Hello! I'm Joshua De La Cruz, a Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of hands-on experience delivering production systems using Python, Java, and .NET, along with modern frontend technologies such as React and Angular. I've built and supported scalable applications across logistics, e-commerce, and healthcare, with a strong focus on backend and data platforms. My approach centers on clear system design, maintainable architecture, and Agile delivery, ensuring solutions are reliable and easy to evolve over time. I enjoy collaborating with product managers and cross-functional teams to shape roadmaps and deliver high-value functionality.

Joshua De La Cruz

Hello! I'm Joshua De La Cruz, a Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of hands-on experience delivering production systems using Python, Java, and .NET, along with modern frontend technologies such as React and Angular. I've built and supported scalable applications across logistics, e-commerce, and healthcare, with a strong focus on backend and data platforms. My approach centers on clear system design, maintainable architecture, and Agile delivery, ensuring solutions are reliable and easy to evolve over time. I enjoy collaborating with product managers and cross-functional teams to shape roadmaps and deliver high-value functionality.

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Hello! I’m Joshua De La Cruz, a Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of hands-on experience delivering production systems using Python, Java, and .NET, along with modern frontend technologies such as React and Angular. I’ve built and supported scalable applications across logistics, e-commerce, and healthcare, with a strong focus on backend and data platforms.

My approach centers on clear system design, maintainable architecture, and Agile delivery, ensuring solutions are reliable and easy to evolve over time. I enjoy collaborating with product managers and cross-functional teams to shape roadmaps and deliver high-value functionality.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Python & AI Data Engineer at Senpex
September 1, 2025 - Present
Designed and maintained a full-featured internal admin platform for sourcing and retail operations using Python, FastAPI, React, and REST APIs, supporting end-to-end logistics and wholesale workflows at scale.
Python & AI Data Platform Engineer at Bloomberg
March 1, 2024 - August 1, 2025
Built and maintained large-scale Python-based data ingestion systems capable of processing high volumes of structured and unstructured financial documents, reports, and market data, improving data availability and downstream analytics reliability for internal research teams.
Software Engineer at Microsoft
June 1, 2022 - February 1, 2024
Developed distributed backend integrations using Java (Spring Boot) and Python, synchronizing data across Microsoft ecosystems (Azure AD, MS Graph) and enterprise platforms like HubSpot and n8n. Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and deployed services to AWS (EC2, Amplify) with environment isolation and Slack deployment alerts. Built event-driven order processing pipelines using Google Pub/Sub and created AI-enabled internal tools using OpenAI APIs to automate documentation, classification, and metadata extraction. Collaborated with product managers and data teams to define integration requirements and roadmaps. Refactored legacy scripts to asynchronous Python architectures to improve throughput and stability, and built an embedding-based similarity engine to identify related documents and metadata across internal datasets.
Software Developer at Fourello
June 1, 2020 - April 1, 2022
Automated repetitive data cleaning and preprocessing workflows by building reusable Python data utilities, improving processing throughput and reducing manual operational effort. Prototyped and validated ML models using scikit-learn and TensorFlow to enhance data accuracy and support analytics features.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at University of the East
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet
    paper AI Audio Mixing & Mastering Platform – AudioMixingMastering

    Developed an AI-powered platform designed to automate and enhance audio mixing and mastering workflows, enabling high-quality audio production without the need for traditional manual engineering.

    Built backend systems to process and analyze audio inputs, applying intelligent algorithms to optimize sound balance, clarity, and overall quality. Designed automated pipelines that handle tasks such as level balancing, equalization, compression, and mastering, delivering consistent and production-ready outputs.

    Focused on creating a scalable and efficient architecture to support real-time or batch audio processing, ensuring reliability and performance across various audio use cases. Collaborated on integrating AI-driven models to replicate and improve standard audio engineering practices.

    paper AI-Powered Job Data Platform – Jobbyo.ai

    Contributed to the development of a large-scale job data platform, focusing on web scraping, automation, and backend data systems to power job aggregation and analytics.

    Designed and maintained automated scraping pipelines to collect job listings from multiple sources, ensuring consistent data flow and high coverage. Built systems for data cleaning, normalization, and deduplication, improving the accuracy and usability of job data across the platform.

    Developed backend processes to handle high-volume data ingestion and updates, enabling near real-time synchronization of job postings. Implemented automation workflows for monitoring scraper performance, handling failures, and maintaining data freshness.

    Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support downstream systems, including search, filtering, and data-driven features, by delivering structured and reliable datasets.

    paper AI-Powered Job Portal – OptimHire

    Developed and scaled the backend infrastructure for an AI-powered job platform, focusing on data acquisition, processing, and system reliability.

    Led the design and implementation of high-performance web scraping pipelines, aggregating millions of job listings from multiple global sources. Built robust systems for data normalization, deduplication, and enrichment, ensuring high-quality and structured job data.

    Architected and maintained scalable backend services using Python (FastAPI), handling real-time data ingestion and API delivery. Designed efficient database schemas and querying strategies (MongoDB/PostgreSQL) to support large-scale job datasets and fast search operations.

    Implemented automation workflows to continuously monitor, update, and validate job postings, improving data freshness and platform accuracy. Collaborated closely with frontend and AI teams to enable intelligent job matching and recommendation features.