Technical Lead · Software Architect

Juan Miguel GarciaI take software from idea to production, end to end.

Technical lead and software architect with 15+ years. I own the whole delivery: functional analysis, architecture, DevOps, metrics and team management, with AI-assisted development under architectural oversight. Available for B2B projects.

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Madrid · Remote15+ yearsOpen to B2B projects

About

I'm a Technical Lead and Software Architect with 15+ years building web products, from APIs and platforms to blockchain and Web3. I own delivery end to end: functional analysis, solution design, DevOps, metrics and team management.

Today I lead architecture at ARKANIA Industrial A.I. and head technology at Altarius ETI as an independent consultant. I translate business requirements into software with Clean Architecture, DDD and Hexagonal Architecture, and I oversee AI-assisted development: guiding implementation, reviewing deliverables and keeping the work aligned with the architecture.

I'm passionate about software and technology, an AI enthusiast, and always looking for challenging projects where I can keep growing. I'm available for B2B projects and consulting.

Location
Madrid, Spain (remote)
Experience
15+ years
Focus
End-to-end technical delivery
Availability
B2B projects & consulting
Languages
Spanish, English

Experience

#0aa8032024 — Present

Head of Strategic Technology · Altarius ETI · Independent consultant

Principal engineer and head of technology at a new company. I lead engineering, design and analyze the company's processes, manage the team, and build an internal SaaS to optimize those processes.

Engineering leadershipProcess designTeam managementInternal SaaS
#c1ade52022 — Present

Lead Software Architect · ARKANIA Industrial A.I.

Technical direction and architecture of applications across diverse stacks, including blockchain and Web3. I turn business requirements into solutions, design architectures with Clean Architecture and design patterns, define the integrations between systems, and oversee AI-assisted development: guiding implementation, tracking progress and reviewing deliverables against architectural standards.

Clean ArchitectureDDDBlockchainWeb3AI-assisted development
#eba5ae2022 — 2024

Senior Backend Engineer · Sportian

Troubleshooting, architecture optimization, technical-debt resolution and third-party integrations on a microservices platform. Raised unit and integration test coverage by up to 70% across 10 microservices, cutting production incidents by 50%.

DDDMicroservicesSymfonyPHPUnitRedis
#4690802015 — 2024

Software Architect & Full-Stack Engineer · Dseta Studios · Independent

Independent lead engineer for client applications, from blockchain and Web3 to full web platforms. Software and infrastructure architecture from front end to back end, Stripe and blockchain payment gateways, DevOps, DDD and Hexagonal Architecture.

SymfonyLaravelReactNext.jsSolidityDocker
#9b6f9d2017 — 2022

Senior Software Engineer & Head of Development · Nae

Led the development team and advised clients on choosing the right technical tools for each project. Designed Symfony-based architectures and REST APIs, handled application deployment, and built systems for clients such as Orange, MásMovil and Telefónica. Data mining with Celonis (certified).

SymfonyREST APINode.jsCelonis
Earlier experience 6
#8233042016

Backend Software Engineer · Next Chance Group

Technical-debt resolution and microservices architecture. Optimized 3 microservices with profiling, distributed caching and configuration tuning, cutting average latency by 60% (from 500 ms to under 200 ms).

SymfonyRabbitMQRedisDocker
#0aa7ac2015 — 2016

Full-Stack Software Engineer · Canal Web S.L.

Architecture for a monolith-to-microservices migration and REST API design. Redesigned the commission calculation algorithm, cutting batch processing from 15 to 2 minutes.

PHPSymfonyRabbitMQPostgreSQL
#96b6c52012 — 2016

Freelance Software Engineer · Freelance

Front-end and back-end web systems and database design for different clients. 3rd place at the Forgeathon by BemyApp (2015).

PHPJavaScriptNode.jsAndroid
#ccd2fb2012 — 2014

Founder, CEO & VFX Supervisor · Dseta VFX

Founded a visual effects studio and designed its production pipeline for TV commercials, online advertising and film. Wrote Python and MEL tools for Maya, supervised compositing in Nuke and CG fluid simulation in Realflow, for brands such as Nestlé, Black Label, Nissan, Chobani and Nivea.

PythonMayaNukeRealflow
#7a5b2f2008 — 2011

Lead Programmer & Web Developer · Orange Dot

Led the company's development team, front end and back end. Built a logistics and delivery system with online payments, order management and package tracking. Started in 2008 as a junior web developer at Inspiration net.

PHPJavaScriptMySQL
#edu2004 — 2011

BSc in Computer Science, Computer Graphics · Universidad de Carabobo

Thesis on real-time shallow-water wave simulation. Also a Diploma in 3D Animation at AP Animation (2009).

Computer graphicsC++OpenGL

Technologies

Architecture & Design

Clean ArchitectureHexagonalDDDTDDREST API designMicroservices

Backend

PHP 8SymfonyLaravelNode.js

Frontend

TypeScriptJavaScriptReactNext.js

Blockchain & Payments

SolidityWeb3StripeCrypto payment gateways

Data & Infrastructure

MySQLPostgreSQLRedisRabbitMQElasticsearchDockerKubernetesNginxDevOps

Delivery & Management

Functional analysisProcess designMetricsTeam managementAgile / ScrumCode reviewAI-assisted development oversight

Projects

batch-saving-optimization.md2023

Batch saving optimization

Optimized batch data saving on a microservices platform by parallelizing tasks and tuning transactions, reducing response time and raising overall throughput.

−200 ms
Response time
+30%
Throughput
oauth2-internal-api.md2016

OAuth2-secured internal API

Designed and built a RESTful API secured with OAuth2 to integrate two microservices, speeding up authentication and making access governance simpler.

−40%
Authentication time
0
Security incidents (1st year)
forgeathon-travel-app.md2015

Travel-preference app · Forgeathon

Prize-winning app where users swipe through images so the system builds preference and mood vectors, then matches them against a database of destinations. Built with Android, Node.js, Elasticsearch and REST on open content and open travel data.

3rd
Place at the Forgeathon
shallow-water-simulation.md2010

Real-time water wave simulation

Thesis project: software to model, visualize and animate shallow-water waves with a realistic look at low computational cost, in C++ and OpenGL, solving two-dimensional equations with a sparse linear-system library.

Results

15+
Years of experience
−60%
Average latency across 3 services
−70%
Batch processing time (15 → 2 min)
−50%
Production incidents across 10 services

Contact

Have a product that needs a technical lead, or a project you'd like to take from idea to production? Write to me and I'll reply within 48h.

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