I am Kenn Alain Licardo, a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable backends and data pipelines on AWS, Azure, and other cloud platforms. I design robust APIs, optimize database performance, and develop data pipelines to support enterprise-grade applications. I have a track record of modernizing legacy systems and delivering secure, high-performance solutions in dynamic environments. I excel in CI/CD, microservices, serverless architectures, cloud engineering, infrastructure as code, and comprehensive monitoring to ensure system scalability, reliability, and maintainability. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into reliable production systems and scalable AI-integrated workflows.

Kenn Alain Licardo

I am Kenn Alain Licardo, a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable backends and data pipelines on AWS, Azure, and other cloud platforms. I design robust APIs, optimize database performance, and develop data pipelines to support enterprise-grade applications. I have a track record of modernizing legacy systems and delivering secure, high-performance solutions in dynamic environments. I excel in CI/CD, microservices, serverless architectures, cloud engineering, infrastructure as code, and comprehensive monitoring to ensure system scalability, reliability, and maintainability. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into reliable production systems and scalable AI-integrated workflows.

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I am Kenn Alain Licardo, a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable backends and data pipelines on AWS, Azure, and other cloud platforms. I design robust APIs, optimize database performance, and develop data pipelines to support enterprise-grade applications. I have a track record of modernizing legacy systems and delivering secure, high-performance solutions in dynamic environments.

I excel in CI/CD, microservices, serverless architectures, cloud engineering, infrastructure as code, and comprehensive monitoring to ensure system scalability, reliability, and maintainability. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into reliable production systems and scalable AI-integrated workflows.

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Language

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer / Agentic AI Engineer at Oracle
September 1, 2023 - February 28, 2026
Led backend service modules in a 10-engineer team supporting millions of e-commerce users by designing order, inventory, and recommendation systems using Spring Boot microservices, Node.js APIs, MySQL/MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and AWS. Designed and implemented RAG pipelines and vector search workflows with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Pinecone, and FAISS. Deployed AI services on AWS Lambda and Fargate with serverless and Terraform IaC. Built model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and deployment pipelines on Vertex AI, ensuring scalable inference for GenAI services. Integrated GenAI components with backend systems and production workflows. Developed data ingestion and preprocessing pipelines, containerized with Docker and Kubernetes on Google Cloud. Maintained CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability.
Senior Software Engineer at Agentic AI Engineer
September 1, 2023 - February 1, 2026
Led backend service modules in a 10-engineer team supporting millions of e-commerce users by designing order, inventory, and recommendation systems using Spring Boot microservices, Node.js APIs, MySQL/MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and AWS services to handle seasonal traffic spikes, distributed system coordination, and eventual consistency challenges during large-scale retail operations. Designed and implemented RAG pipelines and vector search workflows, deployed AI services on AWS and Google Cloud, and built scalable preprocessing pipelines for model training and knowledge bases.
Senior Software Engineer at Oracle
September 1, 2023 - February 1, 2026
Led a team of 15 engineers delivering advanced fintech and payment intelligence platforms for millions of users by orchestrating event-driven microservices, real-time ML inference APIs, distributed data systems, and cloud-native infrastructure while mentoring engineers and driving architecture decisions under reliability, compliance, and performance constraints.
Software Developer at Accenture Australia
December 1, 2020 - September 1, 2023
Led backend and ML integration efforts within a 10-person team delivering dynamic payment and risk scoring systems for 5 million+ users, utilizing microservices in Java/.NET, time-series and graph ML models, real-time APIs (REST/gRPC), and Kubernetes-based cloud deployment to handle rapidly evolving user behavior and high financial impact decisions.
Software Engineer at Accenture Australia
December 1, 2020 - September 1, 2023
Expanded into backend and distributed systems as part of an 8-member team supporting over 1 million financial users by developing a real-time fraud detection platform using Java/Spring Boot, Kafka streaming, Redis/PostgreSQL, Python-based ML scoring services, and AWS infrastructure, addressing ultra-low latency requirements and high-throughput event-driven processing.
Software Developer at Globe Telecom
July 1, 2016 - December 1, 2020
Expanded into backend and distributed systems as part of an 8-member team supporting over 1 million financial users by developing a real-time fraud detection platform using Java/Spring Boot, Kafka streaming, Redis/PostgreSQL, and AWS infrastructure; focused on scalable backend services for transaction processing and risk analysis under strict financial compliance.
Full Stack Developer at DXC Technology Philippines
April 1, 2014 - June 1, 2016
Contributed to backend services using Node.js/Express, integrating ML models into scalable applications, delivering CI/CD pipelines and data workflows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into production-ready features.
Software Developer at DXC Technology Philippines
April 1, 2014 - June 1, 2016
Contributed to an enterprise workflow automation platform serving 2,000+ users, using Java and Node.js-based microservices, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, and Azure cloud; designed for RBAC, multi-tenant architecture, and reliable performance under production workloads; implemented frontend components and integrated third-party APIs.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at University of Delhi
June 1, 2010 - April 1, 2014
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at University of Delhi
June 1, 2010 - April 1, 2014
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at University of Delhi
June 1, 2010 - April 1, 2014
Bachelor's Degree at University of the Philippines
June 1, 2010 - April 1, 2014

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Professional Services, Other