I’m Iván Palacios, a Full Stack developer specialized in Laravel, passionate about optimizing systems and solving hard challenges. I love turning complex requirements into elegant, scalable solutions. I work on side projects to tackle real‑life problems and stay up to date with the latest tech. I also have a dog.

Iván Palacios

I’m Iván Palacios, a Full Stack developer specialized in Laravel, passionate about optimizing systems and solving hard challenges. I love turning complex requirements into elegant, scalable solutions. I work on side projects to tackle real‑life problems and stay up to date with the latest tech. I also have a dog.

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I’m Iván Palacios, a Full Stack developer specialized in Laravel, passionate about optimizing systems and solving hard challenges. I love turning complex requirements into elegant, scalable solutions.

I work on side projects to tackle real‑life problems and stay up to date with the latest tech. I also have a dog.

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Work Experience

Senior Fullstack Developer at Origami Marketplace
December 1, 2024 - Present
Involved in the continuous development and optimization of a B2B marketplace platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability across the entire stack. Key contributions include performance optimizations (reducing a heavy endpoint from 70,000 queries to 60, cutting response time from 10s to 200ms), database and query tuning, and handling production incidents. Led DevOps improvements, containerized environments with Kubernetes, and improved CI/CD pipelines with shards and matrices to reduce waiting times. Implemented new features and third-party API integrations, and supported API consumers.
CTO & Lead Fullstack Developer at Asesor Digital Solutions
November 1, 2023 - Present
Provided technical leadership and architecture design across ReactJS, NodeJS, Laravel, and Redis. Built a complete Laravel API with JWT authentication and role/permissions, developed custom Node.js workers for heavy operations, and integrated Stripe for SaaS billing. Implemented real-time features with WebSockets and explored AI enhancements. Managed a development team, conducted daily/weekly status updates, and coordinated with design and compliance stakeholders. Oversaw infrastructure planning and migration to platform.sh, plus CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and automated testing.
Senior Back-End Engineer at SMT Performances
November 30, 2024 - September 25, 2025
Led backend engineering for Flashbird, a high-frequency motorbike tracking product. Ensured scalability and reliability to handle data from 20,000+ trackers, optimized SQL performance, and improved data integrity. Implemented features such as accident and theft detection, battery management for key fobs, and optimized cache management for GraphQL API and React Native app. Built internal tooling for support and monitoring using ForestAdmin, Heroku, Sentry, and New Relic.
Fullstack Software Engineer at Winzana
March 31, 2023 - September 25, 2025
Developed a software product for a major telecommunications company, focusing on resource management and client systems. Worked with a modern stack (ReactJS, TypeScript, NestJS) in a monorepo, integrating MongoDB, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, and Redis for data management, caching, and queuing. Implemented core capabilities and ensured alignment with client requirements through regular design-team collaboration and client meetings. Produced technical documentation and delivered in a client-driven environment.
Fullstack Software Developer at Scorpora Tecno App
March 31, 2022 - September 25, 2025
Oversaw growth and enhancement of an internal application used by an international telecommunications company. Worked with AngularJS on the frontend and Laravel on the backend, built custom ETLs for data extraction, optimized databases, and automated daily reports. Implemented features for support tracking, system monitoring, inventory management, and technical task assignments. Collaborated with teams in Brazil and Peru and produced detailed technical documentation.
Fullstack Software Developer (Freelance) at Self-Employed / Freelance
January 1, 2017 - Present
As a freelance developer, contributed to internal software and platforms for various clients, including tourism and lead generation projects. Focused on PHP, NodeJS, and ReactJS with TypeScript; built monorepos and microservices, interfaced with multiple APIs, and developed AI-driven lead parsing solutions. Led technical strategy, infrastructure setup, and collaboration with clients on requirements and delivery.
Senior Fullstack Developer at Origami Marketplace
December 1, 2024 - Present
Continuously developed and optimized a B2B marketplace platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability. Rewrote redundant logic and reduced heavy API queries, decreasing endpoint queries from 70,000 to 60 and improving response time from 10s to 200ms. Optimized database tables and queries, monitored production incidents, supported third‑party API integrations, and advanced DevOps tasks including Kubernetes deployments, load optimization for workers, CI/CD with shards, and infrastructure monitoring. Regularly updated Laravel and API dependencies.
CTO & Lead Fullstack Software Developer at Asesorr Digital Solutions
November 1, 2023 - Present
Provided technical leadership and architecture design across ReactJS, NodeJS, Laravel, and Redis. Built a custom Material UI design with Redux Toolkit, implemented a JWT authentication system with role/permissions, created NodeJS workers connected via Redis queues, and integrated Stripe for SaaS billing. Led API integrations (e.g., EU VIES) and managed CI/CD and infrastructure planning, including migration considerations to platform.sh. Mentored a team of developers and coordinated with design and stakeholders.
Senior Backend Engineer at SMT Performances
November 1, 2024 - September 25, 2025
Developed and optimized Flashbird, a motorbike tracker, ensuring scalability for high-frequency data from 20,000 trackers. Optimized SQL queries, maintained data integrity, and implemented features like accident and theft detection. Improved GraphQL API and React Native app cache management and contributed to internal tooling (ForestAdmin, Heroku, Sentry, New Relic).
Senior Fullstack Software Developer at Winzana
March 1, 2023 - September 25, 2025
Developed a software product for a major telecommunications company using ReactJS, Redux Toolkit, TypeScript, and NestJS. Integrated with MongoDB, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, and Redis; connected Metaswitch for IP pools; collaborated with design for UI/UX; authored technical documentation and delivered milestones.
FullStack Software Developer at Scorpora Tecno App
March 1, 2022 - September 25, 2025
Led growth and modernization of an internal application for an international telecom, using AngularJS for frontend and Laravel backend; built custom ETLs for data extraction and reporting, optimized databases, automated daily reports, and implemented features for support tracking and inventory management.
FullStack Software Developer at Freelance
January 1, 2017 - Present
As a freelancer, delivered internal software and platforms for clients in tourism, government, and other sectors. Built monorepos and microservices, set up complex infrastructure, interfaced with multiple APIs, and developed AI‑driven solutions and data scraping tools.

Education

TÉCNiCO SUPERiOR EN ADMiNiSTRACiÓN DE SiSTEMAS EN RED at I.F.P.S Puenteuropa
September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2021
TÉCNICO SUPERIOR EN ADMINISTRACIÓN DE SISTEMAS EN RED at I.F.P.S Puenteuropa Algeciras, Spain
September 1, 2017 - August 1, 2021

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Professional Services