RAUL.BOLIVAR.NAVAS
Software Engineering Leader

From factory floors
to reactive clusters.

I spent nine years calibrating industrial sensors and chasing signal faults on the floor before I ever opened an IDE. Now I architect hexagonal, event-driven systems — same instinct, different substrate: trace the signal, trust the data, ship what holds under load.

BARRANQUILLA, CO — REMOTE / HYBRID
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Two disciplines, one habit of mind.

I bridge the gap between complex software design and physical infrastructure. Before I was a Software Engineering Leader, I was a field engineer reading telemetry off analog instruments — and that background still shapes how I build: reactive systems, hexagonal architecture, and domain-driven design aren't abstractions to me, they're the same discipline I used to apply to a faulty control loop.

Across enterprise software, cloud architecture, and industrial automation, I've modernized legacy infrastructure, led cross-functional teams, and kept a security-first mindset in mission-critical systems — from banking integration platforms to real-time telemetry pipelines feeding AI models at the edge.

What I bring is end-to-end: hybrid cloud ecosystems that connect on-premise infrastructure to modern PaaS, proactive technical leadership, and a genuine curiosity about where agentic AI and spec-driven development take the craft next.

30+years across industrial automation & software engineering
9companies, from telecom carriers to fintech & banking
4countries worked in — Colombia, Chile, and remote-first teams
01consistent thread: trace the signal, trust the data

Core expertise, by channel.

Six frequencies I operate on — the tools change, the discipline underneath doesn't.

Architecture & Paradigms

  • Hexagonal Architecture & DDD
  • TDD / BDD
  • Spec-Driven Development
  • Agentic AI Design
  • Reactive Systems

Backend & Integration

  • Spring Boot (WebFlux), Kotlin
  • NodeJS, NestJS, FastAPI, Flask
  • .NET Core, Apache Camel / Fuse
  • SOAP / XML, JAXB
  • Legacy transformation facades

Frontend Ecosystem

  • React, Next.js
  • Angular, Vue
  • TypeScript / JavaScript

Cloud, DevOps & Infra

  • AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Alibaba Cloud
  • Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker
  • Jenkins CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Nexus
  • VMWare, WebLogic

Data, AI & Security

  • SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL
  • Keycloak
  • SonarQube, Kiuwan
  • AI models over analytic data
  • NVIDIA AI Vision (Orin, edge)

Automation & IoT

  • Industrial process control
  • Telemetry data pipelines
  • Automatons & measurement devices
  • Networks & telecommunications

Career, top to bottom.

Most recent first. Watch the trace — it steadies as the work moves from analog instruments to reactive code, and roughens the further back it reaches into field engineering.

AUG 2025 — PRESENT
Lead Java Developer
PRAGMA

Technical lead for Java & integration work, driving full-stack delivery and system integration across a cross-functional team, with a focus on collaborative technical leadership.

Colombia · Hybrid
JUL 2024 — JAN 2025
Senior Software Architect
TyG Vecchiola

Built Vecchtelligence SPA, integrating on-premise and cloud environments and running big-data analysis for the company's and its suppliers' AI models. Owned application security review, real-time telemetry interfaces, hardware/software integration, and the underlying data models.

Santiago, Chile · Hybrid
APR 2024 — JUL 2024
Software Solutions Specialist
Siptel Chile

Developed and integrated technology solutions spanning cognitive services and real-time tracking, and provided security and solution-architecture consulting for the TyG Vecchtelligence client.

Santiago, Chile · Remote
JUL 2022 — MAR 2024
Senior Full Stack Developer
Telefónica

Sat within Movistar's Architecture team, bringing Spring Boot, Apache Camel Fuse, Quarkus, .NET Core, Node.js/Next.js, Angular and Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django) archetypes to the change committee, alongside reusable components like API gateways, orchestrators, login/roles, and SOAP–REST converters. As technical lead for integration projects, planned frontend/backend workloads, CI/CD and versioning, cross-layer application security, and infrastructure integration through first release. Defined architecture-governance policy, compliance and versioning processes, and the frameworks used to guide solution design.

Bogotá, Colombia · Remote
NOV 2014 — FEB 2022
Engineering Project Manager / CTO
Weblink Infosystem

Seven years as CTO and project manager, running complex, strategic technical programs end to end.

Colombia
JAN 2006 — FEB 2014
Field Service Technician / Field Engineer
DataPoint

Eight years in field service and automation engineering — the hands-on instrumentation work that still informs how I reason about system reliability today.

Cota, Cundinamarca
FEB 1996 — DEC 2005
Technical Support Analyst / Technical Engineer
Banco Caja Social

Nearly a decade in information services technical support, at the intersection of banking operations and telecommunications infrastructure.

Servicios de Información
JUL 1995 — JAN 1996
Technical Support Analyst
OFITEC

Systems technician role covering computer hardware and hands-on troubleshooting.

Barranquilla
JAN 1995 — JUN 1995
Service Engineer
AT&T

Where it started: maintenance, repair, and automatic test equipment for client support — the first signal I ever traced.

Colombia

Let's talk architecture, cloud-native systems, or agentic AI.

Open to conversations on scalable architecture and the future of automation.

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