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Michael A. Salgado S.

Senior Software Architect & AI-Powered Engineer

Leading the evolution of SDLC through Architectural Excellence and AI-Augmented Engineering. 13+ years building high-scale, distributed systems.

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Senior Software Architect & Fullstack Engineer with 13+ years of experience and a specialization in Enterprise Architecture (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana). Expert in designing high-availability systems and microservices, currently leading the transition to AI-Powered Development. Specialist in optimizing the software development lifecycle (SDLC) through strategic integration of Generative AI, achieving significant time-to-market reduction without compromising technical robustness in AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

My focus: bridging the gap between enterprise-grade architecture and modern AI-augmented engineering workflows to deliver software that is both robust and rapidly iterated.

Education

Enterprise Software Architecture

Pontificia U. Javeriana, 2020

Systems Engineering

U. Nacional de Colombia, 2013

13+ years of experience

Skills

Technical Expertise

AI & Productivity

AI-Powered Development LLMs Integration Prompt Engineering GitHub Copilot AI Agent Workflows Claude

Backend

Java Spring Boot Node.js NestJS Express Go Ruby

Frontend

Angular React State Management UI/UX AI-Optimized UI

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Azure GCP Docker Kubernetes Terraform

Experience

Work History

Secretaría Distrital de Planeación

2024 — Present

Senior Developer

Solution development with Node.js, Angular, and Oracle.

UPRA

2024 — Present

DevOps Engineer

Azure infrastructure implementation and development with Node.js and Angular.

Mercado Libre Colombia

2021 — 2023 High-Scale

Senior Backend Developer

Development of critical and scalable services in Java and Go for the region, optimizing backend performance through distributed architecture design on AWS and GCP.

Instaleap

2020 — 2021

Senior Fullstack Developer

Microservices and logistics backoffice development with Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL.

Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado

2017 — 2023

Fullstack Developer

Module development for eKogui, the State's litigation management system.

Empresa de Acueducto de Bogotá

2019 — 2020

Development Lead

Management and development of SISGEO v2, a geotechnical information system.

Kudos

2009 — 2019

Senior Developer

Fullstack development, microservices, and GIS with Angular, Java, and Node.js.

Projects

Notable Projects

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Contact

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Email

elesdoar@gmail.com

GitHub

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Location

Cajicá, Cundinamarca, Colombia