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David Soto Vásquez

David Soto Vásquez

Lima

Summary

Senior Lead Frontend Architect & Generative AI Specialist with 15+ years of experience steering complex platform migrations and developing scalable, high-performance systems for critical sectors like Banking, FinTech, and Enterprise CRM.

Proven technical leader with expertise in Full-Stack Architecture (ReactJS/VueJS), DevOps (CI/CD, AWS/GCP), and component-driven development. I bridge the gap between technical execution and business strategy, having previously held an executive CTO role.

Currently focused on pioneering solutions in emerging technologies, specializing in Generative AI integration (Vertex AI & Prompt Engineering) and system modernization. Dedicated to delivering robust, clean-code products with a strong emphasis on scalability, security, and measurable business impact.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

GlobalLogic
04.2023 - Current
  • Technical and Strategic Leadership: Leading the evolution of the online learning platform, with a focus on architectural modernization (Objective-C to Swift/SwiftUI) and the integration of cutting-edge Web/AI technologies.
  • Leading the migration of legacy applications (Objective-C) to modern architectures (Swift/SwiftUI), ensuring technical cohesion between Webviews and native code.
  • Working closely with Product and UX/UI teams to translate business requirements into high-impact technical solutions, both at the web and mobile levels.
  • AI Strategy and Implementation (Frontend/Web): Led the research and development of proof of concept (PoC) for the integration of Generative AI capabilities into the company's Frontend development stack, using Google Cloud Vertex AI and libraries such as Langchain.js on Next.js and Nuxt.js environments.
  • Vertex AI and LangChain.js Integration: "I designed and programmed serverless prototypes using Next.js/Nuxt.js to consume Vertex AI (LLMs) services through Langchain.js and Google Cloud Libraries, focusing on improving content personalization for faculty."
  • Front-end Prompt Engineering: "I implemented advanced Text Prompt Engineering techniques at the front-end level to optimize user interaction, reducing latency and improving the quality of conversational responses."


The experiments showed an 70% improvement in the speed of accessing relevant information, validating the path for future implementation of conversational agents.

Senior Technology Consultant & AI Solutions Lead

Lid Services SAC
01.2022 - Current

Senior consultant specializing in transforming business requirements into scalable, high-performance web solutions. Experience leading the architecture of complex front-ends and internal systems, with a recent focus on the strategic integration of Artificial Intelligence to optimize efficiency and customer experience.


  • Web Solutions Strategy and Architecture: Leading the planning, requirements analysis, and architectural design for B2B and B2C web projects, prioritizing scalability, performance optimization (SEO), and user experience (UX/UI).
  • High-Impact Solutions Development: Implementing full-stack solutions using modern frameworks and decoupled CMSs (e.g., WordPress for Headless CMS) for complex e-commerce systems and payment gateway integrations.
  • Internal Systems Management and Optimization: Designing and architecting custom systems to optimize critical processes (Production, Warehouse, and Sales), resulting in the automation of key workflows and the generation of reports for decision-making.
  • AI for Business PoC Leadership: Led R&D initiatives to evaluate the integration of Generative AI into customer operations and front-ends.
  • Sales and Customer Service Systems Integration with AI: Conducted successful integration tests of AI APIs with sales systems (CRMs) to improve customer service, achieving more accurate automated responses and a 20% reduction in initial response time.
  • Methodology and Prototyping: Used agile methodologies and a customer-centric approach to design UI/UX mockups and rapid prototyping of AI-based front-end solutions.

Senior Full-Stack Developer

CH2 Solutions LLC
05.2022 - 12.2022
  • Architecture and Full-Stack Development: I led the implementation of critical modules, managing the application architecture from the frontend (using React) to the backend and data layer.
  • UX/UI and Functionality Optimization: I led initiatives to improve the system's User Experience (UX), resulting in a 30% increase in product/customer management efficiency for users.
  • Performance and Scalability: I performed code audits (Code Reviews) and optimized key algorithms, achieving a 15% reduction in frontend load time and improving overall system efficiency.
  • Continuous Modernization: I implemented development best practices (including CI/CD and Unit Testing) and led the evaluation of new libraries and tools to ensure the platform remained technologically advanced and sustainable.

Senior Software Engineering

ArganoUV
10.2021 - 12.2021
  • Platform Migration Leadership: Led the planning and execution of a critical migration project, redesigning the existing website's front-end to a modern, high-performance content platform, ensuring data fidelity and operational continuity.
  • Performance and SEO Optimization: Redesigned and optimized the front-end content and architecture to significantly improve user experience (UX) and search engine optimization (SEO), laying the foundation for organic growth.
  • Critical Feature Development: Designed and developed custom front-end components (custom plugins) to expand key site functionality, implementing advanced features (e.g., custom content management systems, dynamic galleries) without compromising performance.
  • Brand Cohesion and Visual Experience: Customized the presentation layer (front-end theme customization) from the ground up, implementing design elements, typography, and animation to ensure an engaging visual experience consistent with the client's brand.

Senior Software Engineering

Zoluxiones
04.2020 - 09.2021
Critical Frontend Migration and Core Banking System Modernization
  • Lead Migration Architect: Instrumental in the strategic migration of a complex core banking system from legacy AngularJS to modern ReactJS, resulting in a complete front-end modernization and a substantial performance boost.
  • React Component Architecture: Designed and developed a reusable global component architecture in ReactJS (forms, buttons, tables, etc.), establishing a consistent design system that optimized development speed, modularity, and UI consistency across the application.
  • High-Criticality Module Implementation: Engineered and implemented robust modules for financial transactions (deposits and withdrawals), ensuring security and reliability through extensive validation, error controls, and data integrity checks.
  • Performance Optimization: Executed code reviews and optimization initiatives across the front-end and back-end integration layers, successfully minimizing load times and improving overall application efficiency in a high-traffic environment.

Desarrollador Web

SOAInt Perú
06.2020 - 04.2021

Frontend Migration Leadership and Enterprise Component Architecture


  • Migration Leadership (Enterprise Level): Spearheaded the frontend migration of an existing Pension Fund Administrator (AFP) system from legacy HTML and JavaScript to a modern, efficient, and scalable ReactJS interface.
  • Architectural Refactoring: Analyzed, refactored, and converted legacy HTML and JavaScript components into reusable ReactJS components, ensuring full compatibility, long-term maintainability, and improved performance.
  • Component Library Development: Designed and developed a centralized, scalable React component library (buttons, forms, menus, tables, etc.) to be used across multiple client projects, significantly optimizing development speed and guaranteeing UI/UX consistency across all systems.
  • Best Practices and Compliance: Implemented ReactJS best practices, web accessibility standards, and cross-browser compatibility protocols to ensure clean, efficient, and scalable code that adheres to strict financial industry standards.
  • Design System Implementation: Collaborated closely with the UI/UX team to implement pre-approved design guidelines, ensuring the application featured a coherent design system and a seamless, intuitive user experience.
  • Performance Optimization and Documentation: Optimized component performance and accessibility, and created thorough technical documentation to facilitate component adoption and usage by other development teams.

React Developer

BairesDev
08.2019 - 06.2020

Enterprise CRM Modernization and ReactJS Architecture


  • Platform Modernization Lead: Key contributor to the upgrade and expansion of a core CRM platform for a multinational automotive company (tire sales and mechanical services), focusing on modernizing the user interface (UI) and enhancing user experience (UX).
  • React Architecture & Scalability: Developed highly interactive interfaces and complex modules in ReactJS to optimize critical business flows, including efficient client management, lead capture, and appointment scheduling for service centers nationwide.
  • Performance and Code Refactoring: Executed strategic refactoring of existing React components to drastically improve the platform's performance, efficiency, and long-term scalability, ensuring the system could handle a national user base.
  • Component-Driven Development: Engineered specific modules for service appointment management, leveraging React Hooks and developing a library of reusable components to guarantee smooth navigation and a consistent user interface across all views.
  • Data Integrity and Security: Implemented dynamic forms and real-time user validations, utilizing React's advanced state management alongside TypeScript to ensure high data integrity and security throughout the lead capture process.
  • UI/UX Collaboration: Collaborated closely with the UI/UX team, utilizing advanced CSS and HTML5 techniques to translate complex requirements into an intuitive, visually appealing, and highly functional enterprise application.

Technical Lead & Full-Stack Architect

Technological Systems
04.2019 - 06.2019
  • Engineering Leadership: Led the programming team through the entire product development lifecycle, ensuring technical excellence, timely delivery, and alignment with business objectives.
  • Software and Cloud Architecture: Designed and implemented the complete software and hardware architecture (DevOps) required for production deployment, utilizing AWS services for reliability and scalability.
  • Full-Stack System Development: Managed the entire development process of the web system, specializing in Frontend development with VueJS and Vuex and Backend development with Laravel.
  • Database and Performance Optimization: Designed and implemented the comprehensive MySQL database schema. Optimized critical application performance by developing and fine-tuning complex database queries to minimize latency and maximize throughput.

Tech Lead

Rockets to the Moon
04.2018 - 07.2018

Decentralized Platform Development and Web3 Architecture


  • Product Leadership (Web3): Led the end-to-end development of a groundbreaking platform that enabled users to launch their own cryptocurrencies, focusing on creating accessible and intuitive blockchain solutions for a mass market.
  • React and Blockchain Integration: Designed and implemented the comprehensive React frontend architecture, ensuring a responsive and secure interface tailored for complex Web3 interactions.
  • Secure Transaction Engineering: Developed reusable components for user onboarding, authentication, and token creation, integrating MetaMask to facilitate secure wallet connections and streamlined on-chain transactions.
  • Architectural Collaboration: Collaborated closely with blockchain developers and backend teams to define and build the necessary APIs and components supporting smart contract deployment and reliable token generation functionality.
  • DevOps and CI/CD Implementation: Established and managed the CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and AWS, ensuring automated deployment, platform stability, and continuous integration of code from development to production environments.
  • Scalability and Optimization: Conducted intensive research and performance testing on decentralized solutions, implementing architectural enhancements based on technical evaluations and user feedback to ensure long-term platform scalability.

Chief Technology Officer

Mandu
01.2017 - 12.2017
  • Executive Project Leadership: Led and structured both software and hardware development teams, ensuring effective collaboration, high-quality deliverables, and alignment with critical business objectives and timelines.
  • Risk and Performance Management: Proactively identified, planned, and resolved potential risks and technical bottlenecks during development and implementation. Conceptualized and developed processes to measure server capacity and application performance to guarantee optimal output.
  • Full Architectural Design and Implementation: Designed and implemented the complete software and hardware architecture necessary for optimal development and production, with a focus on scalability, security, and high performance.
  • Cloud Deployment Strategy: Coordinated and executed the deployment of the application on IBM's Bluemix and SoftLayer platforms, ensuring a successful and highly reliable cloud implementation.
  • DevOps and Automated Deployment: Implemented a robust CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins for controlled and automated deployment across QA, PERF, TEST, and PROD environments, significantly reducing deployment risk and time-to-market.
  • Quality Assurance and Methodology: Implemented rigorous code quality standards and tools (SonarQube, EsLint) to enforce code quality, readability, and maintainability. Established Agile (Scrum) methodologies to foster collaborative, modular development and rapid delivery of business value.

Software Developer

Cignium Technologies
09.2015 - 12.2016
  • Frontend Modernization and Tooling: Early adoption and implementation of modern web technologies, including React, AngularJS, and Webpack, laying the groundwork for the migration and modernization of existing web applications.
  • System and Backend Maintenance: Responsible for the maintenance and evolution of backend services critical for data capture and organization of platform visitors and users, ensuring high data integrity and reliability.
  • Performance Optimization: Executed performance optimization initiatives across web applications and data capture processes, successfully reducing processing times and improving overall user experience.
  • Web Application Development: Developed and maintained websites and proprietary tools focused on customer data capture, ensuring adherence to strict business and security parameters.

Developer Engineer III

Belatrix Software Factory
04.2014 - 09.2015
  • Pioneering Frontend Migration: Key contributor in leading early-stage frontend modernization projects, specifically executing the critical migration from FLEX control panels to AngularJS and from JQuery to modern Angular, establishing a more efficient and maintainable architecture for a major advertising exchange company.
  • Complex Financial System Integration: Developed a robust web system for managing invoices, customers, and payments, including a critical feature for synchronizing transactional data with the QuickBooks desktop accounting system. This demonstrates expertise in handling financial data integration challenges.
  • Full-Stack Feature Implementation: Designed and developed new functionalities across both the frontend and backend of core business applications, ensuring seamless user experience and data flow according to stringent international client requirements.
  • Solution Delivery: Contributed to the successful delivery of high-quality applications based on the requirements of international clients, reinforcing a long-standing commitment to service quality and client satisfaction.

PHP Web Developer

Agencia Edge SAC
04.2014 - 09.2015

Data Capture System Development and Reporting Architecture


  • Lead Generation and Data Reporting Platform: Designed and developed a core web platform focused on the capture, classification, and generation of analytical reports from data obtained through client web forms.
  • System Integration: Engineered the platform to successfully integrate news and announcement publications across various client web portals, ensuring content consistency and centralized management.
  • Functional Architecture: Focused on building robust backend logic and a dependable data structure to ensure high integrity and reliability of the captured business data.

Lead Developer

Havas Media
10.2012 - 08.2013
  • Team Leadership & Coordination: Responsible for leading and coordinating the development team's tasks, ensuring effective communication, adherence to timelines, and high-quality deliverables across all projects.
  • Cross-Platform Application Development: Directed the planning, development, and implementation of applications across diverse platforms, including social network applications (Facebook), standard web pages, and mobile web/applications (using PhoneGap).
  • Core Systems Development: Oversaw the design and implementation of proprietary Content Management Systems (CMS), ensuring internal teams had robust tools for efficient content creation and publication.

Senior Developer

Grupo DPI
11.2011 - 09.2012
  • Pioneering Augmented Reality (AR): Key developer in the design and implementation of an Augmented Reality system, showcasing an early ability to work with and deploy emerging, high-complexity technologies.
  • Social & Web Application Development: Developed and deployed numerous web applications for Facebook and a variety of standard web systems and pages, ensuring robust functionality and user engagement.
  • Core Systems Development: Designed and built Content Management Systems (CMS), providing clients with customized, scalable tools for efficient content organization and publishing.
  • Full-Scope Development: Managed the full development cycle across diverse digital products, confirming a solid foundation in end-to-end system engineering.

IT Manager

Drogueria Farbo
01.2011 - 11.2011
  • Systems Leadership and Operations: Directly responsible for the entire systems area, managing the support of current operational systems and ensuring business continuity for a critical pharmaceutical enterprise.
  • Strategic Migration Oversight: Supervised and managed the migration to the new GesFarma system, demonstrating early project management and execution skills for large-scale enterprise transitions.
  • Infrastructure and Security Implementation: Designed and implemented essential network security measures and established backup servers, ensuring data integrity and stability for the entire organization.
  • Business Application Development: Led the in-house development of strategic applications, including an Intranet for reporting and statistics and the deployment of both mobile and web-based ordering systems, directly impacting sales operations.

Education

Technology Management

Google
USA
01.2025

Crucial Conversations - undefined

VitalSmarts
01.2016

Certified Scrum Master - undefined

Scrum Alliance
01.2015

Bachelor of Science - Digital Business & Technology Management

Ciberctec
Lima, Peru
12-2028

Skills

  • Generative AI (GenAI)
  • ReactJS / VueJS
  • Technical Leadership
  • Cloud Architecture (GCP/AWS)
  • TypeScript
  • CI/CD & DevOps (Jenkins)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Frontend Architecture
  • Agile Methodologies (Scrum)
  • Nextjs / Nuxtjs
  • System Design
  • System Scalability

Certification

  • Google Cloud Digital Leader, Google, 2025
  • Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, 2015
  • Crucial Conversations, VitalSmarts, 2016
  • 1er Lugar Belatrix CodeFest, Belatrix Software Factory, 2015
  • Expositor IV Semana SECOIN, UNFV, 2015
  • Expositor V Semana SECOIN, UNFV, 2016

Languages

English
Full Professional
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Personal Information

Title: Senior Lead Frontend Architect & Generative AI

Hobbies

  • Strategy Games
  • Mentoring
  • Home Automation
  • Reading Non-Fiction

Speaking & Academic Engagement

  • Invited Speaker, V SECOIN Week (UNFV, 2016): Presented on Web Development Best Practices and System Architecture.
  • Invited Speaker, IV SECOIN Week (UNFV, 2015): Shared expertise on Modernizing Web Applications and Frontend Engineering.
David Soto Vásquez