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Jose Antonio Serrano Peña

Mexico City, Mexico

Jose Antonio Serrano Peña

Full-Stack Developer

Full-Stack Developer with 7+ years building scalable web applications and cloud-native platforms. Proficient across the full JavaScript ecosystem — React, Next.js, NestJS, Angular, n8n — with solid experience in microservices, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Known for shipping performant products and collaborating effectively across distributed, global teams.

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About

Full-Stack Developer with 7+ years building scalable web applications and cloud-native platforms. Proficient across the full JavaScript ecosystem — React, Next.js, NestJS, Angular, n8n — with solid experience in microservices, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Known for shipping performant products and collaborating effectively across distributed, global teams.

Mexico City, Mexico
SpanishNativeEnglishProfessional

Soft Skills

Technical leadershipCross-functional collaborationPragmatic problem-solvingAttention to detailContinuous learning

Experience

career.log — 5 roles, most recent first

  1. February 2022 – Present

    Full Stack Developer

    Unosquare

    • Built and maintained scalable web applications for Harvard University's online learning platform using Vue 3, Nuxt 3, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, gRPC, and AWS in a microservices architecture.
    • Led migration initiatives to modernize legacy systems, maintaining 99.9% uptime and seamless cross-service data synchronization.
    • Optimized API performance and caching strategies, reducing response times by 35%.
    • Earlier, designed high-performance React/Next.js/TypeScript applications and NestJS microservices for a behavioral-analytics platform, integrating AI-driven features and automating workflows to increase team efficiency by 30%.
    Vue 3Nuxt 3NestJSReactNext.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLAWS
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  2. February 2021 – February 2022

    Full-Stack Developer

    Infosys

    • Built modular front-end components with React and TypeScript in a micro-frontend architecture, reducing release cycles by 20%.
    • Integrated GraphQL microservices via Apollo Client, improving data handling and application responsiveness.
    • Contributed to NestJS backend services supporting internal enterprise applications.
    • Delivered an invoicing automation component that reduced processing time by 70%, significantly increasing analyst efficiency.
    ReactTypeScriptGraphQLApollo ClientNestJS
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  3. May 2020 – February 2021

    Backend Developer

    R3D International

    • Developed REST APIs with Node.js and Express, integrating them into React applications for enterprise clients.
    • Built microservices on AWS Lambda, enabling automatic scaling to handle variable request loads.
    • Collaborated with senior developers to strengthen backend reliability and maintainability.
    Node.jsExpressAWS LambdaReact
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  4. June 2019 – May 2020

    Frontend & Alexa Developer

    YOIN App

    • Built front-end components with Angular 7 and integrated REST APIs to improve user experience.
    • Designed and shipped an Alexa Skill using AWS services and database connectivity for voice-command interactions.
    • Delivered a client-adopted voice interaction feature that improved engagement and reduced support requests.
    Angular 7REST APIsAWSAlexa Skills Kit
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  5. April 2018 – June 2019

    Front-End Developer

    Pincode

    • Designed and built landing pages and single-page applications with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
    • Consumed REST APIs with Axios and integrated Firebase for authentication and hosting.
    • Delivered first production-ready client applications, establishing core front-end fundamentals.
    HTML5CSSJavaScriptAxiosFirebase
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Skills

Frontend11
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptVue.jsNuxt.jsAngularReact NativeHTML & CSSTailwind CSSStorybookAccessibility (WCAG)
Backend7
NestJSNode.jsREST APIsMongoDBMySQLPostgreSQLGraphQL
DevOps4
DockerAWSGCPGit
AI & MCP6
Anthropic Claude APIOpenAI APIModel Context ProtocolRAGn8nPrompt engineering

Projects

Illustration representing Harvard University's online learning platform

Harvard Online Learning Platform

Contributed to Harvard University's online learning platform, a microservices-based application built with Vue 3, Nuxt 3, and NestJS. Led modernization of legacy systems while keeping uptime at 99.9% and cutting API response times by 35%.

Illustration representing the Behavox behavioral analytics platform

Behavox Behavioral Analytics Platform

Built high-performance React and Next.js applications and NestJS microservices for a behavioral-analytics platform, integrating AI-driven features and automating internal workflows to increase team efficiency by 30%.

Illustration representing an enterprise invoicing automation tool

Infosys

Designed and delivered an invoicing automation component within a micro-frontend architecture, cutting invoice processing time by 70% and significantly increasing analyst efficiency.

Illustration representing a backend REST API and serverless microservices project

Volkswagen LATAM

Built REST APIs with Node.js and Express, integrated into React applications, alongside AWS Lambda microservices that scaled automatically to handle variable enterprise request loads.

Private engagement — not publicly linked
Illustration representing an Alexa voice skill integration project

Yoin — Alexa Voice Skill Integration

Designed and implemented an Alexa Skill using AWS services and database connectivity, bringing voice-command interactions to an existing product and improving client engagement.

Private engagement — not publicly linked
Illustration representing a landing page and single-page application project

Landing Pages & SPA Development

Designed and built landing pages and single-page applications with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, integrating Firebase for authentication and hosting on early production applications.

Private engagement — not publicly linked

Education

Computer Systems Engineering

UTC Insurgentes — Mexico City

January 2018 – September 2022

Certifications & Courses

Model Context Protocol: Advanced Topics

2026

Anthropic

Claude Code in Action

2026

Anthropic

Introduction to Model Context Protocol

2026

Anthropic

Certificate of completion: Introduction to subagents

2026

Anthropic

M001: MongoDB Basics

2023

MongoDB University

NestJS Advanced Concepts

2023

NestJS Official Courses

NestJS Fundamentals

2021

NestJS Official Courses

Contact

Have a project in mind or want to talk tech? I'm always open to interesting conversations and new opportunities.