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I'm Kenn, a Principal Java Engineer with over 10 years of experience building and scaling web applications. I design and implement event-driven microservices, real-time ML APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability. I enjoy mentoring engineering teams, shaping technical strategy, and delivering secure, compliant solutions in fast-paced environments across fintech, healthcare, and AI-enabled platforms. I’m proficient in Java, Kotlin, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices, and I thrive on turning complex problems into robust software while continuously improving development workflows and collaboration across product, design, and compliance teams.…I'm Kenn, a Principal Java Engineer with over 10 years of experience building and scaling web applications. I design and implement event-driven microservices, real-time ML APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability. I enjoy mentoring engineering teams, shaping technical strategy, and delivering secure, compliant solutions in fast-paced environments across fintech, healthcare, and AI-enabled platforms. I’m proficient in Java, Kotlin, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices, and I thrive on turning complex problems into robust software while continuously improving development workflows and collaboration across product, design, and compliance teams.

Kenn Alain Licardo

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I'm Kenn, a Principal Java Engineer with over 10 years of experience building and scaling web applications. I design and implement event-driven microservices, real-time ML APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability. I enjoy mentoring engineering teams, shaping technical strategy, and delivering secure, compliant solutions in fast-paced environments across fintech, healthcare, and AI-enabled platforms. I’m proficient in Java, Kotlin, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices, and I thrive on turning complex problems into robust software while continuously improving development workflows and collaboration across product, design, and compliance teams.…I'm Kenn, a Principal Java Engineer with over 10 years of experience building and scaling web applications. I design and implement event-driven microservices, real-time ML APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability. I enjoy mentoring engineering teams, shaping technical strategy, and delivering secure, compliant solutions in fast-paced environments across fintech, healthcare, and AI-enabled platforms. I’m proficient in Java, Kotlin, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices, and I thrive on turning complex problems into robust software while continuously improving development workflows and collaboration across product, design, and compliance teams.

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I’m Kenn, a Principal Java Engineer with over 10 years of experience building and scaling web applications. I design and implement event-driven microservices, real-time ML APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability. I enjoy mentoring engineering teams, shaping technical strategy, and delivering secure, compliant solutions in fast-paced environments across fintech, healthcare, and AI-enabled platforms.

I’m proficient in Java, Kotlin, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices, and I thrive on turning complex problems into robust software while continuously improving development workflows and collaboration across product, design, and compliance teams.

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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 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.

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.