Engineering Manager perspective
Engineering Manager Resume
A delivery-oriented technical view, led by software projects and supported by engineering and validation experience.
Technical leader with experience guiding engineering and validation teams, supporting enterprise applications, and improving software and product systems. Recent full-stack and AI projects provide direct evidence of hands-on implementation across APIs, databases, user interfaces, and AI-assisted workflows.
Selected Engineering Projects
Implementation evidence across full-stack applications, APIs, databases, and AI-assisted systems.
IntakeWise
A responsive organizer for medication, supplements, vitamins, and custom intake schedules. Account holders can manage a private item catalog, review schedules in a calendar, and adjust or skip individual intakes.
- React
- Node.js
- Express
- PostgreSQL
- Vite
Nomadant Tech Store
An academic full-stack electronics storefront with GitHub OAuth sign-in and Stripe test-mode checkout. Its React storefront and Node.js REST API are deployed separately.
- React
- Vite
- Tailwind CSS
- Node.js
- Express
- PostgreSQL
- GitHub OAuth
- Stripe
RESTful Restaurants
A responsive application for organizing restaurants into categories, maintaining a starred list, and managing records through an Express API backed by Supabase.
- React
- Express
- Supabase
- REST APIs
AI Trip Planner
A Streamlit itinerary planner using OpenAI tool calling, verified place data, optional travel-guide retrieval, interactive maps, and PDF or JSON export. Optional model and place services can fail independently of itinerary planning.
- Python
- OpenAI
- Streamlit
- PostgreSQL
- Geoapify
- PyDeck
Full Stack Engineering Lessons
Coursework and projects spanning frontend, backend, APIs, databases, authentication, testing, and Git. The repository includes RESTful Restaurants and an e-commerce REST API.
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- Express
- React
- PostgreSQL
- REST APIs
Python Lessons
Python exercises, university assignments, data-analysis notebooks, and personal learning projects, including an interactive multimodal commute-map project.
- Python
- Jupyter
- Data Analysis
- Visualization
Relevant Engineering Experience
Selected software, systems, validation, and product-engineering roles.
Head of Product Quality Engineering
Philips · August 2019–September 2021
Bothell, Washington, United States
- Led Product Quality Engineering support for software and hardware development projects.
- Supported Design History Files, design controls, and product risk management.
Sustaining Quality Assurance Manager
Philips · January 2018–July 2019
San Diego, California, United States
- Managed design changes across the existing product base.
- Oversaw post-market surveillance monitoring and reporting.
Senior Quality Engineer
Hospira · August 2011–March 2013
San José, Costa Rica
- Held successive responsibilities in quality engineering supervision, quality analysis and continuous improvement, and documentation-center supervision.
- Supervised teams of engineers and technicians and served as a Hospira Costa Rica internal auditor.
Senior Validation Administrator
Hospira · January 2011–August 2011
San José, Costa Rica
- Supervised validation engineers and technicians and supported validation-system design and maintenance.
Software Validation Engineer
Hospira · March 2009–December 2010
San José, Costa Rica
- Supported and improved software validation systems.
Lead Systems Support Engineer
Western Union · January 2008–March 2009
San José, Costa Rica
- Supervised five engineers responsible for implementing and supporting internal applications.
Senior Systems Support Engineer
Western Union · January 2007–January 2008
San José, Costa Rica
- Implemented and provided Tier 2 support for proprietary company software.
- Supported and trained junior personnel.
Junior Systems Support Engineer
Western Union · January 2005–January 2007
San José, Costa Rica
- Implemented proprietary company software and provided Tier 2 support.
Technical Stack and Practices
Documented programming languages, frameworks, and practices used across the portfolio.
Programming languages
- Python
- JavaScript
- SQL
Platforms and frameworks
- Node.js
- Express
- React
- PostgreSQL
Practices and domains
- AI applications
- Machine learning
- LLM and RAG pipelines
- Automation
- Technical operations
- Software validation
- Systems integration
- Team leadership
Spoken languages
- English — Full professional proficiency
- Spanish — Native or bilingual proficiency
Education and Certifications
Education and credentials supporting continued technical development.
- Master of Science in Information Management — University of Washington — March 2024–June 2026 — Graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering — Universidad Fidélitas — 2005–2008
- Electrical Engineering studies — Universidad de Costa Rica — 2001–2005 — Partial studies.
- Software Validation
- Integrating Risk Management into the Product Lifecycle
- Full-Stack Engineer Career Path
- AI Engineer Career Path