luisangel parra
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Software & Computer Engineer

Build precise systems. Ship calm interfaces.

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About

Engineer focused on the seam between systems and people.

I write code that runs predictably under load and interfaces that feel inevitable — the kind that disappear once you start using them.

Backend, frontend, infra. Whichever layer the problem lives in.

00+Years shipping
00Projects
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buildingthis portfolio
Make the hard parts boring.
— LP / 2026

Skills

The stack I reach for, organized by where it lives.

01 Languages
TypeScriptPythonGoRustSQLTypeScriptPythonGoRustSQL
02 Frameworks
Next.jsReactNode.jsFastAPITailwindNext.jsReactNode.jsFastAPITailwind
03 Tools
GitDockerVimFigmaPostgresGitDockerVimFigmaPostgres
04 Cloud / Infra
AWSVercelCloudflareTerraformKubernetesAWSVercelCloudflareTerraformKubernetes

Projects

Selected work. Real systems, shipped.

Ledger
01

01 / 04

Ledger

Personal-finance ledger

Double-entry accounting reimagined for individuals. Type-safe end to end.

  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Postgres
  • tRPC
Ember
02

02 / 04

Ember

Realtime ingestion service

High-throughput pipeline moving millions of events per minute with replay-safety.

  • Go
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • gRPC
Atlas
03

03 / 04

Atlas

Edge-rendered map tiles

WASM-compiled vector tile renderer running at the CDN edge worldwide.

  • Rust
  • WebAssembly
  • Cloudflare
Lumen
04

04 / 04

Lumen

AI document summarizer

Long-form research compressed into structured outlines with citations preserved.

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • OpenAI
  • Vercel

Journey

How I got here. Work, study, and the stretches in between.

  1. 2026 — · Work

    Building independently

    Remote

    Open to thoughtful product work. Currently shipping this portfolio and a couple of small tools.

  2. 2024 · Work

    Principal Engineer

    Stealth · Remote

    Led architecture for a realtime ingestion platform. Owned API design, schema evolution, and on-call rotation.

  3. 2022 · Work

    Senior Software Engineer

    Mid-stage startup · Bogotá

    Shipped end-to-end product features across frontend, backend, and infra. Mentored two engineers through promotion.

  4. 2021 · Education

    M.Sc. Computer Science

    Universidad Nacional

    Concentration in distributed systems. Thesis on consistency tradeoffs under partial network partitions.

  5. 2019 · Work

    Software Engineer

    Consultancy · Bogotá

    Delivered web platforms for finance and logistics clients. Picked up production Go and Postgres ops.

  6. 2018 · Education

    B.Sc. Computer Engineering

    Universidad Nacional

    Foundations in systems, algorithms, and architecture. Graduated with honors.

Let's build something.