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Hi, I'm Esteban Rios, a Cloud-Focused Software Engineer and DevOps Specialist with a passion for building scalable and reliable cloud systems. I have extensive experience in AWS microservices, API development, and automation pipelines that handle millions of requests efficiently. I enjoy mentoring engineers and optimizing cloud architecture to drive innovation and operational excellence. Over the years, I've worked on designing event-driven systems, improving deployment speed through CI/CD, and implementing monitoring frameworks to ensure high uptime. I’m always eager to take on new challenges and contribute to high-performing tech teams with my backend expertise and passion for scalable solutions.…Hi, I'm Esteban Rios, a Cloud-Focused Software Engineer and DevOps Specialist with a passion for building scalable and reliable cloud systems. I have extensive experience in AWS microservices, API development, and automation pipelines that handle millions of requests efficiently. I enjoy mentoring engineers and optimizing cloud architecture to drive innovation and operational excellence. Over the years, I've worked on designing event-driven systems, improving deployment speed through CI/CD, and implementing monitoring frameworks to ensure high uptime. I’m always eager to take on new challenges and contribute to high-performing tech teams with my backend expertise and passion for scalable solutions.

Esteban Rios

Web Developer, Programmer, DevOps Developer, +2

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Hi, I'm Esteban Rios, a Cloud-Focused Software Engineer and DevOps Specialist with a passion for building scalable and reliable cloud systems. I have extensive experience in AWS microservices, API development, and automation pipelines that handle millions of requests efficiently. I enjoy mentoring engineers and optimizing cloud architecture to drive innovation and operational excellence. Over the years, I've worked on designing event-driven systems, improving deployment speed through CI/CD, and implementing monitoring frameworks to ensure high uptime. I’m always eager to take on new challenges and contribute to high-performing tech teams with my backend expertise and passion for scalable solutions.…Hi, I'm Esteban Rios, a Cloud-Focused Software Engineer and DevOps Specialist with a passion for building scalable and reliable cloud systems. I have extensive experience in AWS microservices, API development, and automation pipelines that handle millions of requests efficiently. I enjoy mentoring engineers and optimizing cloud architecture to drive innovation and operational excellence. Over the years, I've worked on designing event-driven systems, improving deployment speed through CI/CD, and implementing monitoring frameworks to ensure high uptime. I’m always eager to take on new challenges and contribute to high-performing tech teams with my backend expertise and passion for scalable solutions.

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Hi, I’m Esteban Rios, a Cloud-Focused Software Engineer and DevOps Specialist with a passion for building scalable and reliable cloud systems. I have extensive experience in AWS microservices, API development, and automation pipelines that handle millions of requests efficiently. I enjoy mentoring engineers and optimizing cloud architecture to drive innovation and operational excellence.

Over the years, I’ve worked on designing event-driven systems, improving deployment speed through CI/CD, and implementing monitoring frameworks to ensure high uptime. I’m always eager to take on new challenges and contribute to high-performing tech teams with my backend expertise and passion for scalable solutions.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Advanced

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Cox Automotive

December 31, 2024 - July 11, 2025

Architected and maintained cloud-native microservices in AWS (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB), consistently handling 1M+ API requests weekly. Led event-driven architecture design, improving real-time processing with AWS SNS/SQS. Built robust CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, accelerating deployment velocity by 30% and enabling more frequent, reliable releases. Mentored junior engineers, improving CI/CD adoption and streamlining development workflows. Designed and implemented VirusScan, a scalable file-scanning service leveraging AWS bucketAV, Terraform, CloudFormation, and feature flags to standardize antivirus protocols. Enhanced DocUpload document processing to boost data throughput and ingestion efficiency by 40%. Developed and optimized an Events Framework for asynchronous deal status updates, reducing API polling and lowering infrastructure costs. Managed and scaled the DealerLender API with FastAPI and ECS, streamlining lender-dealer queries and improving credit processing

Lead Application Developer at Sky IT Group

June 1, 2021 - July 11, 2025

Developed high-throughput data pipelines using Python and pandas, improving ingestion efficiency by 50% for large datasets from Shopify and Magento. Engineered automated geolocation pipelines integrating Google’s Geocoding API, increasing geodata coverage accuracy from 50% to over 85%. Led full-stack development of client platforms (SkyAlign, UploadApp) using ReactJS, Flask, and Express.js, enabling direct data access from Oracle DBs and increasing user engagement by 25%. Streamlined QA by designing Selenium-based automated end-to-end testing frameworks, reducing manual efforts by 60%. Administered Auth0 for secure user authentication, enforcing strong identity management and compliance.

Testing Engineer at Gaming Laboratories International

May 1, 2014 - July 11, 2025

Led performance testing on casino gaming software and conducted reverse engineering for bug detection and reliability improvements. Automated testing on Linux-based platforms, reducing debugging turnaround time. Performed hardware and software tests on physical machines, configuring gaming slot machines with PC debugging setups. Developed bash scripts for software testing to verify payout outcomes according to regulations.