Technical Lead and Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience delivering mobile applications and distributed enterprise systems across fintech, healthcare, and enterprise domains. Experienced in leading cross-functional engineering teams from feature delivery through people management, promoting sound engineering practices, software design principles, and disciplined release management. Recognized as White Cloak's Leader of the Year (2022) with experience delivering software for platforms serving more than 17 million customers. Adept at mentoring developers, collaborating on technical design, and shipping reliably in Agile environments.

RENE JAMES BALANDRA, JR.

Technical Lead and Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience delivering mobile applications and distributed enterprise systems across fintech, healthcare, and enterprise domains. Experienced in leading cross-functional engineering teams from feature delivery through people management, promoting sound engineering practices, software design principles, and disciplined release management. Recognized as White Cloak's Leader of the Year (2022) with experience delivering software for platforms serving more than 17 million customers. Adept at mentoring developers, collaborating on technical design, and shipping reliably in Agile environments.

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Technical Lead and Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience delivering mobile applications and distributed enterprise systems across fintech, healthcare, and enterprise domains. Experienced in leading cross-functional engineering teams from feature delivery through people management, promoting sound engineering practices, software design principles, and disciplined release management.

Recognized as White Cloak’s Leader of the Year (2022) with experience delivering software for platforms serving more than 17 million customers. Adept at mentoring developers, collaborating on technical design, and shipping reliably in Agile environments.

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Experience Level

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Language

Javanese
Advanced

Work Experience

Software Engineering Consultant at White Cloak Technologies
July 1, 2026 - Present
Engaged under a professional services consultancy agreement supporting enterprise software development for White Cloak Technologies while based in Australia. Contribute to software design, implementation, and technical planning within distributed engineering teams. Support development tooling, CI/CD processes, and engineering documentation initiatives. Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to deliver maintainable software solutions. Apply AI-assisted analysis, pseudocode generation, and technical research to support software design and engineering decision-making.
Project Technical Lead at White Cloak Technologies
February 1, 2022 - June 30, 2026
Led technical delivery for a cross-platform fintech platform serving over 17 million customers, coordinating engineering efforts across iOS, Android, web, and backend teams while contributing to architecture, feature planning, and engineering standards. Implemented and maintained integrations with upstream enterprise systems using Java/Spring services and Kafka event streams, enabling reliable event-driven communication across distributed systems. Coordinated within a structured release process across multiple teams, including rotating deployment lead responsibilities and participating in cross-team regression testing. Improved long-standing technical debt through better feature documentation, refactoring legacy components, and supporting engineering standardisation efforts. Handled 3+ L3 support escalations monthly for legacy implementations, maintaining release continuity across platforms.
Senior Software Engineer – iOS at White Cloak Technologies
August 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022
Designed, implemented, and delivered customer-facing iOS features from technical planning through App Store release, collaborating on architectural decisions to support scalability and maintainability. Built user interfaces using UIKit, AutoLayout, Storyboards/XIB, and SnapKit for both storyboard-based and programmatic layout. Applied MVP-Coordinator and MVVM patterns to improve codebase modularity and wrote unit tests using XCTest to maintain reliability. Integrated RESTful APIs and managed push notifications via OneSignal and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM/APNS). Automated build and deployment pipelines using Fastlane with TestFlight and Firebase App Distribution. Monitored and triaged production crashes using Firebase Crashlytics to reduce time-to-diagnosis for post-release issues. Served as a trainer in the WC Academy programme to transition junior engineers and career-shifters into production teams.
Engineering Manager (Concurrent Role) at White Cloak Technologies
April 1, 2021 - January 31, 2024
Company-wide people management role running parallel to project assignments, managing 11-20 direct reports. Served as primary career owner for engineers across different project teams with regular 1:1s, growth goals, and performance evaluations independent of project assignments. Provided coaching and mentoring tailored to each developer’s level to improve delivery and team retention. Onboarded new developers with structured plans to improve time-to-productivity. Proposed and helped implement department-wide engineering practices and monitoring approaches to improve operational consistency. Worked closely with project leads to monitor capacity, wellbeing, and delivery risks across concurrent projects.
Software Engineer – iOS at White Cloak Technologies
October 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021
Built and maintained iOS features using UIKit, AutoLayout, and Storyboards/XIB across the primary fintech platform. Mentored junior iOS engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and guidance on architecture patterns and release practices.
Software Engineer at ThinkDWM
February 1, 2016 - October 31, 2018
Developed and maintained native iOS, native Android (Java), hybrid mobile apps, and custom web applications (WordPress, SilverStripe) across multiple client engagements. Delivered 'Accident Consults' and 'MyHomeInfo' mobile applications through the full development lifecycle from requirements through post-launch support. Worked directly with clients to translate functional requirements into production-ready mobile and web applications.
Software Developer / Research Assistant at UP Manila National Telehealth Center
April 1, 2012 - October 1, 2015
Developed mobile and web-based electronic health systems, including mobile EMR platforms and reporting tools, supporting healthcare delivery in resource-constrained environments. Facilitated end-user technical training workshops for health workers and provided remote and on-site support.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at University of the Philippines Los Baños
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2012
MS Health Informatics (Graduate Coursework) at University of the Philippines Manila
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Healthcare, Software & Internet, Professional Services

Experience Level

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