driven messaging using Kafka, and built data transformation and validation pipelines for clinical analytics. Created CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Docker, optimized PostgreSQL performance, and improved scalability with Redis-based caching while ensuring solid automated test coverage.
Java
Rest API
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Jenkins
Docker
CI/CDsince 2018
Redis
JUnit
Mockito
Junior Software Engineer
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Junior
Cognizant
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Full-Time
Built and maintained Java and Spring Boot backend services for banking and insurance clients, focusing on reliability and performance. Implemented REST APIs for data retrieval and managed MySQL through optimized queries and stored procedures. Automated deployments with Jenkins and supported Agile delivery practices including testing and code reviews to improve application stability.
Javasince 2016
Rest APIsince 2016
MySQL
Jenkinssince 2016
JUnitsince 2016
Columbia University
Master's Degree •
Computer Science