I’m a Senior .NET Engineer with strong experience building scalable, secure, and high-performance applications using ASP.NET Core, C#, Web API, EF Core, and SQL Server. Skilled in designing clean architectures, developing microservices, and delivering cloud-native solutions on Azure and AWS. I’m comfortable across backend, front-end, and DevOps pipelines, and known for writing clean code, improving system performance, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. I enjoy solving complex engineering problems and delivering reliable software that holds up in real-world production environments.

Robert Cruz

I’m a Senior .NET Engineer with strong experience building scalable, secure, and high-performance applications using ASP.NET Core, C#, Web API, EF Core, and SQL Server. Skilled in designing clean architectures, developing microservices, and delivering cloud-native solutions on Azure and AWS. I’m comfortable across backend, front-end, and DevOps pipelines, and known for writing clean code, improving system performance, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. I enjoy solving complex engineering problems and delivering reliable software that holds up in real-world production environments.

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I’m a Senior .NET Engineer with strong experience building scalable, secure, and high-performance applications using ASP.NET Core, C#, Web API, EF Core, and SQL Server. Skilled in designing clean architectures, developing microservices, and delivering cloud-native solutions on Azure and AWS.

I’m comfortable across backend, front-end, and DevOps pipelines, and known for writing clean code, improving system performance, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. I enjoy solving complex engineering problems and delivering reliable software that holds up in real-world production environments.

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Work Experience

Senior .NET Software Engineer at Florida Blue
September 1, 2023 - Present
Designed and developed ASP.NET Core Web APIs using Clean Architecture, EF Core, and LINQ; led modernization of the Claims Automation System with .NET Core, AWS Lambda, and TensorFlow; migrated the Florida Blue Web Portal from AngularJS to Angular; built a real-time healthcare data pipeline using Kafka, .NET Core, and AWS Lambda; developed predictive analytics models using Python and SageMaker; optimized Azure SQL and T-SQL queries; integrated SharePoint for workflow automation; implemented secure REST APIs with OAuth2, JWT, MFA, and IAM roles; enhanced observability with Serilog and Azure Monitor; established CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.
Backend Engineer (.NET) at Mercury Development
September 1, 2020 - August 1, 2023
Built distributed backend systems using ASP.NET Core Web API, EF Core, and SQL Server for real-time enterprise workflows; architected and deployed .NET Core microservices on Docker and Kubernetes, improving scalability and reducing deployment time by 30%; built serverless APIs using Go and Azure Functions, reducing infrastructure costs; integrated ML models with Python and AWS SageMaker for logistics optimization, lowering shipment costs by 20%; migrated legacy applications to Azure and Oracle DB2, reducing downtime by 25%; implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for automated testing, building, and deployment of .NET services.
ASP.NET Core Developer at BairesDev
July 1, 2017 - August 1, 2020
Developed cross-platform backend services using .NET Core; built telehealth platform for Gennev with AI-driven symptom tracking; migrated healthcare applications to Azure, improving performance by 20%; built real-time patient monitoring systems using Python, .NET Core, and AWS; migrated legacy applications from AngularJS → Angular; developed serverless APIs using Go and Azure Functions; implemented secure authentication flows using OAuth2 and JWT.
Junior Full-Stack .NET Developer at Simform
June 1, 2015 - June 1, 2017
Developed internal ASP.NET Core APIs and background workers for automotive CRM and CDXP platforms; built scalable data access layers with EF Core and SQL Server; integrated Python-based ML models with AWS SageMaker for supply chain optimization; created AI APIs with Go and Azure Functions; automated QA workflows with Selenium and Python, cutting manual testing by 40%.

Education

Bachelor's Degree at University of Florida
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at University of Florida
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Healthcare, Software & Internet