Location: Seattle, WA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Backend: Java, Kotlin, Python, Node.js, Spring, GraphQL, REST APIs, Kafka, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB

Frontend: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Next.js

AI/ML: LLMs, RAG systems, Prompt engineering, Fine-tuning, Evaluation/guardrails (Bedrock, OpenAI)

Cloud & Distributed Systems: AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, IAM, CDK, Kendra, Bedrock), Docker, Serverless architecture, CI/CD

DevTools & Infra: Terraform, Git, Observability tooling, Event-driven microservices

Resume: https://bit.ly/3KyMDHm

Email: valbaca@gmail.com

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Staff engineer with 14+ years experience building high-scale backend systems (Java, Kotlin, Python, AWS, Kafka, DynamoDB) and full-stack products in React + TypeScript used by millions at Amazon, AWS, and Indeed. Looking for roles where I can own architecture, ship quickly, and work across frontend + backend to deliver real product impact (AI experience included, but not the only thing I bring).