Jordan Ayala
I’m a seasoned Technical Lead and Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience. I specialize in leading and mentoring teams in developing products that help people in everyday life, be it ordering food, having a home workout experience, or helping operations in shipping warehouses.
Top Skills
Experience
Technical Lead
Feb 2022 to Mar 2024
BairesDev
San Francisco, California, United States · Remote
- Led a team of 10 talented engineers in building a platform that handles the operation of several warehouses across the US (Kotlin, NestJs, Typescript, Javascript, React).
- • Consolidated multiple data sources to Google Big Query Platform allowing efficient analytical and operational reporting, leading to a 60% reduction in response times.
- • Built real-time streaming applications (Kafka, Kotlin) that integrated various microservices and multiple warehouse providers, ensuring seamless operational functionality and efficiency.
- • Mentored a team of engineers, providing guidance and expertise in software architecture enhancement and optimization.
Lead Mobile Engineer
Mar 2019 to Feb 2022
Luke's Local
San Francisco Bay Area · Remote
- Led the development of an online food ordering application (iOS & Android) focusing on enhancing user experience and operational efficiency (React Native, Typescript, Redux).
- • Integrated advanced analytics into the application, enabling data-driven strategies to track and improve user satisfaction using Firebase and Mixpanel.
- • Led the development of a successful referral program that encouraged user engagement and growth.
- • Innovated by designing and implementing a companion application to efficiently track inbound supplies, streamlining the supply chain process.
- • Refactored the application architecture, resulting in significantly improved performance and reduced loading times, enhancing customer satisfaction.
- • Automated the deployment pipeline, ensuring continuous and seamless delivery of application updates, maintaining high standards of quality and reliability.
Senior Mobile Engineer
Apr 2021 to Jan 2022
Voice
United States · Remote
- Built the application for an NFT marketplace that is carbon neutral, easy to use on the EOS blockchain serving over 10,000 customers (Android, Kotlin, MVVM, OOP).
- • Led the development the authentication infrastructure.
- • Led the integration of KYC services, significantly reducing the number of bot accounts.
- • Designed and implemented the NFT multimedia viewer.
Data Scientist
Jan 2021 to Jan 2022
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología-CONACYT
Paraguay · Hybrid
- Contributed in the development of a machine learning platform that creates healthy recipes (Keras, Python, NextJS).
- • Analyzed the molecular structure and macronutritional values of ingredients.
- • Development of a web application to create target recipes and obtain healthy alternatives.
Data Scientist
Jun 2020 to Sep 2021
Universidad Americana Paraguay
Asunción, Paraguay · Hybrid
- Contributed to the creation of a platform to assist a team of experts in the early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy (Keras, Python, NextJS).
- • Led the research multiple state-of-the-art algorithms for object detection and designed experiments to train and validate machine learning models.
- • Built a machine learning classification model with eye fundus images.
- • Built a REST API to provide diabetic retinopathy detection (Python, FastAPI, Keras).
- • Developed a web platform to acquire patients images and provide classification (NextJS, Typescript, Tailwind).
Android Team Lead
Sep 2019 to Mar 2021
SweatWorks
Washington, United States · Remote
- Led a team of Android and QA Engineers in building and launching a fitness app offering on-demand workout classes like cycling, yoga, and strength training (Android, Kotlin).
- • Built integrations with Bluetooth powered devices to track the workout performance of users.
- • Integrated multiple streaming platforms to improve the user experience during workouts. (Mux, FeedFM)
- • Built a Proof of concept App for Android TV.
- • Mentored engineers on how to improve app performance and architecture.
Mobile Consultant
Apr 2018 to Aug 2019
Freelancer
Switzerland · Remote
- Led the development of a privacy focused VPN application for a NPO (React Native, Typescript).
- • Created a cross-platform native middleware implementing the Wireguard VPN Protocol (Go, Rust).
- • Developed Native Android (Java) and iOS (Swift) apps.
- • Built a cross-platform App in React Native, interacting with the Native VPN Middleware (Rust).
IT Consultant
Dec 2016 to Jan 2018
Konecta S.A.
Paraguay
- • Developed integrations for a AS/400 mainframe, integrating RPG codebase with modern Java solutions.
Full Stack Developer
Feb 2015 to Nov 2016
Multisoft
Paraguay
- • Developed a Location-Aware Android Application for Logistics and Tracking.
- • Led the migration of a Legacy Management Reporting System (PowerBuilder) to modern Web App (Django, Express, JQuery).
- • Server administration of multiple Linux Servers (CentOS).
Researcher
Dec 2014 to Feb 2015
Núcleo de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico
Paraguay
- I worked on multiple projects based on Digital Image Processing.
- • Worked on a Digital Image Processing System (Java EE) and implemented multiple morphological transformations with ImageJ.
- • Developed a System for Early Detection of Skin Cancer using Digital Image Processing (Java, ImageJ).
Education
Universidad Nacional de Asunción
2012 - 2016
Engineer's degree
Computer Software Engineering
- • Received Full Tuition Scholarship for academic merit.
- • Thesis on intelligent stock market trading systems was published on a major scientific journal.