Diego Leon
Lead Cloud Applications & AI Integration Engineer
mail@diegoleon.me · (305) 796-2129 · North Bay Village, FL, USA
Summary
Lead software engineer and cloud applications architect with 10+ years building production systems across .NET 10, ASP.NET Core, APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise integrations. Strong leadership record modernizing legacy platforms into scalable services, mentoring engineering teams, and delivering AI/LLM-powered products with RAG, tool/function calling, OCR, evidence retrieval, and production-oriented monitoring and cost controls.
Experience
Lead .NET Software Engineer2024-09–present
NinjaGig · Remote / USA
Online applicant tracking, job posting, resume management, scoring, and hiring workflows.
- Lead migration from legacy MVC to Blazor Server, evolving a monolithic ATS into a modern service-oriented architecture with .NET 10 / ASP.NET Core APIs.
- Design, develop, and operate multi-tier web applications across Azure and AWS for job posting, applicant tracking, HR document automation, and secure business modules.
- Build and extend NinjaGig AI Suite for resume processing, scoring, and candidate-job matching with skill/experience extraction and recruiter-facing fit ranking.
- Architect backend services and integrations for payments, job feeds, transactional email, optimized SQL, secure data models, CI/CD, zero-downtime deployments, PCI validation, and incident response.
Contract Software Developer II2026-01–present
SMP Pharmacy Solutions · Hybrid / Remote
Healthcare and pharmacy application development, integration support, and production troubleshooting.
- Deliver contract development and application support using .NET 10/C#, SQL, Blazor/Razor, APIs, and cloud-connected architecture.
- Design, test, document, and enhance internal frontend/backend applications with API integrations and complex SQL queries/stored procedures.
- Collaborate with QA, Infrastructure, CIO/Business Operations, and agile stakeholders on cloud/microservices improvements, code reviews, and secure performance fixes.
Senior Software Developer2023-05–2024-09
AAPC · Remote / USA
Healthcare education, certification, and revenue cycle technology.
- Built scalable web, mobile, and cloud-connected applications using .NET 8/.NET 6, Blazor, Razor, .NET MAUI, Azure B2C, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
- Led Xamarin-to-.NET MAUI migration and coordinated a small engineering team, improving mobile architecture and cross-platform maintainability.
Senior Software Developer2022-10–2023-03
EnKnack / RideGoNow · Remote / USA
Real-time ride-dispatch and mobility operations platform.
- Designed real-time, event-driven ride operations using .NET, EF Core, RabbitMQ, SignalR/WebSockets, Blazor, and .NET MAUI.
- Built cross-platform driver/operator experiences, reusable Blazor components, queue-based communication, and live location workflows.
Founder & AI / Cloud Applications Architect–present
Tech For People Global Corp · Remote
AI product portfolio spanning Tech For People, TechForAGI, and Lex OS with agent-native gateways and legal-tech systems.
- Architected Lex OS, an AI-powered legal operating system for case analysis, jurisprudence exploration, OCR document intake, evidence panels, and per-case workspaces.
- Built TechForAGI Gateway for autonomous AI systems to discover services, request quotes, process tasks, and receive structured machine-readable responses.
- Designed Super RAG architecture combining semantic retrieval, vector indexes, SQL/graph sources, retrieval audits, prompt orchestration, and evidence grounding.
- Directed AI product decisions on LLM prompts, tool/function calling, OCR workflows, source attribution, usage metering, latency/cost tracking, and API monetization.
Senior Software Developer2022-08–2023-03
CH2 Solutions - FrontSteps · Remote / USA
Cloud-hosted HOA and community management SaaS applications.
- Supported cloud-hosted web and desktop applications with .NET 6/.NET Framework 4.8, Azure infrastructure, agile delivery, and production troubleshooting.
Senior / Mid Software Developer2022-04–2022-08
NICE inContact · Remote / USA
Enterprise contact center and cloud communications software.
- Delivered enterprise web and desktop applications using C#, ASP.NET, MVC, .NET Core, Entity Framework, SQL Server, RESTful APIs, and Scrum practices.
CEO & Founder2019–2021
Sammy Bot / Tercer Elemento S.R.L. · Bolivia
COVID-19 symptom reporting, WhatsApp teleconsultation, and telehealth delivery at national scale.
- Led a 125-person technology, health, and marketing team delivering symptom reporting, WhatsApp teleconsultation, web workflows, Twilio WebRTC video, microservices, and event-driven .NET solutions.
Manager, Server Applications & IT Infrastructure / Azure DevOps Manager / Sr. Backend Developer2018–2021
Banco de Credito BCP · Bolivia
Nationwide banking application infrastructure, DevOps, and backend API delivery.
- Managed nationwide application infrastructure, production environments, DevOps culture, Azure Boards/Pipelines/Repos/Tests, Git, Terraform, VMware, SQL Server, IIS, Windows Server, Azure Cloud, and backend banking APIs.
Jr. Full Stack Software Developer2015–2017
Banco Solidario S.A. (BancoSol) · Bolivia
Microfinance banking applications, APIs, and customer support platforms.
- Built and integrated banking applications, APIs, SQL Server workflows, customer support platforms, SignalR, sockets, WebSockets, REST/SOAP services, and .NET web/desktop solutions.
Projects
Lex OS
Case analysis, jurisprudence exploration, OCR-enabled document intake, evidence panels, per-case workspaces, and administrative controls.
TechForAGI Gateway
Enables AI systems to discover services, request quotes, process tasks, and receive structured machine-readable responses.
NinjaGig AI Suite
Parses applicant documents, extracts skills and experience signals, and ranks candidate fit against job requirements for recruiter workflows.
Tech For People
Founder-led AI and product portfolio with developer mentorship and community engagement.
Skills
Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Azure, Cloudflare, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, Terraform, Git, monitoring, backup/recovery, SSL/TLS, PCI operations, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, CloudFront, serverless, containers
Engineering: C#, .NET 10, .NET 8, ASP.NET Core, MVC, Blazor, Razor, Entity Framework, SQL Server, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, REST, GraphQL, SOAP, WCF, RabbitMQ, Kafka, SignalR, WebSockets
AI / Data & Developer Productivity: LLM applications, AI agents, RAG, prompt design, tool/function calling, OCR, vector search, embeddings, retrieval evaluation, source attribution, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
Integration & Architecture: REST APIs, event-driven messaging, queue workflows, payment systems, job feeds, transactional email, enterprise connectivity, legacy modernization, microservices
Education
Universidad Salesiana de Bolivia
Associate Degree in Software Programming · Software Programming
Universidad Tecnológica Boliviana
Bachelor's Degree Program in Computer Science (academic program) · Computer Science
Certifications
Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies (AZ-303) — ITColombia / Microsoft
Microservices Architecture with Docker Container — Lite Thinking